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Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of a poor cow on poor pasture.
Date: August 17, 1950
Creator: Hodson, Edgar A.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of a number of cows grazing a in pasture, with trees visible along the edges in the background. Handwritten note on back: "Pasture mgt. This pasture has lost about forty percent of the forage by not having the [cow] droppings scattered. J.A. Treadway Mt. Ida, ARK"
Date: unknown
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of the W.J. Alderson farm, showing Herefords on pasture established in 1950 on severly eroded Crowfley’s Ridge. AR-61-878.
Date: August 19, 1953
Creator: Hodson, Edgar A.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of the harvesting of Korean Lespedeza seed as seen in the combine. AR-30, 246.
Date: October 31, 1938
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of a combination seed huller, scarifier, cleaner and grader. This machine was operated at about 1200 rpm with a 3 to 5 horsepower gasoline motor and cleaned at the rate of 1000 pounds of cleaned seed per day. The loss in weight from unhulled, unscarified seed from the grain operator varied from 15% to 35% in weight where average loss was 25%. AR-D25-31.
Date: September 24, 1942
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of the sacking of lespedeza seed harvested with a Vance-Heakal combine harvester. Mr. J. B. Abrams with the assistance of his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Willie Abrams. AR-10, 410 B.
Date: December 7, 1939
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Ten acre field of alfalfa planted following 2 years of sweet clover, where lime was applied. Sweat clover and alfalfa received application of 48% superphosphate at a rate of 150 pounds per acre. Alfalfa seeded in the fall of 1942 after a field of sweat clover was turned under in the summer of 1942. This method of seeding alfalfa following the sweet clover helps insure complete inoculation of alfalfa. Part of the field seeded to common variety of alfalfa & the rest to the Grimm var… more
Date: May 13, 1944
Creator: Rosborough, Craig
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Suitor fescue. Planting made during the latter part of September 1947. Fifty pounds of seed were furnished by the Soil Conservation Service with five acres planted. No. 6 soil. About 200 pounds of 3-9-18 fertilizer were used on the five acres. Approximately 200 pounds of seed were harvested in the summer of 1948. It is believed that twice as much seed would have been harvested had it not been for a heavy rain two days before the harvest. AR-61-224.
Date: May 1, 1905
Creator: Hodson, Edgar A.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Mr. W. L. Chiddix and his son with 36 sacks of lespedeza seed, divided up as six 100 pound sacks of cleaned Korean lespedeza and 30 sacks of uncleaned seeds. Mr. Chiddix estimated his total harvest at 300 pounds of clean sericea and 1000 pounds of Korean Lespedeza seed. He expects to sell 600 pounds of clean Koren lespedeza seed and plant all of his uncleaned seed on his own farm. Some farmers in this have bought small model clipper cleaners and operate them with washing machine m… more
Date: February 19, 1942
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of a volunteer crop of crimson clover which has reproduced itself by volunteer seeding for a period of 5 consecutive years. This winter's legume crop has served as soil conserving and building the [?] winter legume. Disking has been about the only cultivation given this 12 acre red apple and peach orchard in the background where the crimson clover has volunteered red with the seeding made in the fall of 1943. Dewey Vaughn, farm operator, is shown examining some of the heads of crimso… more
Date: May 13, 1944
Creator: Rosborough, Craig
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Kentucky 31 Fescue

Description: Photograph of a Kentucky 31 Fescue graph.
Date: unknown
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Kentucky 31 Fescue

Description: Photograph of a Kentucky 31 Fescue graph.
Date: unknown
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

W. H. Sayler

Description: Photograph of W. H. Sayler standing next to one of his twenty-three cows.
Date: October 17, 1944
Creator: Webb, Gordon C.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Cattle

Description: Photograph of a herd of Fred Burroughs' cattle.
Date: September 25, 1952
Creator: Hodson, Edgar A.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Ouachita River Bottom Land

Description: Photograph of Ouachita River Bottom Land seeded with Bermuda grass.
Date: November 13, 1952
Creator: Hodson, Edgar A.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Lewis Doss

Description: Photograph of Lewis Doss next to the Bermuda grass root harvester he designed with H. K. Sager.
Date: 1949~
Creator: Brock, C. G.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Seed Planter

Description: Photograph of a four-row seed planter.
Date: July 5, 1952
Creator: Hodson, Edgar A.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Mechanical Harvester

Description: Photograph of a farmer using a mechanical harvester on Bermuda grass. The machine was designed by Lewis Doss and H. K. Sager.
Date: July 1949
Creator: Brock, C. G.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Application of Lime to Sericea

Description: Photograph of UNIDENTIFIED farmer applying lime to sericea. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Applying lime to sericea."
Date: July 16, 1953
Creator: Hodson, Edgar A.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Orville Austin Seed Plot of Hairy Vetch and Balboa Rye

Description: Photograph of Orville Austin standing in a recently seeded field of hairy vetch and Balboa rye. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Combination planting of hairy vetch (20#) and Balboa rye (1 bu.) seeded with combination (16 disk, 7-inch spacing) drill with fertilizer and grass seeder attachments with 175 lbs. of superphosphate applied per acre at time of planting. This field was planted to hairy vetch and Balboa rye and seed crop was harvested in July 1942 with combine. The straw and stubbl… more
Date: October 7, 1942
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Vetch and Oats Combination Planting in Apple Orchard Next to Highway #71

Description: Photograph of the combination planting of oats and vetch in an apple orchard in Lowell, next to Highway #71. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Combination planting of vetch and oats in apple orchard. Cover crop has been cut into the soil with tractor and double disk to serve as a mulch in the orchard. A common practice over a number of years in this orchard. Growth of vetch and oats in the foreground was left unplowed and serves as a border strip along the highway. This strip helps to show… more
Date: May 7, 1942
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Harvesting Seed From Combination Planting of Balboa Rye and Hairy Vetch on the Moody Ranch

Description: Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man using a John Deere combine to harvest Balboa Rye and hairy vetch seed from field. A second UNIDENTIFIED man, who has a camera, is standing on the combine. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Harvesting seed from combination planting of Balboa Rye and hairy vetch. Seed is being transferred from combine hopper to pickup. After seed are cleaned separated and tested for purity and germination, they will be offered for sale in the regular channel of trade."
Date: July 16, 1942
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Data collection and tools

Description: Photograph of a clip board designed for holding engineering field notes while working on the farm. This clipboard was developed by E. E. Ray, a Work Group Engineer headquartered at Fort Smith, Arkansas. See the “A” photo.
Date: unknown
Creator: Hodson, E. A.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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