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Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of the temporary repair in the levee of a drainage ditch that was clogged with silt and sand washed from the adjoining farm land during a recent heavy rains, contributed to record-breaking floods in OK and AR. The levee broke in four places. Joe Preston, administrative assistant, State Soil Conservation Committee is standing on the repaired break. In the center foreground H. M. Chambers, State Conservationist for the Soil Conservation Service, stands near the bottom of the ditch whic… more
Date: May 30, 1943
Creator: Hammett, J.W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of trees in grassland (text too difficult to read). OK-1629-8.
Date: July 30, 1962
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Greenhill Farms. Savannah breaks in excellent condition.
Date: July 30, 1961
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Greenhill farms. Very shallow. Excellent condition. Note the surface limestone. OK-1629-5.
Date: July 30, 1962
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of very shallow and loamy prairie. Excellent condition. OK-1629-4.
Date: July 30, 1962
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Greenhill Farms. Big Bluestem and sideoats grama grass, companion plants on very shallow and loamy prairie range sites. Soils 2-B and 24-AB. OK-1629-6.
Date: July 30, 1962
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph from L to R: W. L. Cotner; H. H Bennett, Chief, Soil Conservation Service [SCS]; and Elmer T. Peterson, of the Daily Oklahoma staff. These men are examining the silt and sand deposited by flood wates from the adjoining drainage ditch that broke in four places during recent heavy rains. One hundred acres of corn, cotton and vegetables were ruined by floods on this farm. Deposits of sterile sand a foot deep in some places are deposited on several acres of fertile farm land. OK-8525.
Date: May 30, 1943
Creator: Hammett, J.W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of Clarence Dye, aged 10, fishing off a culvert on Hwy 64 following recent record-breaking floods. This drainage-way is ordinarily dry. With flood water still on a part of his land, Mr. W. L. Cotner is seen in the background with his team replanting the 100 acres of corn, cotton, and vegetables destroyed when the levee broke. determined to produce his share of war crops this year, he returned to the field the first day possible--Memorial Day Sunday [when Memorial Day was celebrated o… more
Date: May 30, 1943
Creator: Hammett, J.W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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