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Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of R. A. Deaker, farm foreman, sitting on his horse in a knee-deep filed of yellow blossom sweet clover which has been phosphated. This field will be cut in for soil building and followed with corn of grain sorghum. The phosphate was applied at a rate of 150 pounds to the acre. Phosphated clover clipped 11 tons per acre--unphosphated clover clipped at 2 1/2 tons per acre. TX-42-584.
Date: March 14, 1946
Creator: Reid, Louis E.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grain Sorghum Stalks Cut Into the Terraces and Contours for Soil Erosion Prevention and Good Crop Residue Management

Description: Photograph of grain sorghum stalks cut into the terraces and contours for soil erosion prevention and good crop residue management. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Good crop residue management. The terraces and contours on this field together with the grain sorghum stalks cut into the surface help store moisture in the field for future crops and to prevent erosion."
Date: March 15, 1946
Creator: Reid, Louis
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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