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Pond Dam for County Road

Description: Photograph of a pond dam under construction for a county road.
Date: March 19, 1959
Creator: Bramble, Robert
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Rock Crusher Grinding Lime

Description: Photograph of a rock crusher operated by the Idabel CCC camp grinding lime to be used as fertilizer on fields of Soil Conservation Service Cooperators. The limestone at this place contains a percentage of moisture which permits its being ground without dust.
Date: March 19, 1937
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of contour blanklisted furrows in the foreground which are not only protecting this field but are collecting soil blowing from the unprotected field in the background. The angle which the closest man is leaning into the wind indicates its velocity. OK-5466.
Date: March 19, 1937
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Description: Photograph of a fence and field border used for wildlife cover. Sassafras rhus ambrosia, ulmus and chenopodium after winter grazing by livestock. Note the sparse growth of low growing grasses. OK-6990-B.
Date: March 19, 1939
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of the seeding of lovegrass (20 acres) with one of the special drills constructed under the specifications of Soil Conservation District supervisors of the Central Washita River Valley of Oklahoma to plant small seeds of native and adapted grasses. A local iron works made the drills from second-hand grain drill frames, automobile transmissions, cotton planter boxes, discs and press wheels obtained by supervisors of the Grady Co., Stephens Co., South Caddo Co., and the Canadian-Walnut… more
Date: March 19, 1946
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Description: Photograph of a fence and field border used for wildlife cover. Sassafras rhus ambrosia, ulmus and chenopodium after winter grazing by livestock. Note the sparse growth of low growing grasses. OK-6990-B.
Date: March 19, 1939
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Contour Farming

Description: Photograph of contour blanklisted furrows that not only protect this field but also collects soil blown from the unprotected field in the background. The angle at which the center figure is leaning into the wind indicates its velocity. OK-5466.
Date: March 19, 1937
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Pond Dam for Road

Description: Photograph of building a pond dam that will double as a road.
Date: March 19, 1959
Creator: Bramble, Robert
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Pond Dam for Custer County Road

Description: Photograph of a pond dam under construction for a Custer county road.
Date: March 19, 1959
Creator: Bramble, Robert
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grinding Lime

Description: Photograph of a rock crusher operated by the Idabel CCC camp grinding lime to be used as fertilizer on fields of Soil Conservation Service Cooperators. The limestone at this place contains a percentage of moisture which permits its being ground without dust.
Date: March 19, 1937
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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