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Concord Grape Vineyard

Description: Photograph of showing the average growth of the 20 year old ten acre Concord Grape vineyard. The chorty soil was terraced before grapes were set. Soil building crop of vetch, yellow hop clover, lespedeza, and rye grass is maintained at all times except for short period during the final growth and ripening of the fruit. Phospate is applied under the legumes. A regular spray schedule has been maintained. There has never been a failure to produce a fair crop and they have produced 3000 bushels sev… more
Date: August 17, 1945
Creator: Reid, Louis E.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of sideoats grama grass that was seeded in the Spring of 1942 in 36" rows by oil Conservation Services Nursery, Woodward, Oklahoma. Has been cultivated and was mowed for weed control while young. Seed ware combined in 1944 and 1945. OK-9079.
Date: August 28, 1945
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Description: Photograph of buffalo on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. OK-9029.
Date: August 30, 1945
Creator: Merrill, L. P.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Description: Photograph of buffalo on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. OK-9024.
Date: August 30, 1945
Creator: Merrill, L. P.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Description: Photograph of longhorn cattle on Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. OK-9036.
Date: August 30, 1945
Creator: Merrill, L. P.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Windrowing hubam clover with a combine. Clover was planted on the contour in a terraced field. After it has cured 4 to 5 days in the windrow it will be thrashed by a combine with a pick-up attachment. TX-42, 136.
Date: August 9, 1945
Creator: Jenkins, E. W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Boy Scouts of America

Description: Photograph of Mr. F. S. Hurd, Chairman, Board of Supervisors, on right, talking over the district agreement with Donald Fisher, center, and Don Holliday, left. In the foreground is a model of the rustic bridge used in the teaching younger scouts about woodwork without nails. OK-9102.
Date: August 23, 1945
Creator: Reid, Louis E.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Boy Scouts of America

Description: Photograph of Camp director J.D. Smoot holding the boat on a 2.5 acre lake stocked with bluegill breen, black bass & channel catfish, and is used for swimming, boating and fishing. In the foreground, L to R: Dean Hess, Gene Poyner & Gerald Hoff statter. In the boat in the background are David Sradar [sp.?] & Jimmie Kemp. OK-9104.
Date: August 25, 1945
Creator: Reid, Louis E.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of pure-bred Hereford cattle grazing on [unclear] pasture of Bermuda grass, native bluestem and clovers. This pasture has been mowed for weed control where the cattle are grazing. In the foreground the pasture has not been mowed and the cattle graze to this line. This shows the value of mowing. OK-9111.
Date: August 20, 1945
Creator: Reid, Louis E.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

U. S. Government Tract 120 Grassy Field

Description: Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man kneeling in a field of native grasses. This particular field consists of little bluestem, sideoats, blue grama, and sand lovegrass. The text on the back of the photograph proclaims, "Three year old planting (seeded in cane cover crop in spring of 1943) of native grasses. Six row mixture of little bluestem, side oats [sic], and blue grama and one row of sand lovegrass. Has not been utilized but could be slightly grazed. Will be grazed in 1946. Field formerly was … more
Date: August 27, 1945
Creator: Jenkins, E. W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Description: Photograph of longhorn cattle on Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. OK-9037.
Date: August 30, 1945
Creator: Merrill, L. P.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Description: Photograph of buffalo on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. OK-9028.
Date: August 30, 1945
Creator: Merrill, L. P.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Description: Photograph of buffalo grazing on native prairie on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. OK-9022.
Date: August 30, 1945
Creator: Merrill, L. P.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Description: Photograph of buffalo watering on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. OK-9026.
Date: August 30, 1945
Creator: Merrill, L. P.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Description: Photograph of buffalo on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. OK-9027.
Date: August 30, 1945
Creator: Merrill, L. P.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Description: Photograph of longhorn cattle on Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. OK-9034.
Date: August 30, 1945
Creator: Merrill, L. P.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of Clarence E. Bunch, Soil Conservation Service technician (left) and Harry Newer (right), Soil Conservation Supervisor examine some of the cured weeping lovegrass hay that is being baled from windrows on a 2 ½ acre field planted 14 ½ months ago. On June 15 it yielded 350 pounds of reclaimed seed valued at $3.50 to $4.00 per acre. Forty-five days after the grass was cut with a binder for seed it yielded 10 [number unclear], sixty-five pound bales of hay. Total value of yield from pla… more
Date: August 31, 1945
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farm Homes

Description: Photograph of a home of native, white limestone constructed with the profits from adairy farm. OK-9101.
Date: August 23, 1945
Creator: Reid, Louis
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Description: Photograph of Morris Tucker (left), scout Master, Troop 104, teaching nature studies and growth of black locust trees which are now two-years old. Left to right: Tucker, Max [unclear], Jimmie [unclear], Billy Holland and Jimmie Young. OK-9103.
Date: August 23, 1945
Creator: Reid, Louis
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Description: Photograph of Class V land (due to high water table). Rolling Red Plains. Sedge cover is utilized for grazing and hay. Bottom land soil. OK-9124.
Date: August 29, 1945
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph showing a rear view of a 30 inch sweep machine. This machine is a Dampster No. 101 which has been worked over by the station. The sweeps are Ra-dex made by I. F. Reed at the Alabama machinery laboratory. TX-45, 883.
Date: August 11, 1945
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of horses grazing on revegetated Class VII land, planted in 1942 with a mixture of side-oats, blue end hairy grass, bluestem and weeping love-grass. Mr. [unclear] is a district Supervisor. OK-9186.
Date: August 29, 1945
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Stocked Pond

Description: Photograph of rancher J.E. Time (right) shows Fred Whittington, Soil Conservation Service Technician, one of the 16 ponds on his ranch. This one was stocked with fish in the fall of 1944.
Date: August 26, 1945
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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