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Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management

Description: Photograph of Dr. Horace J. Hopper, Agriculture Director of the Samuel Roberts Foundation, right, discusses small grain variety test work being conducted by the Foundation in cooperation with the Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station. From left to right, Herbert R. Young, local Soil Conservation Service [SCS] Work Unit Conservationist [WUC]; Ray Walker, SCS State conservationist; D.G. Craig, SCS Agronomist for the South Great Plains States; Hershel Burris, Secretary, Oklahoma State Soil Cons… more
Date: May 18, 1956
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Aerial Shot of Soil Erosion

Description: Photograph of an aerial shot of soil erosion of Windthorst-Stephenville soils, sand savannah range site, Pulaski soils and loamy bottomland range site. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Soils-Erosion. Gullied are of Windthorst-Stephenville soils. Eroded sand savannah range site. Small area of bottomland in lower right corner is Pulaski soils and loamy bottomland range site.”
Date: December 18, 1961
Creator: Fry, Chester
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Dr. Horace J. Hopper, Agriculture Director of the Samuel Roberts Foundation, right, discusses small grain variety test work being conducted by the Foundation in cooperation with the Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station. From left to right, Ray Walker, Soil Conservation Service [SCS] State conservationist; D.G. Craig, SCS Agronomist for the South Great Plains States; Hershel Burris, Secretary, Oklahoma State Soil Conservationist Board; and, Dr. Harper. They were attending a soi… more
Date: May 18, 1956
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Soil Conservation Districts, Members and Goals

Description: Photograph of Soil Conservation Service [SCS] Personnel. Selected SCS personnel attending a day of in-service agronomic training at the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma. Area Conservationists, with personnel from Areas V, VI, VII, VIII, and IX, were in attendance. Training conducted by the Agricultural Division staff of the Foundation. Emphasis was placed on soil and crop management problems of the Cross Timbers [referring to strip of land, a mix of prairie, savanna and woodla… more
Date: May 18, 1956
Creator: Noble Foundation, Staff Photographer
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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