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Contour Farming

Description: Photograph of water standing in lister ridges in field strip cropped with oats and listed food afte a heavy downpour. Note even distribution of water which stands where it falls in the contours. Constrast this with Picture K-5091 showing concentration of water in wash in low place in field. Taken after the same rain. OK-5629.
Date: May 24, 1937
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of a new type of contour plow developed at Blackwell Camp. This shows the second cut with the left hand plow digging deeper and sealing the cracks with loose dirt which was left by the first cut. OK-5631.
Date: May 24, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Italian Rye Grass in Pasture Demonstration Plot

Description: Photograph of an UNIDIENTIFIED man looking at Italian Rye grass in pasture demonstration plot. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Italian rye grass in pasture demonstration plot. This grass is used as a winter pasture crop, affords excellent grazing and resists erosion. Houston clay, gray phase 2% slope."
Date: May 24, 1937
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Standing in Lister Ridges

Description: Photograph of water standingin lister ridges in field strip cropped with cats and listed feed after a heavy downpour. Note even distribution of water [that] stands whee it falls in the contours. Contrast this with Picture No. K-5091 showing saturation of water in wash in low place in field. Taken after same rain.
Date: May 24, 1937
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Standing Water

Description: Photograph of water standing in listed ridges in strip cropped field with oats and listed feed. This picture was taken shortley after a heavy downpour.
Date: July 24, 1937
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of a combination seed huller, scarifier, cleaner and grader. This machine was operated at about 1200 rpm with a 3 to 5 horsepower gasoline motor and cleaned at the rate of 1000 pounds of cleaned seed per day. The loss in weight from unhulled, unscarified seed from the grain operator varied from 15% to 35% in weight where average loss was 25%. AR-D25-31.
Date: September 24, 1942
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of a farm pond in Muskogee, constructed in the Spring of 1940 to supply stock water. This is the only water supply on the ranch. The pond was stocked with bass, breen, blue gill and perch according to recommendations of Homer C. Towns, Soil Conservation Service, Regional Biologist, in 1941.
Date: September 24, 1943
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Bass Caught at Land Utilization Lake

Description: Photograph of Large mouth Bass caught on artificial lure at L.U. Lake, northwest of Cheyenne, Oklahoma. Lake was stocked 2 years ago and has revealed by an examination of their scales, both the fish are under 2 years old. Bass on left weighed 2.5 lbs and the one on the right weighed 3 lbs. Both ere caught 18 months after the pond was stocked.
Date: March 24, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Burning Range Land

Description: Photograph of a rangeland that is on fire. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Burning range land in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma."
Date: March 24, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, E. W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Burning Range Land

Description: Photograph of a rangeland that is on fire. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Burning range land in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma.”
Date: March 24, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, E. W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Fire Damage

Description: Photograph of burning Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control in Roger Mills County, Okalhoma. OK-8738.
Date: March 24, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Fire Damage

Description: Photograph of the controlling of grass fire with portable fire-fighting units on western Oklahoma Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control. OK-8749.
Date: March 24, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Fire Damage

Description: Photograph of burning Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control in Roger Mills County, Okalhoma. OK-8736.
Date: March 24, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Description: Photograph of Camera Station IV (SW corner of NW ¼ of Shinnery Range). Observational studies of Shinnery Oak Ranges. The area is heavily infested with shinnery oak 20 to 24 inches in height with scattered bunches of little bluestem, blue grama and sand love grasses. This 40 acre plot was burned on March 24, 1944 and will be stocked with 8 steers. OK-8734-C.
Date: March 24, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Description: Photograph of camera Station II from the top of a car. In the southeast corner of the southwest ¼ of shinnery oak range. Observational studies. Area of shinnery averaging about 20 inches in height with scattered bunches of little bluestem, blue grama and love grasses. This 40 acre plot will be moved in June, 1944. Each of the three 40 acre plots will be treated and each plot will stocked with 8 steers of equal size and quality. OK-8732.
Date: March 24, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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