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Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of Perry howell and son Dwight, standing in a field of contour drilled grain on an Oklahoma School Land farm which is under a 5-year cooperative agreement with the Soil Conservation Service. Howell and his son have instituted a complete program of erosion control on the farm where Howell has lived as a tenant for more than 30 years. OK-1938-05-08.
Date: May 8, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Sloughing Banks

Description: Photograph of sloughing banks from recent flood of Chickaskia River has caused considerable damage and engangered building on this farm. About 20 feet of bank 200 feet long has fallen into the river.
Date: May 26, 1938
Creator: Slack, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grasshopper Damage To Corn Field on the J. O. Godwin Farm/Stillwater project/Blackwell Camp

Description: Photograph of grasshopper damage to the J. O. Godwin farm cornfield. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Stillwater project, Blackwell Camp. J. C. Godwin Farm SE ¼ of 23-26N-1W. Grasshopper damage in the Chiskiska [sic] river valley. This area normally produces from 50 to 65 bushels of corn per acre in an average year. For a close up view showing grasshoppers still on a stalk of corn in this field, see Okla-5355. In 1936 the locusts took everything their paths. This was a promising corn fiel… more
Date: July 27, 1935
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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