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Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of the farm of C.L. Miniek of Hedley, Texas. Cotton following cotton with cover crop of Austrian winter peas yielding three times as much cotton grown on the same type of land without a legume cover crop. Mr. Miniek planted all the peas as a winter cover crop in the fall of 1946 on that part of the field where the longer cotton is growing. The Austrian winter peas were inoculated and 100 pounds of phosphate fertilizer was applied per acre at the time of planting.
Date: 1947
Creator: Rhode, C. G.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Description: Photograph of the H.C. Stauter Pine planting, 30 acres, planted in 1950, on Class VII land. Some replanting done this year and a small area planted to finish up the field. Surrounded by fire guard with 3 – 4 cross guards, all about 5 feet wide. This makes approximately 70 acres planted on Stauter land, which was begun in 1948. He has planted 4 different seasons and 3 different tracts. He runs a saw mill in Valliant, Oklahoma and is a key person from a forestry standpoint in the District.
Date: 1951
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farm Homes

Description: Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Tolliver checking farm records in the neat kitchen of their farmstead. Tolliver bought a run-down 40 acre farm that used to scarcely produce 5 bushels of corn per acre. "It had gullies I couldn't cross with implements and the soil would produce practically nothing," Tooliver said. He terraced and contoured the 22 acres he cultivated, rotated his crops and use dhairy vetch for cover and soil improvement. Pasture cleared and mowed. OK-9479.
Date: 1947
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Contour Farming

Description: Photograph of new contour furrows in an 84 acre pasture. This pasture has been properly grazed and is well covered with blue gramma, dropseed and buffalo grass.
Date: March 30, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Contour Farming

Description: Photograph of winter picture of wheat drilled in on the contour with semi-deep furrow drill. Each furrow acts as a miniture terrace and holds ice and snow from blowing off of field. This conserves moisture for future use.
Date: November 20, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Contour Cotton Farming

Description: Photograph of picking cotton on the contour in an unterraced filed which is yielding 1200 pounds of lint cotton to an acre. Mr. Cullen says, "I'm making more cotton this year than I have in years on this land, I believe it's because of those crooked rows."
Date: unknown
Creator: Slack, J.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Contour Cotton Farming

Description: Photograph of cotton pickers working in a cotton field that has been planted on the contours. Due to the ideal weather conditions and the planting on the contour, this field far exceed the yield of previous years.
Date: November 2, 1937
Creator: Slack, James N.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Contour Farming

Description: Photograph of farmer plowing on the contour with 3 horse team and sulky plow. This land is being turned under with 8 inches of grass which will act as soil builder and fertilizer for spring oat planting.
Date: November 2, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Contour Cotton Farming

Description: Photograph of cotton pickers working in a cotton field that has been planted on the contours. Due to the ideal weather conditions and the planting on the contour, this field far exceed the yield of previous years.
Date: November 2, 1937
Creator: Slack, James N.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Contour Farming

Description: Photograph of water standing in lister furrows and terrace channel after a four-inch rain in a cotton field planted on the contour.
Date: July 15, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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