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Black-Eyed Peas Cover Crop

Description: Photograph of a cover crop of black-eyed peas. The back of the photograph proclaims, “blackeyed [sic] peas for a cover crop on land where alfalfa was grown in 1952. Cotton was grown in 1953-54. Class III land, 2% slope, Soil Unit 12. See photo No. Ok-92-10.”
Date: July 21, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Cutting alfalfa with a swather. Swather mows and swaths in a single operation. Alfalfa was irrigated with sprinkllers and will make 60 bales per acre from this second cutting. Class I land, 1% slope. Soil unit 8 & 9. OK-92-5.
Date: July 21, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of shelterbelts or windbreaks. A group of SCS technicians from the Great Plains states studying shelterbelts in Greer County, Oklahoma. This shelterbelt was planted in 1936 and was the first shelterbelt planted in the Plains area. OK-224-11.
Date: March 26, 1956
Creator: Bailey, O. P.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of an alfalfa-sweet clover drill. James McBride, Work Unit Conservationist [WUC] and Soil Conservation Service [SCS], shows the advantages of a special alfalfa-sweet clover drill. Push-type double disk openers (International) are spaced at 8 inches on a strong angle-iron frame. Small seed boxes (Planter Jr. Type) are used, which permits a much lower and controlled seeding rates. In this area much land is subject to blowing and it is necessary to seed in a trashy cover. This type of e… more
Date: April 19, 1956
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of an alfalfa-sweet clover drill. Front view of a specially-designed alfalfa-sweet clover drill. Push-type double disk openers (International) are spaced at 8 inches on a strong angle-iron frame. Small seed boxes (Planter Jr. Type) are used, which permits a much lower and controlled seeding rates. In this area much land is subject to blowing and it is necessary to seed in a trashy cover. This type of equipment gives excellent performance with excellent stands almost guaranteed. The c… more
Date: October 4, 1960
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Description: Photograph of a concentration of field and farmstead windbreaks in the northern portion of the Greer County Soil Conservation District, Oklahoma. This is an unusually good observational area as windbreaks of all types are present. Note the lack of continuity in the single row plantings--a constant characteristic of such belts in limited rainfall zones. OK-79, 501.
Date: September 27, 1949
Creator: Postlethwaite, Hermann
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Description: Photograph of the community patterns of windbreaks in the northeastern part of the Greer County Soil Conservation District, Oklahoma. Plantings date from 1935 and are being added to each year. This area was formerly treeless, and even along the stream courses, but now—from a distance—it has almost the aspect of a wooded country. Variations in continuity and vigor of the belts is chiefly due to differences in degree of care and protection afforded the plantings—the soils for the most part being … more
Date: September 27, 1949
Creator: Postlethwaite, Hermann
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Wind, Wind Erosion, Sand Storms and Dunes

Description: Photograph of a large field subject to severe wind erosion recently deep plowed. Note the large chucks of soil brought to the surface by deep plowing. This mechanical practice gives temporary resistance to wind erosion on this type of deep sandy soil (Soil Unit 12). Widespread use of this practice is not recommended by the Soil Conservation Service. Vegetative control measures that improve the physical structure of the soil should be given first consideration. OK-253-8.
Date: April 19, 1956
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Roy McMertry Deep Plowed Farm Pasture to Prevent Wind Erosion

Description: Photograph of Roy McMertry's Farm pasture deep plowed to prevent wind erosion. The back of the photograph proclaims, "A large field subject to server wind erosion recently deep plowed. Note large chunks of soil brought to the surface by deep plowing. This mechanical practice gives temporary resistance to wind erosion on this type of deep sandy soil (Soil Unit 12). Widespread use of this practice is not recommended by the Soil Conservation Service. Vegetative control measures, that improve the p… more
Date: April 19, 1956
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Contour Farming

Description: Photograph of contour farming with terraces. Field terraced and contour listed showing uniform distribution of water after rains. OK-465-5.
Date: April 26, 1955
Creator: Woodward, Grant
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of GP Contract No. 13. Reseeding rangeland under the Great Plains Conservation Program. Truman Fletcher, farm owner, rides the tractor. Hardland Range Site. OK-1312-10.
Date: April 20, 1961
Creator: McBride, J. B.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Description: Photograph of the Dempsey Brothers Farm on extremely sandy soil in the southwestern corner of the Greer County Soil Conservation District, northeast of Blair, Oklahoma. The first plantings were made in 1935 and the pattern gradually enlarged during the ensuing years. Crop land, orchards, vineyards and the farm buildings all lie within the same protecting scheme. The Dempsey Brothers claim great benefits in soil stabilization and increased crop and orchard yields. Their fruit has been saved many… more
Date: September 27, 1949
Creator: Postlethwaite, Hermann
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Range. Close-up view of dead grass on the range land that was deferred in 1954. The poor condition of this range is due to five years of continuous drought. See OK-90-6. OK-90-8.
Date: July 19, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Roy McMertry Deep Plowed Farm Pasture to Prevent Wind Erosion

Description: Photograph of Roy McMertry's Farm pasture deep plowed to prevent wind erosion. The back of the photograph proclaims, "A large field subject to server wind erosion recently deep plowed. Note large chunks of soil brought to the surface by deep plowing. This mechanical practice gives temporary resistance to wind erosion on this type of deep sandy soil (Soil Unit 12). Widespread use of this practice is not recommended by the Soil Conservation Service. Vegetative control measures, that improve the p… more
Date: April 19, 1956
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Black-Eyed Peas Cover Crop Growing Under Two Conditions

Description: Photograph of a cover crop field of black-eyed peas growing under two different conditions. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Field of blackeyed [sic] peas growing under two different conditions. Peas on right are following alfalfa in 1952 and cotton in 1953-54. Peas on left are following only cotton for a long period of years. See photos Ok-52-9 and 10. Class III land, 2% slope, Soil Unit 12."
Date: July 21, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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