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Buffalo Grazing on Shortgrass

Description: Photograph of Buffalo grazing on shortgrass. Blue grama dominant showing winter preference to native tall grasses. Flats Range site. Restrictive layer in subsoil prevents growth of tall grasses. Ford soils.
Date: January 8, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Crop Grasses

Description: Photograph of Lee H. Carlton, WUC, Talihina, examining a field of Lovegrass (eragrotis curvula) and Services lespedeza. Mixture planted April 19, 1955. fertilization with 100 lbs. 10-20-10 and 200 lbs. 0-20-0. Mowed June 10, 1955-15 bales hay per acre. Potato Hill, 6d, drouthy soil. This is an introductory planting of weeping lovegrass in this area. Looks promising.
Date: July 7, 1955
Creator: Gamble, Maurice
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

V.A. Chadwick Farm

Description: Photograph of a depleted cultivation field five years earlier which was replanted with native grasses. V.A. Chadwick Farm, 3 miles northwest of Purcell, McClain Co., OK. Photo by Elvin W. Jenkins, November 10, 1943.
Date: November 10, 1943
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

J.R. Hankins Farm

Description: Photograph of a former Sudan grass field, now a "1 1/2 a. Meadow planted to native grasses, blud stem, side oats, blue gramma, and western wheat grass, first of April 1942." J.R. Hankins Farm, 1 mile north and 1 1/2 mile west of Geary, OK, Blaine Co. Photo by Elvin W. Jenkins, November 21, 1942.
Date: November 21, 1942
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Plants Other Grasses

Description: Photograph of area which used to be covered with sage like area shown in Okila. 10, 753. Olson(left) and SCS Tech. E. S. Cordell check up on grass growth. Olson sprayed sage once with 2, 4-D four years ago, withheld grazing for year, then grazed lightly for year and has grazed moderately since. Little & big bluestem, indian, swithc, blue and sideoats grama. Texas and Prairie blue and sand paspalum came back naturally; no reseeding. and range site in excellent condition.
Date: July 2, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

E. Dickerson

Description: Photograph of farmer E. Dickerson Stand in hairy vetch, left, and oats, right. Two years earlier both fields received lime and raw rock phosphate. 2 miles northeast of Claremore, Rogers Co., OK. Photo by Louis Reid, May 26, 1947.
Date: May 26, 1947
Creator: Reid, Louis
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Plants Other Grasses

Description: Photograph of typical view of the way other parts of Olson's ranch were covered with sage before he sprayed the growth and brought grass back. This are is to be cleared also. Olson (left) and SCS Tech, E. S. Cordell here discuss his conservation program, This is sandyland range site in poor condition.
Date: July 2, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Buffalo Grass

Description: Photograph of a heavy stand of Buffalo grass with numerous male flowers. This grass is becoming well established in a pasture which has been countour ridged and grazing controlled. Stillwater Project, Garber Camp.
Date: May 6, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Wester Wheat Grass

Description: Photograph of western wheat grass that has made splendid growth. This photo is a followup of Okla 5707. Stillwater Project, Guthrie Camp.
Date: May 6, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grassland Utilization

Description: Photograph of a wind rower attachment to mower to windrow mixture of yellow hop clover, bermuda grass and Kobe lespedeza so seed in yellow hop clover can be combined with pick-up attachment on combine. Windrower turns swath gently with minimum loss of seed. Note how bottom end of stems are turned out holding leaves unside for ideal curing of hay. Windrower and pick-up attachment on combine permit drying efficently and harvesting for seed. Ater combining of seed, grass and clover will be baled f… more
Date: July 11, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Bermuda Grass Spillway

Description: Photograph of a Bermuda grass spillway for farm pond. Note back of dam which is completely covered with Bermuda grass. The dam is completely fenced to keep out live stock.
Date: May 19, 1938
Creator: Slack, Jim
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Area to be Overseeded

Description: Photograph of J.H. Butler standing near Little Bluestem plant. Area to be overseeded to native grass mixture under Great Plains Conservation Program.
Date: January 31, 1961
Creator: Hamill, Dan
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of grasses. Little bluestem in phytometer,* clipped at 3 different levels weekly during growing season. OK-1466-7. * a device that measures a plant’s transpiration (i.e., water movement through the plant including evaporation from its aerial parts) by placing it in a sealed soil-containing vessel so that water can escape only through the plant’s transpiration.
Date: September 24, 1961
Creator: Hager, P. E.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Range Fire Recovery

Description: Photograph of buffalo grazing on area athat burned in March 11, 1967 east of highway north of Cache gate. This fire was of incendiary origin. Quanah-Elk Mountain pasture. Animals tend to concentrate grazing on areas that have been burned.
Date: April 4, 1968
Creator: Fry, Chester
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Inundation Studies

Description: Photograph of a closeup of buffalograss (in front of sign) in impoundment basin number four at a depth of 1.0 foot following two floodings of 10 days during early spring (3/22-4/1/62) and mid-spring (5/3-13/62). There was no apparent damage to the grass at this depth. For view of this grass when flooded for the same duration at a depth of 1.0 foot, see Ok-1760-9 dated 6/8/62. This research is under the suervision of Edd D. Rhoades, Agricultural Engineer, ARS-swc.
Date: July 8, 1962
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Inundation Studies

Description: Photograph of a closeup of buffalograss (in front of sign) in impoundment basin number four at a depth of 5.0 feet following two floodings of 10 days during early spring (3/22-4/1/62) and mid-spring (5/3-13/62). There was a severe suppression of growth with approximately 25 percent of the top growth killed. This grass had recovered very well at the date of this photograph. For view of this grass when flooded for the same duration at a depth of 1.0 foot, see Ok-1760-10 dated 6/8/62. This researc… more
Date: July 8, 1962
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of a fence line contrast, C. W. Franks farm. The area on the right is being pastured by goats. All the vegetation has been removed, leaving the bare ground in contrast to the area on the left showing native grass which is about 12 inches tall. This picture was taken prior to the Soil Conservation Service initiating a program on Mr. Franks’ farm. OK-285-11.
Date: April 23, 1956
Creator: Maxwell, A. J.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Big Bluestem in Full Bloom

Description: Photograph of Big Bluestem in full bloom eight miles north of Randolph, Kansas on Highway #77 facing east. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Big bluestem (Andropogon furcatus) in full bloom in northeastern Kansas on limestone hill."
Date: August 12, 1938
Creator: Shuhart, D. V.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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