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Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Description: Photograph of deep plowing for shinnery oak shrub control. This field is badly infested with shinnery oak, being 5 to 20 feet tall when it was deep plowed. The field was drug with cross ties; [unclear] and seeded to rye in the fall of 1957. 22 acres were deep plowed. Eighty five head of cattle were counted as grazing in the filed in March, 1958. OK-658-6.
Date: March 31, 1958
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of part of a 30 acre field retired from cultivation and seeded in sorghum stubble to weeping lovegrass the last of March 1945. In July of this year Mr. Burt Yowell harvested 100 pounds of seed from part of the field. The lovegrass was grazed in the winter of 1945 and part of the summer of 1946. OK-90908.
Date: September 11, 1946
Creator: Jenkins, E. W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

LU Project Little Bluestem Seed Cleaner

Description: Photograph of Troy Garner, LU Project daily laborer, cleaning little bluestem seeds using a squirrel –cage type seed cleaner designed & built by Tom Elder, Soil Conservation Service technician. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Squirrel-cage type seed cleaner being used to clean little bluestem seed Troy Garner, LU daily laborer, operating machine. Cleaner, designed & built by Soil Conservation service technician Tom Elder, will handle 1000 lbs. per hour.”
Date: September 29, 1948
Creator: Elder, Tom
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of a squirrel-cage type seed cleaner being used to clean little bluestem seed. Troy Garner, a daily laborer from Indiana University [IU] is operating the machine. The cleaner, designed and built by Soil Conservation Service technician, Tom Elder, will handle 1000 lbs. of seeds per hour. OK-9788.
Date: September 29, 1948
Creator: Elder, Tom
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Rock House on Mr. (Lester) Davis Farm

Description: Photograph of J. T. Porter kneeling next to a 50 year old rock house on Mr. (Lester) Davis' recently purchased farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, ""This rock house is 50 years old as indicated by the date (1909) carved in stone over the door. J. T. Porter in photo. It was occupied in 1939. Mr. Davis has recently purchased this farm."
Date: February 26, 1959
Creator: Whittington, F. L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Butler Harvesting Sand Lovegrass on LU Tract 532

Description: Photograph of Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Butler using a combine harvesting sand lovegrass. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: Mr. Alvin Butler and Mrs. Alvin Butler. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Harvesting sand lovegrass. Tract reseeded in 1947. Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Butler, Reydon, operating combine."
Date: September 30, 1948
Creator: Elder, Tom
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Butler Harvesting Sand Lovegrass on LU Tract 532

Description: Photograph of Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Butler using a combine harvesting sand lovegrass. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: Mr. Alvin Butler and Mrs. Alvin Butler. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Harvesting sand lovegrass. Tract reseeded in 1947. Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Butler, Reydon, operating combine."
Date: September 30, 1948
Creator: Elder, Tom
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Rock House on Mr. (Lester) Davis Farm

Description: Photograph of J. T. Porter kneeling next to a 50 year old rock house on Mr. (Lester) Davis' recently purchased farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, "This rock house is 50 years old as indicated by the date (1909) carved in stone over the door. J. T. Porter in photo. It was occupied in 1939. Mr. Davis has recently purchased this farm."
Date: February 26, 1959
Creator: Whittington, F. L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Sand Blow-Out with Sparse Sorghum

Description: Photograph of land that is experiencing blow out for over 35 years. Sparse patches of Sorghum dot the area photographed. The original photograph sleeve proclaims, "This approximately 60 acres blow-out has been active for about 35 years. Notice Mr. Harmon has tried to establish sorghum cover but failed."
Date: February 26, 1959
Creator: Whittington, F. L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

LU Project Little Bluestem Seed Cleaner

Description: Photograph of Troy Garner, LU Project daily laborer, cleaning little bluestem seeds using a squirrel –cage type seed cleaner designed & built by Tom Elder, Soil Conservation Service technician. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Squirrel-cage type seed cleaner being used to clean little bluestem seed Troy Garner, LU daily laborer, operating machine. Cleaner, designed & built by Soil Conservation service technician Tom Elder, will handle 1000 lbs. per hour."
Date: September 29, 1948
Creator: Elder, Tom
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

LU Project Plot 196 Range Cover Evaluation of Little Bluestem In Controlling Soil Splash

Description: Photograph of LU Project Plot 196 range cover evaluation of Little Bluestem in controlling soil splash. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Range cover evaluation plot 196 of little bluestem on Rolling Red Plains shinnery in excellent condition, was 99% effective in controlling soil splash. The plot had 11,386 pounds of cover per acre, affording 97% soil coverage."
Date: December 6, 1949
Creator: Osborn, Ben
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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