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Wasteland to Farmland

Description: Photograph of waste land that has been transformed to a newly prepared field. Some of the brush removed from newly prepared field on left. Gully 4' to 6' deep has been filled. The field will be seeded to oats in spring of 1950 and alfalfa in the fall. This was formerly waste land due to overflow.
Date: January 21, 1950
Creator: Archer, S. G.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Alfalfa Field Developed in Flood Plain of Cloud Creek

Description: Photograph of an alfalfa field developed in the flood plain of Cloud Creek below detention reservoirs No. 1 and No. 2. This bottom land was formerly cut in two by a gully 4' to 6' deep. This ditch has been plowed in. The bottom formerly overflowed once or twice most years causing excessive crop losses and preventing the establishment of a stand of alfalfa. Wheat made 35 bu. per acre in 1949. A rain occurring in May 1949 would have destroyed the crop on 30 acres had it not been for the Cloud Cre… more
Date: January 21, 1950
Creator: Archer, S. G.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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