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[Photograph 2012.201.B0238.0524]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Gerald Cooper, 17-year-old Mutual boy in the fourth picture is a national winner in tractor maintenance and finished sixth i national livestock judging."
Date: unknown
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0106.0730]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Motorists who want to travel between the towns of Mutual and Chester in Northwestern Oklahoma have had to fond a detour since a truck turned this Woodward County bridge into a roller coaster."
Date: 1980
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Mutual, 1906

Description: Insurance map sheet showing an area of Mutual in Woodward County, Oklahoma Territory, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: February 1906
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Clean Tilled Land vs Crop Residue Management

Description: Photograph of this is a contrast picture. The St. Paul silt loam has been planted to wheat on clean tilled land. Many of Northwest Oklahoma's seasons are too droughty and windy. A wind storm will damage this land and cause the farmer to loose his stand of wheat.
Date: October 3, 1957
Creator: Fanning, Carl
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0410B.0453]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Members of the congregation of the Methodist church at Mutual, Woodward county, are building a new $35,000 brick structure on the site of the old frame church that served the community for 50 years."
Date: March 15, 1949
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Crop Residue Management Pays

Description: Photograph of a part of the wheat straw has been left on the surface to protect this St. Paul silt loam from blowing. Wheat has been planted in the stubble. This land will not be damaged when the spring winds blow.
Date: October 3, 1957
Creator: Steers, Carter
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Woodward County Pasture Management

Description: Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man kneeling and inspecting wheat stubble. This photograph has no information written on the back, but is a duplicate or similar to 2019. 061. B5. 10132, which proclaims, "Wheat stubble of 1952 crop has been chiseled and properly one-wayed to protect this field against wind erosion. New wheat crop is doing well, but at the time picture was taken needed rain to sustain growth. This land is conditioned to take in and fully use any rain that falls. III RR 7."
Date: April 20, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

UNIDENTIFED Man Examining Wheat Crop and Wheat Stubble

Description: Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man kneeling and inspecting wheat stubble. The photographer on the back of the photograph proclaims, "Stubble of 1952 wheat crop has been properly managed to prevent wind erosion and protect new wheat crop. Wheat residue was one-wayed once and land was disked just prior to planting new crop. Residue was kept in surface to hold soil against wind and to make best use of moisture. Present wheat needs rain to maintain growth."
Date: April 20, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Wheat Straw Used for Wind Erosion Prevention

Description: Photograph of wheat straw, which the farmer left on this field to prevent soil from blowing away. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Crop Reside Management Pays. A part of the wheat straw has been left on the surface to protect this St. Paul silt loam from blowing. Wheat has been planted in the stubble. This land will not be damaged when the spring winds blow."
Date: October 3, 1957
Creator: Steers, Carter
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

UNIDENTIFED Man Examining Wheat Crop and Wheat Stubble

Description: Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man kneeling and inspecting wheat stubble. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Stubble of 1952 wheat crop has been properly managed to prevent wind erosion and protect new wheat crop. Wheat residue was one-wayed once and land was disked just prior to planting new crop. Residue was kept in surface to hold soil against wind and to make best use of moisture. Present wheat needs rain to maintain growth."
Date: April 20, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Woodward County Pasture Management

Description: Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man kneeling and inspecting wheat stubble. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Wheat stubble of 1952 crop has been chiseled and properly one-wayed to protect this field against wind erosion. New wheat crop is doing well, but at the time picture was taken needed rain to sustain growth. This land is conditioned to take in and fully use any rain that falls. III RR 7."
Date: April 20, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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