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Description: Photograph of the chairman of Osage County Soil Conservation District [SCD], Y.T. Park, who runs a diary farm 2 miles SW of Skiatook. All of his cropland and most of the bermuda pastures flood every year. Also Mr. Park is one of the board of directores of the Bird Creek Watershed Association.
Date: unknown
Creator: Horn, Vernon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of H.H. Bennett, chief of the Soil Conservation Service, and F.S. Hurd, Chairman, Board of Supervisors, Arkansas Verdigris Soil Conservation District [SCD], examine an improved pasture on the farm of C.B. Ritberger. Ritberger says carrying capacity of this 88 acre pasture has been doubled since he improved it with the addition of hop clover, white Dutch, yellow hop and lespedeza. Ritberger first came to this 200acre farm as a tenant in 1928, he rented the farm for $700 from F.S. Hurd… more
Date: May 29, 1943
Creator: Hammett, J. W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Cattle Grazing Alfalfa in Border-Irrigated Field

Description: Photograph of a herd of cattle grazing alfalfa in border-irrigated field. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cattle on alfalfa in border irrigated field. Before soil conservation district was organized, this field was in sunflowers – just paid a little more than taxes – now 2 days grazing raised butter fat 200 lbs. The 250 acres of alfalfa has been grazed, raised 20,000 bales of hay this summer plus a seed crop. See Tex-44-788 and Tex-44-489."
Date: October 21, 1948
Creator: Davis, David O.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Cattle Grazing on Grass Growing on Bippus, Mansker, and Potter Soils

Description: Photograph of cattle grazing upon a field of grasses. The soils which these grasses grew upon consist of Bippus soils and Mansker and Potter soils on the rims of the steeper slopes. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cattle grazing on Bippus soils and Mansker and Potter soils on the rims of the steeper slopes."
Date: October 1958
Creator: Allgood, F. P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Cattle Weathering A Snowstorm

Description: Photograph of five heads of cattle in a snowy field weathering a snowstorm. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cattle weathering snow storms. It is necessary in conservation practices to have a reserve of livestock feed when the occasion arrives."
Date: 1958~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Cattle on Snow Covered Range

Description: Photograph of a herd of cattle grazing in a snow covered field. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cattle in snow. Notice how the snow has packed up due to proper use."
Date: March 11, 1968
Creator: McCampbell, James B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Livestock (and Grasses)

Description: Photograph of Angus cattle grazing on rye. Austrian winter peas and some volunteer vetch in a pecan orchard. The field has been well-fertilized. OK-1590-6.
Date: April 25, 1962
Creator: Hager, P. E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Livestock

Description: Photograph of a young registered Holstein bull in a field of sericea lespedesa and native grasses. Badly eroded and depleted when bought by Mr. Kesler Tess, this upland range site is now in good condition. OK-10-819.
Date: August 12, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Livestock

Description: Photograph of Dairy cattle on huban sweet clover paster. Sixty cattle had been on his 6 acre field 5 days at the time this photo was made. The 16 milking cattle in the herd have been producing 40 pounds mor emilk daily with 1/2 the protein feed they had before going on the hubam. TX-42-558.
Date: April 18, 1946
Creator: Reid, Louis E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Strip Mining, Reclamation

Description: Photograph of a 40 acre field of bermuda grass on an area which was previously coal strip pits. The area was used by the city of Okmulgee for a saniatry landfill. This area was used for disposal between 1955 and 1960. OK-2903-12.
Date: September 11, 1967
Creator: Worthy, John P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Cattle Weathering Snowstorm

Description: Photograph of five heads of cattle weathering a snowstorm. The original photograph sleeve proclaims, "Cattle weathering snow storms. It is necessary in conservation practices to have a reserve of livestock feed when the occasion arrives."
Date: 1958~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Cecil Drummond's Cattle Standing in a Field

Description: Photograph of close-up view of Cecil Drummond's cattle standing in one of his fields. The original photograph sleeve proclaims, "Grass-fat Hereford steers. Cecil Drummond and his three rancher sons have found that correct stocking means improved range condition and more beef per acre. On their best range, the Drummonds stock a cow and a calf to every eight acres yearlong in a good grass year."
Date: October 30, 1951
Creator: Tompkins, Gordon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Cattle Grazing on Grass Growing at Site 17, Wildhorse Creek

Description: Photograph of cattle grazing on the grass growing along the dam and the surrounding area surrounding Site 17, Wildhorse Creek. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Watersheds-Washita. Benefits. Cattle grazing on dam and surrounding Area Site 17, Wildhorse Creek. Excellent stand of grass on dam and spillway."
Date: October 12, 1961
Creator: Cummins, Pat
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Two Herds of Cattle Watering From Large Stockwater Pond

Description: Photograph of two herds of cattle watering from a large, sectioned stockwater pond. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cattle coming in for water in farm pond. This pond has been fenced into 2 sections so it may be used by cattle in both pastures of a 2 pasture grazing rotation system. In addition to native grass the cattle on this range get 5 pounds of cake per day. Steers are bought in and fed out in addition to the steers raised from the basic heard [sic]."
Date: August 10, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Cattle Pasturing on Wheat grown on Corley Soils

Description: Photograph of nine cattle pasturing on wheat growing on Corley soils. A windmill draws water from well for the livestock. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Wheat grown on colrey [sic] soils. Cattle pasturing on the wheat. Using the windmill to supply water for the livestock."
Date: February 1958
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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