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Four UNIDENTIFIED Men Discussing The Benefits of Contour Farming and Crop Rotation/Muskogee District/Muskogee Project

Description: Photograph of three UNIDENTIFED men standing in a contoured field on the John Hancock Life Insurance Co. farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, "SCS Personal explaining contour farming and crop rotation to a colored cooperator."
Date: July 19, 1936
Creator: Hufnagle
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

[Photograph: OHPG0373]

Description: Bill Taylor made this two beam mold board plow especially to turn the stocks over and return them to the soil. He was given a patent which he later sold to the Mammoth Plow Company, kansas City
Date: 1938
Partner: Keystone Crossroads Historical Society

Two UNIDENTIFED Farmers Plowing Up Contour Ridges to Spread Bermuda/Duncan Project

Description: Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED farmers using horse drawn equipment plowing up contour ridges in an attempt to spread Bermuda planted the previous year. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Plowing up contour ridges in an effort to spread Bermuda which was planted last year.”
Date: April 12, 1938
Creator: Slack, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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