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Crop-Rotated Field of Grain Sorghum

Description: Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man standing in a crop-rotated field of grain sorghum. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Grain sorghum in a crop rotation program. Yield is expected to reach 80 to 90 bushels per year. Irrigated two times in summer of 1958. Sorghum to followed with alfalfa – 1959 & 1960.”
Date: September 10, 1958
Creator: Elder, A. T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management

Description: Photograph of a soil survey. While making the soil survey, Richard Graft, Soil Conservation Service [SCS] scientist, discovered a recently-formed gyp sink [= a sinkhole] in a gently sloping wheat field of Tillman clay loam soil. The gyp sink is approximately 30 feet deep and 15 feet wide. OK-720-12.
Date: July 10, 1958
Creator: Bailey, Oran F.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Stubble Mulching

Description: Photograph of stubble mulch tillage of wheat stubble, Noble cultivator system. Only the first operation has been completed.
Date: July 10, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of District Manager M.V. McMullen makes a final check of the district Bermuda sprigger. Indications are this machine will be overworked this spring. Most popular work is sprigging Coastal Bermuda grass. OK-585-2.
Date: January 10, 1958
Creator: Hayes, Earl J.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Tree Diseases

Description: Photograph of a Sycamore tree planted in March of 1958. Mr. L.D. Hunck (left) with a Soil Conservation Service (SCS) representative. OK-754-1.
Date: September 10, 1958
Creator: Ricker, J. E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of an erosion control dam. Olan Rowlett, Work Unit Conservationist [WUC], showing Jody Deputy, District co-operator of the Washita County Soil Conservation District [SCD], where the water line above the overfall will be to stop erosion after the dam is constructed. OK-692-3.
Date: July 10, 1958
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of a plastic protector for a waterway. State soil Conservationist Earl Rowley and Dan Hamill. Work Unit Conservationist [WUC], Weatherford, Oklahoma, demonstrates a plastic cover that can be spread over a Bermuda grass waterway where the slope increase would be a hazard. Water can flow over the plastic preventing erosion. The Bermuda grass receives sunlight through the plastic. Soil moisture loss under the covered area is reduced to a minimum. OK-692-7.
Date: July 10, 1958
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Combining Native Grass Seed

Description: Photograph of combining native grass seed. Seed mixtire includes Little and Big bluestem, switch and Indian grass. Meadow baled in early July. Seed harvested 10/9/58. Meadow yeilded 16,560 lbs. seed on approximately 160 acres.
Date: October 10, 1958
Creator: Eaton, J. L.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Newly Formed Gyp Sink Hole

Description: Photograph of Jake Ringwald and Hubert Mobley, SCS Soil Scientists, peering into recently formed gyp sink hole, which is approximately 30 feet deep and 15 feet wide. The photograph does not identify the left to right positions of Ringwald or Mobley. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Jake Ringwald and Hubert Mobley, SCS Soil Scientists, peering into recently gormed [sic] gyp sink in a gentley [sic] sloping what field of Tillman clay loam soil. The hole is approximately 30 feet deep and 15 f… more
Date: July 10, 1958
Creator: Bailey, O. F.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Vetch and Rye Sown in Cotton Field

Description: Photograph of Jess Wesner standing a cotton field sown with vetch and rye. This field was also used to pasture cattle. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Jess Wesner, cooperator with several farms, shown, says, "My renter, Mike Johnson, convinced me several years ago that a rye and vetch rotation with row crops was the best thing that could be done to these sandy land farms." This vetch was sown in cotton Oct. 1, 1957. 64 head of steers pastured from Dec. 20, 1957 to March 1, 1958. This rye… more
Date: July 10, 1958
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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