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Crop Residue Management

Description: Photograph of burning stubble after the harvest of wheat. This stubble is being burned to make working the land easier. This area produced only 15 bushels of wheat per acre in 1958. This reduced yield is due to land condition which is poor because of the practice of burning stubble. Stubble properly managed will improve the condition of the land and the amount of production.
Date: July 16, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Seed Harvest

Description: Photograph of combining button clover in midland Bermudagrass field for seed harvest. The grass will be later baled for hay nad used for grazing. Mr. Hair believes that the clover will make 400 pounds per acre. This field is Red River bottom land. The growing of clover also improves the grass.
Date: July 16, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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