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Mill Creek Site 6 Diversion Terrace

Description: Photograph of an aerial shot of a diversion terrace for Site 6 Mill Creek and the surrounding area. A farmstead with several buildings is located in the bottom part of the photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Watershed: Ok-SCD-20 Wa. #5. Site #6. Type of structure: Diversion terrace for Site #6. Drainage area: 155 acres (90 acres in pasture, 65 acres in cropland). General condition of drainage area: Severely eroded, gully & sheet. Acres of bottomland protected: 90 acres (Protects … more
Date: July 17, 1948
Creator: Ginter Photo Co.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Hooded Pipe Spillway

Description: Photograph of Mr. Hutchison examining hooded pipe spillway in erosion control dam built with GPCP assistance on his Belva ranch.
Date: February 17, 1959
Creator: Gould, Harold C.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Wildlife Are Improvement Water Control

Description: Photograph of a part of a 17 acre planted, flooded field and a water control system in a hardwood bottom for ducks. The cultivated field was planted to browntop millet in July and the seeds produced were flooded in October. The flooded hardwood bottom made the acorns produce on the Nuttall oak trees. The hardwood area is drained during the summer so as to not kill the trees. Over a thousand mallards were using this field the day the picture was taken.
Date: January 17, 1959
Creator: Dillon, Olan W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Graded Border Irrigation System

Description: Photograph of a graded boreder irrigation system of 400 acres. Water is pumped from the Verdigris River at H.E. corner of 400 acre field. Water is shown running from feeder ditch through border to field tabs. Field to left of electric fence is in rye and vetch and has had one irrigation. An additional 300 acres will be leveled smoothed ditched and bordered and put into irrgation in 1956. The system provides drainage as well as irrigation.
Date: November 17, 1955
Creator: Hurd and Moreland
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Combining Native Grass Seed

Description: Photograph of combining native grass seed. Seed mixture includes Little and Big bluestem, Switch and Indian grass; Meadow baled in early July. Seed harvested 10/17/58. Meadow yeilded 12,840 lbs. seed on approximately 100 acres. O'Neal Teague, County Agent, Wesley Fowler, SCS technician, and H. Wimberly, rancher, examining grass.
Date: October 17, 1958
Creator: Eaton, J. L.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Dairy Stock Graizing

Description: Photograph of dairy stock grazing 6 acre field of first year sweet clover that was drilled in wheat spring of 1944. Thirty head have been grazing this field for 16 days.
Date: October 17, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Concord Grape Vineyard

Description: Photograph of showing the average growth of the 20 year old ten acre Concord Grape vineyard. The chorty soil was terraced before grapes were set. Soil building crop of vetch, yellow hop clover, lespedeza, and rye grass is maintained at all times except for short period during the final growth and ripening of the fruit. Phospate is applied under the legumes. A regular spray schedule has been maintained. There has never been a failure to produce a fair crop and they have produced 3000 bushels sev… more
Date: August 17, 1945
Creator: Reid, Louis E.
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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 10/17/58. Meadow yeilded 12,840 lbs. seed on approximately 100 acres.
Date: October 17, 1958
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Harvesting Grass

Description: Photograph of Harvesting native grass seed with self-propelled combines. Meadow has been managed properly and conditioned maintained. Estimated yield of combine run seed was 100 lbs. per acre. Ranch planned and range managed in cooperation with Soil Conservation Service.
Date: October 17, 1957
Creator: McClung, F.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Geary Camp

Description: Photograph of a highway sign five miles north of Geary erected by the camp on the north boundary of its demonstration area. OK-5451.
Date: March 17, 1937
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Wind, Wind Erosion, Sand Storms and Dunes

Description: Photograph of follow up of Oklahoma 10-916-A. Sand blowing out of a field into a road from a field of Class IV, VII - 12X land. Little rainfall, continuous wind and now cropping speed up this winderosion. Landowner plans to put this land into pasture of mixed bluestem grasses. OK-916-B.
Date: November 17, 1954
Creator: McConnell, John
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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