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Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of the W.R. and Joseph B. Cutrer Ranch showing improved pasture on an old cultivated field. In the spring of 1943 increased milk production from 30 dairy cattle on pasture was worth more than $17 per acre. They expected to harvest at least 100 pounds of clover seed per acre. Daily milk production from 30 cows increased from 275 pounds per day to 650 pounds per day when cows were placed on 24 acres of clover pasture in the spring of 1942. Treatment: 2 tons lime per acre, 700 pounds ba… more
Date: May 18, 1942
Creator: Webb, Gordon
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Two UNIDENTIFED Men Surveying the Huey-McNair Project Drainage Ditch

Description: Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED men, one of them looking upstream, surveying the drainage ditch known as the Huey-McNair Project. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Looking upstream along drainage ditch known as Huey-McNair Project. Rod shows depth in this 9 foot cut. Side slopes are 2-1, the bottom width is 3 feet. Road on right will be graded down by Parish. Ditch crosses road in the background."
Date: May 15, 1943
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

An UNIDENTIFIED Man Surveying a Drainage Ditch

Description: Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man surveying a drainage ditch, also known as the Abney-Huey Project. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Looking upstream along drainage ditch known as Abney-Huey Project. Rod and chain show depth and shape of section, about 3 ft. deep with 3-1 sides and V bottom."
Date: May 12, 1943
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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