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Cimarron Valley Cemetery Decoration Day

Description: Photograph of Cimarron Valley Cemetery Decoration Day. On the picture it reads, "Three old soldiers are in the foreground, but are now laid to rest."
Date: 1912
Partner: Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention [?].

Description: Photograph of an earth dam near Kenton, OK. Dam has approx. 75,000 sq. yards of fill, approx. 2000 ft. long and will impound water over approximately 700 acres. The water will be used to irrigate 400 acres. It has a drainage area of 22.5 sections. During the dryest years there has been enough run-off water to fill the lake three times. OK-363.
Date: May 10, 1939
Creator: Haines, R. W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Maurice Compton Farm Deep Plowed Dalhart Fine Sandy Loam

Description: Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man on the Maurice Compton Farm standing in a deep plowed field. The back of the photograph proclaiming, "Deep plowing 18" on Dalhart fine sandy loam."
Date: March 5, 1956
Creator: Murphy, Ralph S.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Drilling Wheat on Richfield Silt Loam

Description: Photograph of three UNIDENTIFIED workers drilling wheat. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Drilling wheat – Richfield silt loam."
Date: October 2, 1955
Creator: Welsh, A. P.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

UNIDENTIFED man Seeding a Field in Land in Conservation Reserve of the Soil Bank

Description: Photograph of a UNIDENTFIED man drilling sideoats grama, blue grama, sand lovegrass, and switch grass into a failed sorghum field growing in conservation reserve of the soil bank. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Land in Conservation Reserve of the Soil Bank. ¼ section; 630 acres have been seeded. Drills owned by SCS district. Seven pounds of side oats [sic] and blue grama, one-pound sand love; ½ switch grass. Returning from cultivation for five years, sorghum did not make a crop so it wa… more
Date: January 17, 1957
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Two UNIDENTFIED Men Standing Next to Four Grass Drills, Which Will Help Seed Grass on Conservation Reserve Acreage

Description: Photograph of two UNIDENTFIED men standing next to four grass drills, which will help seed grass on conservation reserve acreage. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Seeding Grass. Seeding grass on conservation reserve acreage. Four grass drills hooked in sequence covering a 34 Ft. swath."
Date: January 7, 1957
Creator: Murphy, Ralph S.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Drilling Wheat on Richfield Silt Loam

Description: Photograph of three UNIDENTIFIED workers drilling wheat. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Drilling wheat – Richfield silt loam."
Date: October 2, 1955
Creator: Welsh, A. P.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

B. C. Bush, State Aid Discusses With Farmers Howard Warren and Clifford Hitchings Grass Seeding on Conservation Reserve Acreage With Sudan Grass Cover Crop

Description: Photograph of B. C. Bush, State Aid, discuss grass seeding on conservation reserve acreage with Sudan grass cover crop, with farmers Howard Warren and Clifford Hitchings. The photograph does not identify the left to right positions of Bush, Warren, and Hitchings. The back of the photograph proclaims, "B. C. Bush, State Aid, discuss grass seeding on conservation reserve acreage with Sudan grass cover crop, with farmers Howard Warren and Clifford Hitchings. Drills are two 9 hole and two 8 hole 12… more
Date: January 7, 1957
Creator: Welch, A. P.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Failed Sorghum Field

Description: Photograph of "Leon Newman, ASC Technician, examines sorghum that did not make heads."
Date: January 1957
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Description: Photograph of bindweed. The control of bindweed with a 2-4-D herbicide (2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid) showing nearly a perfect kill. Only a few sprigs of bindweed are showing. Sprayed with 2-4-D at the rate of ½ pound per acre once in 1954 and once in 1955. Dorsay Sparkman is in this picture. OK-341-1.
Date: July 11, 1956
Creator: Engelman, Jack E.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Description: Photograph of bindweed. Bindweed treated with salt at a rate of 9 tons per acre applied in April, 1956. The photo was taken on July 10, 1956. This has been irrigated 2 or 3 times since salt was applied. OK-342-7.
Date: July 10, 1956
Creator: Welch, A. P.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management

Description: Photograph of chiseling wheat [i.e., using a chisel plow] for the protection against wind erosion. Richfield loam. OK-211-7.
Date: February 28, 1956
Creator: Murphy, Ralph S.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of deep plowing on the Maurice Compton Farm, furrow 18 inches deep, on Dalhart fine sandy loam. OK-209-10.
Date: March 5, 1956
Creator: Murphy, Ralph S.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of deep plowing on the Maurice Compton Farm, furrow 18 inches deep, on Dalhart fine sandy loam. OK-209-9.
Date: March 5, 1956
Creator: Murphy, Ralph S.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of stubble left after drilling wheat on Richfield silt loam. Stubble mulch tilled and standard disc-type wheat drill. OK-158-7.
Date: October 2, 1955
Creator: Welch, A. P.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of drilling wheat on Richfield silt loam. OK-158-8.
Date: October 2, 1955
Creator: Welch, A. P.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Lead-Zinc Mining--Wind Erosion

Description: Photograph of tractor and grain drills partly covered by drifting soils of the Richfiled series. OK-229[?]-9.
Date: February 1965
Creator: Smith, James E.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Wind, Wind Erosion, Sand Storms and Dunes

Description: Photograph of the town of Boise City, cimarron County, Oklahoma, taking a severe beating during a dust storm. OK-2272-6.
Date: February 23, 1965
Creator: Smith, James E.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Wind, Wind Erosion, Sand Storms and Dunes

Description: Photograph of wind erosion accumulation from adjacent pastures and sand piled on Sante fe railroad tracks. OK-361.
Date: May 22, 1939
Creator: McLean
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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