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My Pioneer Home in Old Greer County

Description: Article describes the author's experiences traveling to and growing up in old Greer County. Laressa Cox McBurney describes the wagon journey, the type of pioneer home they had, neighbors, mail, and school on the frontier.
Date: Spring 1964
Creator: McBurney, Laressa Cox
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A Military Burial at Lake Altus

Description: Article provides a detailed account of the discovery and excavation of a military burial at Lake Altus. James B. Shaeffer explores the investigation of artifacts and remains that determined the skeleton to belong to a United States army soldier, and how that investigation is ongoning.
Date: Winter 1958
Creator: Shaeffer, James B.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Covercrop

Description: Photograph of blackeyed peas for a cover crop following cotton for a long period of years. This field is adjacent to field where peas are growing after alfalfa. See photo No. OK-92-10. Class III land, 2% slope, soil unit 12.
Date: July 21, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Irrigated Alfalfa

Description: Photograph of irrigated alfalfa. Cutting alfalfa with swather. Swather mows and swaths in a single operation. Alfalfa was irrigted with sprinklers and will make 60 bales per acre from this second cutting. Class I land, 1% slope, soil unit 8 and 9.
Date: July 21, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Contour Borders

Description: Photograph of irrigated alfalfa in contour borders to protect sloping thin land that is being cultivated. Land class III, slope 2%, Soil Unit 2p-RR.
Date: July 18, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Irrigation

Description: Photograph of cotton field being irrigated with syphone from border ditch. Ivan Owen, owner, add fertilizer (liquid) to tirrigation water to irrigate and fertilize in one operation.
Date: July 18, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Irrigation and Fertilization

Description: Photograph of metering fertilizer into irrigation water in order to cut down on time and labor needed to do two jobs. The fertilizer is in liquid form and is gaged to the amount of water being used. The fertilizer is added to the water far enough ahead of where it will go on the land to insure complete mixing. The flow of water and fertilizer are regulated to get proper amount of fertilizer on each acre. Fertilizer is 8-12-0
Date: July 18, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Land Leveling

Description: Photograph o fland plans in operation to prepare land for a flood type irrigation system. Class II land on 0 to 1% slope, Soil Unit 1-RR, A-1.
Date: July 18, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Terraces

Description: Photograph of up-side down terrace. Soil moved from down side to build terrace. This is to hold and store moisture in the soil. Class III land, 1% slope, Soil Unit 1-RR A-1.
Date: July 18, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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