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Hereford Cattle Grazing

Description: Photograph of grade Hereford grazing on rye and vetch class III 12 cross timbers soil. Mr. Keller has found it very profitable to buy cattle in the fall, winter on this type of pasture and sell on spring market.
Date: March 11, 1933
Creator: Fry, Chester
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Hereford Cattle Grazing

Description: Photograph of grade Hereford grazing on rye and vetch class III 12 cross timbers soil. Mr. Keller has found it very profitable to buy cattle in the fall, winter on this type of pasture and sell on spring market.
Date: March 11, 1933
Creator: Fry, Chester
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of an Armistice Day parade of 1934 in Stillwater, Oklahoma feature Soil Conservation Service. First [unclear] for the Civilian Conservation Corps personne.
Date: November 11, 1934
Creator: Hollopeter, Chas A.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of an Armistice Day** parade of 1934 in Stillwater, Oklahoma featuring Soil Conservation Service heavy farming equipment. **in the US, this became Veterans Day starting in 1954.
Date: November 11, 1934
Creator: Hollopeter, Chas A.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Erosion Control

Description: Photograph of Little Bluestem grass reestablishing itself in badly gully eroded area which was formerly cultivated. Notice the soil holding properties of the grass.
Date: April 11, 1938
Creator: Slack, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Returning to Alfalfa

Description: Photograph of a field to be returned, by irrigation, to alfalfa. Irrigation well will be located in the foreground. Alfalfa was produced in this field for about 30 years prior to 1934, with irrigation water supplied from the Beaver River. Impossible to take water from river since floods have cut the bank of the creek.
Date: May 11, 1939
Creator: Haines
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Lovegrass Pasture

Description: Photograph of dairy cattle grazing on sand lovegrass planted in cultivated rows. Weeping lovegrass in left background.
Date: July 11, 1941
Creator: Smith Jr., J. E.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Contour Farming

Description: Photograph of contour cultivation on terraced field. Hegari and Red Top sorghum shocked with second growth showing wall. Terrace on the right is drilled on a countour to small grain. Terraces constructed in 1939 empty into Bermuda pasture. OK-8284.
Date: October 11, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Roadside Erosion Control

Description: Photograph of Severe gullying of roadside channels has been halted by sloping and sodding the banks and sodding the slopes to Bermuda grass. Work completed last part of June, 1940. Roadsides are now being utilized for terrace outlet channels. When work was started, the gullies on each side of the road were cutting back into the fields and damaging the fence. Yukon Camp.
Date: October 11, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Roadside Erosion Control Project Site

Description: Photograph of a roadside erosion control project site. The road is to be resectoned and the waterway will be prepared to carry both roadside water and the excess from terraced land. To be followd with later pictures. Chickasha Project, Yukon Camp.
Date: October 11, 1941
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of roadside erosion control. Severe gullying of roadside channels has been halted by sloping and then soding the banks and slopes with Bermuda grass. Work completed las tpart of June 1940. Roadsides are now being utilized for terrace outlet channels. When work was started, the gullies on each side of the road were cutting back into the fields and damaging the fences. OK-6450-B.
Date: October 11, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Native Grass Pasture

Description: Photograph of 2 year old growth of a native grass mixture seeded in denuded sand sagebrush range land at Elkhart, Kansas. The prominent grass in this view is sand lovegrass.
Date: September 11, 1942
Creator: Smith Jr., J. E.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Native Grass Pasture

Description: Photograph of 2 year old growth of a native grass mixture seeded in denuded sand sagebrush range land at Elkhart, Kansas. The prominent grass in this view is sand lovegrass.
Date: September 11, 1942
Creator: Smith Jr., J. E.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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