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Conservation Crop for Rotation Hay

Description: Photograph of 8 months after seeding lovegrass as a conservation crop for rotation hay on Soil Bank land. SCS Technician John Nelson, left, and Robert Lippert, right, observing establishment of weeping lovegrass on 160 acre cropland under Soil Bank Contract 8 months after seeding.
Date: October 31, 1960
Creator: Chance, R. J.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Stubble Mulch Tillage

Description: Photograph of Mr. Harold Myers, Wheatland Experiment Station superintendent, holding up wheat stubble and root system which has been released by the Noble Blade stubble mulch tillage machine.
Date: July 25, 1959
Creator: Chance, R. J.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Stubble Mulch Tillage Operation

Description: Photograph of a John Deere stubble mulch grain drill drilling wheat in stubble mulch tillage. Tillage performed by Noble 8 inch blade. This is front view of grain drill seeding wheat in a stubble prepared seedbed.
Date: July 25, 1959
Creator: Chance, R. J.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Stubble Mulch Tillage

Description: Photograph of Noble blade stubble mulch tillage machine being used on Wheatland Exp. Station. This is the first operation by the 8 ft. blade cutting approximately 5 inches under the surface. It raised the slice of dirt slightly, but leaves the stubble and other residue in place.
Date: July 25, 1959
Creator: Chance, R. J.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of a concentric ring infiltrometer used on the experiment station at Cherokee, Oklahoma. It was developed by Maurice B. Cox, Agricultural Engineer, working in cooperation with Louis E. Darr and W. Elmo Baumann, soil scientists. The water level in the rings are maintained at equal depth with the float chambers made from discarded automobile carburetors. The rate of infiltration is recorded by a reconnaissance of the filled gage bucket. Louis E. Darr, soil scientist, observing the equi… more
Date: September 1951
Creator: Cox, Maurice B.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of a plastic protector for a waterway. State soil Conservationist Earl Rowley and Dan Hamill. Work Unit Conservationist [WUC], Weatherford, Oklahoma, demonstrates a plastic cover that can be spread over a Bermuda grass waterway where the slope increase would be a hazard. Water can flow over the plastic preventing erosion. The Bermuda grass receives sunlight through the plastic. Soil moisture loss under the covered area is reduced to a minimum. OK-692-7.
Date: July 10, 1958
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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