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Balboa Rye and Hairy Vetch Used for Soil Improvement, Erosion Control, and Seed Production

Description: Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man standing in a field of Balboa rye and hairy vetch, which will be used for seed production. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Combination planting of hairy vetch and Balboa rye for seed. 30 acres to be harvested with regular combine (6-foot sickle) for seed. Surplus vetch seed to be sold through AAA after rye and vetch are separated with special gravity seed separator. Balboa rye to be sold through local seed sources. 100 pounds of triple superphosphate (AAA… more
Date: May 8, 1942
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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