83 Matching Results

Search Results

Swarming Bees

Photograph of Sweetclover in a cropping system to improve organic matter and soil stucture. Uses honey bees to polonize the clover for seed production. Bees are Swarming. One swarm has just settled on fence post, leaders come to direct their swarm to their new home.

Date: July 5, 1957

Creator: Chance, R. J.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Harvesting Native Grass

Photograph of four self-propelled 14' combines with operator and sacker on each combine. C.S. Thompson, resident of Ponca City and owner of the ranch, standing on first combine. C.E. Riley, Pawnee contractor standing in front of the combines. The ranch is over 5000 acres and approximately 2000 acres is being harvested for native grass seed.

Date: October 28, 1957

Creator: Chance, R. J.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Harvesting Native Grass

Photograph of a native grass harvest. Approximately 2000 acres of this 5000 acre ranch is being harvested for native grass seed. Picture shows loading seed from combine to truck. C.E. Dilley, of Pawnee, is the contractor.

Date: October 28, 1957

Creator: Chance, R. J.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass Rotation

Photograph of 20 acres Cornado sideoats planted Feb, 1948 in cultivated rows. It was fertilized and cultivated 1300 lbs. of certified seed was harvested Oct. 1958 or 65 lbs. per acre. This seed was used to seed 68 more acres of cropland and overseeded some poor stands of native grass pasture.

Date: July 2, 1959

Creator: Chance, R. J.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Flood Caused Silt Deposit

Photograph of a silt deposit caused by flood. The 5 or 6" rain Sept. 26, 1959 caused hundreds of silt deposit areas on tributaries of Red Rock Creek. This silt deposit area is in a field which is located 3/4 miles below a proposed detention dam site.

Date: September 26, 1959

Creator: Chance, R. J.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Waterway Construction

Photograph of waterway construction near Perry. Construction started in the spring of 1956.

Date: April 3, 1961

Creator: Chance, R. J.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Scoured Area on Red Rock Creek

Photograph of a scoured area caused by flooding. The 5 or 6" rain Sept. 26, 1959 caused hundreds of scour areas on tributaries of the Red Rock Creek. This scour area is 1 mile below a proposed detention dam site.

Date: September 26, 1959

Creator: Chance, R. J.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Sweet Clover In Rotation

Photograph of a second year sweet clover crop in rotation with wheat. Oats and sweet clover then 4 years wheat.

Date: July 12, 1956

Creator: Baggett, Beryl

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Contour Farming

Photograph of contour farming shown on good cross section channel type terraces constructed in 1952.

Date: July 2, 1959

Creator: Chance, R. J.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Wildlife Protection

Photograph of Multi-flora rose planted around pond for wildlife protection and feed.

Date: September 26, 1960

Creator: Bryan, Hugo

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Flooding Black Bear Creek

Photograph of Black Bear Creek flooding farmstead as result of Hurricane Carla.

Date: September 13, 1961

Creator: Morris, David

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Upper Black Bear Spillway

Photograph of Site No. 71, Upper Black Bear. AC observing concrete workers preparing forms for the riser on the upper end of the principal spillway. Also shown to the left, a drainway to keep the natural drain open to prevent impoundment of water during construction.

Date: July 13, 1962

Creator: Chance, R. J.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Flooding Red Rock Creek

Photograph of the city waterwork of Red Rock, Okla. inundated by floodwater from Red Rock Creek Watershed following rains caused by Hurricane Carla.

Date: September 13, 1961

Creator: Morris, David

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Wildlife Plantings

Photograph of Black Locust and Catalpa trees. Planting is approx. 25 years old.

Date: September 26, 1960

Creator: Bryan, Hugo

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Major Spillway

Photograph of a pipe on backside of Site No. 11 Long Branch Watershed Project discharging water from the 17" pipe. From July 13 to 26, 16" of rain fell on this watershed and the water went around the emergency spillway on July 15 following 11' of the rain in 44 hours for about a 3 hour period. Everything worked perfectly and no damage to the bermudagrass cover in the waterway. About 100 to 150' of nativegrass above the permanent pool contour was damaged by standing water during this rain period. more

Date: July 23, 1959

Creator: Chance, R. J.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Waterway

Photograph of a waterway established to bermudagrass in 1955.

Date: October 18, 1958

Creator: Chance, R. J.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Quarter Horse Rancher

Photograph of Bud and Reba Warren, receiving a long distance call relative to business. Mrs. Warren a business partner and secretary makes the ranch business a common daily routine of the home.

Date: 1961~

Creator: Chance, R. J.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Watershed Protection Upper Black Bear Site

Photograph of the principal spillway and dam of H.S. Diem property who gave one of the two necessary easments to permit construction. Shown is Daryl Bond, employee with Ben Haskins Construction Company, contractor on this site.

Date: February 23, 1962

Creator: Morris, David

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Bermudagrass Waterway

Photograph of a waterway which was established in 1952 and the average width is 54 ft. It was originally a natural drain that was shaped and planted to Bermudagrass. It is designed to handle the runoff from approximately 80 acres. Terraces now spill into the waterway. On the left is shown the end of a strip of Kafir and almum sorghum mixture to be cut for silage.

Date: September 5, 1958

Creator: Chance, R. J.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Pasture Planting

Photograph of Bermuda overseeded with wheat in 18 inch rows in the stud lot. Shown is Bud Warren with a prize stud. In the lot to the background is the nationally known stud that gave Bud and Reba their start in the quarter horse business.

Date: 1961~

Creator: Chance, R. J.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Terrace Construction

the second operation of constructing channel type terraces being built by bulldozer. Billy Kay, Contractor.

Date: July 10, 1959

Creator: Chance, R. J.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Flood Water Near Morrison

Photograph of floodwater across Highway 64 due to Long Branch Creek going out of its banks after a 5 inch rain on the watershed. Photo made 10 hours after crest of 1.6 feet flowed across the highway. Flood control structures have been staked on Sites No. 8 & 11 for Long Branch Creek watershed by the Soil Conservation Service.

Date: May 21, 1957

Creator: McConnell, John

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Range Management

Photograph of 30 broad mares winter grazing on native grass field in top good condition.

Date: 1961~

Creator: Chance, R. J.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of terraces. Constructing terraces with two, three bottom plows. This picture shows completed terraces as the 16 round was being made. This terrace is approximately 1000 feet long. It checked out 1.2 settled, height of ridge cross section of channel is 16 sq. ft. Ridge is 20 ft. from channel to toe on back side. OK-745-12.

Date: September 5, 1958

Creator: Chance, R. J.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

1
2
3
4
»

Currently Limited To

Clear All Filters

Available Filters

Share