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Resource Conservation

Description: Photograph of Resource conservation planning on Carl Albert Parkway, McAlester, Okla. Many different types of grasses and shrubs were used to landscape the center median.
Date: December 2, 1969
Creator: Conradi, Al
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Pasture Establishment in Ouachita Highlands

Description: Photograph of a planned conservation treatment of timbere4d rock free soil in Ouachita Highlands. Bermuda grass from seed on dozer cleared land 2 months after seeding. This grass was limed and fertilized with 150 pounds of 10-20-10 per acre. Land was tandem diced, followed by packing rain. Seed and fertilizer placed on top of ground in 18 inch rows. Seeded at the rate of 2 pounds of seed per acre.
Date: July 9, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Tame Pasture Planting

Description: Photograph of Quarter horses grazing on a 10-acre field of bermuda grass.
Date: August 22, 1969
Creator: Conradi, Al
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Erosion Control

Description: Photograph of northwest corner of Jefferson School ground with erosion caused by heavy traffic and overhead water.
Date: July 28, 1972
Creator: Vaughan, Keith
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Erosion Control

Description: Photograph of diversion terrace on Jefferson School ground empties into road ditch. Lack of proper installation and vegetation resulted in this severe erosion problem.
Date: July 28, 1972
Creator: Vaughan, Keith
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Erosion Control

Description: Photograph of erosion along west edge of Jefferson School ground. Note here tree roots due to erosion.
Date: July 28, 1972
Creator: Vaughan, Keith
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Roadside erosion

Description: Photograph of sediment pollution potential and Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management of a closed country road. Runoff and sediment from this area destroys the entrance to the house in the background after each sizeable rain. OK-4145-5.
Date: March 1970
Creator: Conradi, Al
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Conservation Planning

Description: Photograph of District Conservationist, Arlin Conradi (left), and McAlester NAD Natural Resources Manager, Jim Hodge, discuss conservation work on the installation [i.e., the McAlester Naval Ammunition Depot]. OK-4213-2.
Date: May 12, 1971
Creator: Croom, Dan
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Conservation Planning

Description: Photograph of Jim Hodge (left), MacAlester Naval Ammunition Depot [NAD], Natural Resources Manager and Arlin Conradi [right], Soil Conservation Service [SCS], District Conservationist, discuss management of native grass meadows on the McAlester Naval Ammunition Depot. OK-4213-7.
Date: May 12, 1971
Creator: Croom, Dan
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Description: Photograph of range improvement, H. Mead Norton, Ti Ranch. Excellent condition of native grass to the left of the fence has been accomplished by treating brush and deferred grazing. The pasture to the left of the fence was sprayed by airplane in June, 1956, with 2 pounds of 2-4-5T herbicide per acre, and again with 1 poind per acre in June, 1957. The pasture was not grazed after spraying until frost arrived. The pasture on the right has not received treatment and has been badly overgrazed. OK-5… more
Date: October 18, 1957
Creator: Lowe, G. N.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Dr. C. Q. Lynd, Agronomy Department, Oklahoma A & M College [i.e.,Oklahoma State University], Stillwater, Oklahoma and M.D. Gamble, Agronomist, Soil Conservation Service [SCS], examining stand of native grasses in excellent condition. OK-139-12.
Date: September 2, 1955
Creator: Lowe, George
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Livestock

Description: Photograph of district supervisor Harry Stiers with some of his 23 head of shorthorn and Jersey cows on Bermuda Kobe lespedeza pasture. This old cultivated field was retired and sodded to Bermuda 3 years ago. Last year, after flat-breaking, discing and harrowing, it was overseeded to Kobe lespedeza. The diversion terraces near where Mr. Stiers is standing protects the cultivated land below. Stiers said he “need[ed] to farm between the gullies” before he retired the 28 of his 60 cultivated acres… more
Date: September 4, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Dr. J.O. Lynd (left), Agronomy Department, Oklahoma A&M College [i.e., Oklahoma State University] and George N. Lowe, Work Unit Conservationist {WUC], discussing 8 weeks growth of Bermuda grass from seed. This field was native grass in the stand. A clean, firm seedbed was prepared by plowing, discing and harrowing, then with the roots planted with an automatic planter followed by section harrow. 100 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer was applied with the roots. Roots were planted in Ma… more
Date: September 1, 1955
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of tame pastures improvement. Abandoned cropland field being planted to Bermuda grass using a two-automatic planter. Fertilizer is applied at the time of planting. The Bermuda grass will be overseeded with legumes. OK-540-3.
Date: August 6, 1957
Creator: Lowe, George
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Livestock

Description: Photograph of District Supervisor Harry Stiers with some of his 25 head of shorthorn and Jersey cows on Bermuda Kobe lespedeza pasture. This old cultivated field was retired and sodded to Bermuda grass 3 years ago. Last year, after flat-breaking, discing and harrowing, it was overseeded to Kobe lespedeza. The diversion terrace near where Mr. Stiers is standing protects the cultivated land below. Stiers said he “used to farm between the gullies,” before he retired the 28 of his 60 cultivated acr… more
Date: September 4, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of a gullied natural draw to be sloped, shaped and sodded for a terrace outlet channel. The camera station: looking up from draw from a point of a junction of the lateral drain; 136 paces up the channel from the dam of the farm pond. OK-9163.
Date: July 11, 1956
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Livestock

Description: Photograph of a mule. This beast of burden, although scarce in most sections of Oklahoma, still figures in the economy of the hill country. In the application of a conservation program, a farm planner often must change his thinking from a tractor-operated farm to one in which this animal and his offspring will be used. OK-139-9.
Date: September 1, 1955
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Range Improvement

Description: Photograph of excellent condition of native grass left of fence has been accomplished by treating brush and deferred grazing. The pasture to the left of the fence was sprayed by airplane in June of 1956 with 2 lbs. of 2-4-5-T per acre, and again with 1 lb. per acre in June of 1957. The pasture was not grazed after spraying until frost. Pasture on right has not received treatment and has been badly overgrazed.
Date: October 18, 1957
Creator: Lowe, G. N.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Marina on Lake Eufaula

Description: Photograph of a marina on Lake Eufaula Reservoir in Arrowhead State Park.
Date: September 5, 1968
Creator: Mathiews, Jerry
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Sericea lespedeza. The grass is cut and raked in windrows on 4 acres of an idle, cultivated field, which was seeded at the rate of 25 pounds per acre on June 10, 1942 with a cyclone seeder. The field was flattened, disked and harrowed. Three and one half acres were fertilized with 200 pounds of 20% phosphate per acre and the seed bed packed with a cultipacker. Seeds were covered with a second rolling of the cultipacker. A severe drought in 1943 prevented all but one hay crop. Fred… more
Date: July 6, 1944
Creator: Sittel, C. W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Gully

Description: Photograph of a 40 foot deep gully on A. Grossman's land.
Date: September 26, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Bermuda Grass

Description: Photograph of Bermuda grass.
Date: July 3, 1956
Creator: Gamble, Maurice D.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Clarence Sittel

Description: Photograph of Clarence Sittel checking on seeding operations with two workers on the Ward Ranch.
Date: July 7, 1954
Creator: Gamble, Maurice D.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Cattle

Description: Photograph of cattle on the Dowdy and Clauswitz Farm.
Date: November 2, 1955
Creator: Gamble, Maurice D.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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