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[Photograph 2012.201.B0403.0249]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Visiting Judge William J. Monroe gets a helping hand with his robe from Fred Daugherty presiding district judge."
Date: December 4, 1956
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of native grass pasture overgrazed. Native grass pasture overgrazed with additional drought damage. Soil Conservation program started in 1941 on this farm. Until recently this ranch was one of our examples of proper use. Droughts of 1954, 1955 and 1956 reduced the carrying capacity of the range so that it is now badly overgrazed. Mrs. J. H. Carlock, Ardmore is the owner. Roy Skaggs is the foreman-operator. OK-389-2.
Date: September 28, 1956
Creator: Castle, E. L.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of native grass seeding. Native grass seeding made in 1950 on the right. Meadow on the left was overgrazed while considerable growth was left on the seeded areas. No fertilizers were used in either area. The Soil conservation Service [SCS] began here on this ranch in 1941. The right area was terraced in 1947 and was seeded to native bluestem mixture in 1950. Roy Skaggs, Foreman Operator. OK-389-1.
Date: September 28, 1956
Creator: Castle, E. L.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Irrigation and Land Leveling

Description: borders being watered to check on land leveling work, prior to seeding alfalfa. Shows areas needing additional work. Soil Conservation Service program started in 1954 on this farm with irrigation surveys being made on 27 acres. Adequate water source was not found until 1956. Two sources now being developed. Additional surveys made on 158 acres and border irrigation plan being established. Rudolph McGehee in picture.
Date: September 28, 1956
Creator: Castle, E. L.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.b1301.0432]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Dutch Harrison, left, the host professional, is pictured looking at golf ball with Waco Turner, who sponsors one of the nation's top ranking tourneys."
Date: May 6, 1953
Creator: Cobb, Richard
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Before Photo of Critical Area Treatment

Description: Photograph of a before photo of a critical area treatment. 5 to 1 slope (side) , 5 to 1 front slope. Fertilize and sod to Bermuda grass, 300 lbs. 10-20-0 per acre.
Date: May 6, 1958
Creator: Collins, F. W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

A Brushy Area Plowed With 48-inch Disc

Description: Photograph of a brushy field plowed with a 48-inch disc, cut to a depth of 14 to 18 inches, left very little green brush remaining in area. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Area of brush plowed with a 48" disc. Cutting to a depth of 14 to 18 in. Very little green brush left after plowing."
Date: November 2, 1959
Creator: Collins, F. W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Cleared Land Sprigged to Bermuda

Description: Photograph of clear land plowed and sprigged to bermuda grass. Cattle grazing bermuda grass whee once stood heavy brush which made the land practically useless.
Date: July 9, 1959
Creator: Collins, F. W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Cut Stream Bank on Highway 77

Description: Photograph of a cut stream bank on highway 77, created in January 1958, with no attempt made to control erosion. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Stream bank cut on Highway 77, 3 to 1 slope. Bank cut with no attempt made to control erosion. Cut made in Jan. 1958. Erosion of bank has started with an estimated 6" of rainfall to date. With normal rainfall erosion will be much greater. Soil Unit 9."
Date: July 1, 1959
Creator: Collins, F. W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of a district-owned two-row Bermuda grass sprigger in operation. Change of vegetation on land from poor type to good. Fertilized Midland Bermuda grass and overseed to vetch in the fall. District employee L.D. Meeks is driving the tractor. Ok-683-7.
Date: May 6, 1958
Creator: Collins, F. W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Gully to be Treated

Description: Photograph of a gully to be shaped and sodded. Black locust and Catalpa trees growing in gully.
Date: March 14, 1958
Creator: Collins, F. W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Gully to be Treated

Description: Photograph of a gully to be shaped and sodded. Note washed out structure with old pipe in bottom of gully.
Date: March 14, 1958
Creator: Collins, F. W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Description: Photograph of a "before" view of a critical area treatment, 5 to 1 slope (side), 5 to 1 front slope. Fertilize and sod to Bermuda grass, 300 pounds of 10-20-0 fertilizer per acre. OK-683-12.
Date: May 6, 1958
Creator: Collins, F. W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Description: Photograph of a gully to be treated. Gully to be shaped and sodded. Note washed out structure with old pipe at the bottom of the gully. OK-652-10.
Date: March 14, 1958
Creator: Collins, F. W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Description: Photograph of a gully to be treated. Gully to be shaped and sodded. Black locust and Catalpa trees growing in gully. OK-652-11.
Date: March 14, 1958
Creator: Collins, F. W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Native Grass Post Herbicide Treatment

Description: Photograph of native grass in brush that was sprayed with herbicide 2-4-5-t in 1959. Little bluestem, switch, sand lovegrass, purple top, sand bluestem and Indian.
Date: August 28, 1959
Creator: Collins, F. W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Newt Chamberlain Showing Size and Height of Disc on Plow

Description: Photograph of "Newt Chamberlain, contractor, standing by plow showing size and height of disc – 48" in diameter." The field that Chamberlains stands in is heavily vegetated.
Date: November 2, 1959
Creator: Collins, F. W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Plowing Second Growth Oak

Description: Photograph of second oak growth being plowed with a 48" disc. Cutting to a depth of 14 to 18 inches. 60 acre block. Area to go to bermuda grass. Newt Chamberlain, contractor, in photo.
Date: November 2, 1959
Creator: Collins, F. W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Proper Grazing

Description: Photograph of left side-native grasses eaten almost to grubbing stage. Right-little bluestem with seed heads. Appears to be grazed properly. K. Harrill pasture on left side. K. Ragsdale pasture to right. Cattle in two pastures show a different degree in bloom.
Date: August 5, 1959
Creator: Collins, F. W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Stream Bank With No Erosion Control

Description: Photograph of a stream bank cut on Highway 77, 3 to 1 slope. Bank cut with no attempt made to control erosion. Cut made in Jan. 1958. Erosion of bank has started with an estimated 6" of rainfall to date. With normal rainfall erosion will be much greater. Soil Unit 9.
Date: July 1, 1959
Creator: Collins, F. W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Weeping Lovegrass at One Year

Description: Photograph of 60 acres of one year old planting of weeping lovegrass on 6w soil-Class 7 - in Bayou Watershed. Korean lespedenza has been overseeded and is up to a good stand. Kenneth B. Blan, Student Trainee, with SCS, in photo.
Date: July 11, 1959
Creator: Collins, F. W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1134.0318]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma department commander of the American Legion, Jim Rogers, Holdenville, presents the gavel to George Bourland, Marietta, newly elected post commander of Burch Bros. post No. 136, Marietta."
Date: 1954
Creator: Dillard, Jack
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0836]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "BLAZING BUTANE ruined this bridge and blocked off traffic on U.S. 77 seven miles north of Marietta Saturday. The truck, driven by Marvin G. Carr, Dallas, was hauling 4,080 gallons of butane when it crashed into the bridge."
Date: January 30, 1955
Creator: Duncan, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Bermudagrass Used For Erosion Control on Bottom of Gully

Description: Photograph of the bottom of a gully covered in Bermudagrass to control erosion. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Erosion Control. Bermudagrass set in bottom of gully controlling erosion. About 100 acres drainage area."
Date: March 14, 1958
Creator: Fry, Chester
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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