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Oats and Cotton Drilled on Contour and Terraces on the Frank DeVorak Farm/Stillwater District/Stillwater Project

Description: Photograph of oats and cotton drilled on contour and terraces on the Frank DeVorak farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Oats drilled on contour in a strip and on the terraces and between two strips of cotton, which is also planted on the contour."
Date: May 26, 1936
Creator: Slack
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Bank Sloughing from Flood

Description: Photograph of Section Line Road. Road is now abaandoned due to bank sloughing from flood on the Salt Fork River. About 35 feet of bank 220 yards long sloughed off in two days.
Date: May 26, 1938
Creator: Slack, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

River Bank Sloughing

Description: Photograph of a now abandoned road due to bank sloughing from flood on the Salt Fork River. About 35 feet of bank 220 yards long sloughed off in two days.
Date: May 26, 1938
Creator: Slack, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Sloughing Banks

Description: Photograph of sloughing banks from recent flood of Chickaskia River has caused considerable damage and engangered building on this farm. About 20 feet of bank 200 feet long has fallen into the river.
Date: May 26, 1938
Creator: Slack, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Stillwater Project

Description: Photograph of field which has sloughed off 20 feet on a half mile band. Beside losing this land forever this farmer also lost 30 acres of wheat in a 50 acre field due to water running over field and silting. Salt Fork River
Date: May 26, 1938
Creator: Slack, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Spread of Varying Soil Conservation Practices Practiced By a Non-Cooperator/Pryor Project

Description: Photograph of a spread of varying soil conservation practices practiced by a non-cooperator. The back of the photograph proclaims, "This is the contour strip cropping of a non-cooperator who decided to install soil-conserving practices after observing his neighbors' work."
Date: October 26, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

UNIDENTIFED Man Standing In A Variable Width Contour Strip of Mixed Bluestem Grasses/Pryor Project

Description: Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man standing in a variable width contour strip of mixed bluestem grasses. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Variable width contour strip of mixed bluestem grasses. Seeded in spring of 1938. To be followed with later pictures."
Date: October 26, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Excavated Roman City of Djemla

Description: Photograph of the market square in the excavated Roman city of Djemila, where once were sold products of the surrounding lands. The denuded erosion gullied slopes bear mute evidence of their wreckage and soil losses. (North Africa)
Date: January 26, 1939
Creator: Lowdermilk, W. C.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Vicinity of Djamila, North Africa

Description: Photograph of the largest and only village for many miles around the former city of Djemila, North Africa, which in Roman times boasted more than 11,000 population. Erosion still gouges out the denuded slopes.
Date: January 26, 1939
Creator: Lowdermilk, W. C.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Vicinity of Djamila, North Africa

Description: Photograph of the largest and only village for many miles around the former city of Djemila, North Africa, which in Roman times boasted more than 11,000 population. Erosion still gouges out the denuded slopes.
Date: January 26, 1939
Creator: Lowdermilk, W. C.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Hogs

Description: Photograph of Mr. Tucker's 22 head of hogs which are being fed with supplememtal feed grown bon his land irrigated by water stored up by dam constructed by SCS Water Facilities. The hog between the camera and Mr. Tucker is estimated to weigh 800 lbs.
Date: October 26, 1939
Creator: McLean, B. C.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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