34 Matching Results

Search Results

Advanced search parameters have been applied.
in subjects: "Agriculture"  
Results: 1 - 24 next

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Graft Jordan (left) and Marshall Jordan, SCS technician (right), observing native bluestem pasture which Graft has brought back by resting it periodically. This pasture was rested from August 1, 1949 to August 1, 1950, then grazed until December 1, 1950 and rested again until May 1, 1951. The predominating grass is little bluestem. Graft’s range is divided into three large prairies. “If I winter my cattle on one of the pastures,” he says, “that pasture is not used during the follo… more
Date: March 21, 1951
Creator: Tompkins, Gordon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Description: Photograph that follows from Okla-456-A. Shows good pine reproduction in 50-acre area which was release cut in August 1950. Openings were created by girdling all oak six or more inches in diameter and by cutting or deadening smaller hardwood and brush. Pine trees are shortleaf and Loblolly. All pine growth is from natural reseeding. Alvin E. Howard, project conservationist, is examining pine reproduction. Camera postition marked by upright metal pipe painted yellow. Picture taken in center of U… more
Date: July 24, 1951
Creator: Tompkins, Gordon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Description: Photograph of pine growth. This picture follows OK-457-A showing good pine reproduction in 50-acre area which was release cut in August 1950. Removal of overstory allowed sufficient light for pine seedling growth. All pine growth is from natural reseeding. Dead brush in foreground is post oak which was deadened or cut in August 1950. Large oaks were girdled. Pines are shortleaf and loblolly. Alvin E. Howard, project conservationist, inspects pine growth. Camera position marked by upright metal … more
Date: July 24, 1951
Creator: Tompkins, Gordon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Description: Photograph of Work Unit Conservationist [WUC] John Keck illustrating the retarded growth of a 5-year old loblolly pine tree planted in the shade. Planted trees were released by treating overstory hardwoods with 2-4-5T herbicide a few days after this photo was taken. Increased growth is expected. This 19-acre field as underplanted in 1946 is being converted from scrub hardwood to desireable pine. AR-61-588.
Date: August 21, 1951
Creator: Hodson, E. A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Victor Lewis (left) and H. Hoffman, Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technician on the right, examining Bermuda grass which is making a vigorous growth in a field of hairy vetch. This was a needle grass field and out of cultivation since 1949 until the hairy vetch was seeded in the needle grass (but without seed bed preparation) and fertilized at the rate of 400 pounds of 0-20-0 fertilizer per acre. This is one method of establishing Bermuda grass on needle grass land. Where there … more
Date: May 29, 1951
Creator: Brock, C. G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of collective terrace outlet which has been sodded to Bermuda grass and fenced for grazing. The outlet was sodded in April, 1948. It is 100 feet wide and when a good cover of grass became established the field was terraced in the fall of 1949. The drainage from 25 acres of terraced land empties on this outlet. Cattle can be seen grazing on the outlet in the background. Class III, Soil Unit. 2. TX-47-599.
Date: May 29, 1951
Creator: Brock, C. G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

What Every Oklahoman Should Know

Description: Article provides a transcript of the address United States District Judge Edgar Sullins Vaught gave to the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1945, which covers the history of Oklahoma and its growth and development. Vaught discusses relations with indigenous tribes, the creation of Oklahoma and Indian Territories, and the climate that allowed agriculture to flourish.
Date: Winter 1951
Creator: Vaught, Edgar S.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Cecil Drummond's Cattle Standing in a Field

Description: Photograph of a large herd of cattle brought in from the bluestem hills. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cattle being brought in from the grass rich bluestem hills to separate weaned calves from cows. Note good grass."
Date: October 30, 1951
Creator: Tompkins, Gordon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Caruso Field & Pasture Preservation

Description: Photograph of Caruso, right, and Ray Murrall, left, standing in a depleted Mill land field seeded to native grasses in the spring of 1949. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Caruso, right, and Ray Murrall, SCS technician, in 140-acre depleted Mill land field which was seeded to native grass mixture in spring, 1949. Caruso plans to use this pasture during the winter and rest it during the growing season until grass is well established. No land preparation on this planting. Very sandy soil. C… more
Date: August 22, 1951
Creator: Tompkins, Gordon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0875.0230]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "At right. Jimmy Lawson, junior student at Colgate demonstrates a dehorning gate which he built and entered in the equipment contest at the clinic."
Date: November 19, 1951
Creator: Albright, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of a concentric ring infiltrometer used on the experiment station at Cherokee, Oklahoma. It was developed by Maurice B. Cox, Agricultural Engineer, working in cooperation with Louis E. Darr and W. Elmo Baumann, soil scientists. The water level in the rings are maintained at equal depth with the float chambers made from discarded automobile carburetors. The rate of infiltration is recorded by a reconnaissance of the filled gage bucket. Louis E. Darr, soil scientist, observing the equi… more
Date: September 1951
Creator: Cox, Maurice B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Erosian Control

Description: Photograph of Marshall Jordan, Soil Conservation Services [SCS] technician examing a gully which has ben healed by a 12-year-old planting of native grass mixture. Little bluestem is the predominant grass. 20RR--High, good range condition. OK-10, 583.
Date: August 20, 1951
Creator: Tompkins, Gordon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Description: Photograph of a woodland area to be potentially seeded with pine. This picture follows OK_10-457. Shows good pine reproduction in a 50-acre area which was relaease cut in August, 1950. Removal of overstory allowed sufficient light for pine seedling growth. All pine growth is from natural reseeding. Dead brush in foreground is post oak which was deadened or cut in August, 1950. Large oaks were girdled. Pines are shortleaf and loblolly. Alvin E. Howard, project conservationist, inspects pine grow… more
Date: July 24, 1951
Creator: Tompkins, Gordon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
Back to Top of Screen