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Description: Photograph of Mrs. B.B. Hornsby (center) pouring coffee for her husband (left) and son, Jack (right), after the men have spent a hard day in the fields. Jack, age 18, looks over the bonds purchased by his father during the 4th War Loan Drive. The Hornsby family has purchased a total of $3,370 in bonds. Mr. Hornsby says, it all come off the farm where he has established a complete soil and moisture conservation program, "Without what I have done in trying to save my poor, old land, I couldn't ha… more
Date: February 3, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Livestock (and Grasses)

Description: Photograph of Kudzu pasture. W. H. Burdett's cattle grazing on 50 acres of Kudzu grown on the spoils of coal strip mines. According to Burdett, this vigorous, fast growing legume is very liked by his cattle. He controls the grazing and rotates between this and Bermudagrass pasture. OK-1499-6.
Date: November 3, 1961
Creator: Keathley, M. G.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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