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Pond Construction Three Miles North of Harrah

Description: Photograph of “John C. Craft, Soil Conservation Service, Engineering Aid, watching Hap Ray, contractor fill core trench for farm pond.” People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Hap Ray, 2. John C. Craft.
Date: May 23, 1956
Creator: Clark, Floyd W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Soil Classification

Description: Photograph of sample of soil from a newly cleared piece of bottom land. This land will be used as an improved pasture. It will be planted with; sweet clover, oats, rye and bermuda grass.
Date: April 29, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Gully Control

Description: Photograph of trial basis of healing gullies. Gully sloped with a bulldozer. Cost estimated at $80. 00 for bulldozer work, $10. 00 for roots and planter. Gully approximately 550 feet long, 20 to 30 feet wide and 10 to 15 feet deep.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Oklahoma Conservation Commision

Description: Photograph of Walter Woolley, Jr, Chairman Okla. Conservation Commissions, Speaker - Okla. Assoc. of Conservation Districts Convention.
Date: January 14, 1974
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Oklahoma Conservation Commision

Description: Photograph of Lourence Drake, President of Oklahoma Association of Conservatino Districts.
Date: January 14, 1974
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Oklahoma Conservation Commision

Description: Photograph of Senator Herschal Crow, Speaker Oklahoma Conservation Commission. Okla. Association of Conservation Districts Convention.
Date: January 14, 1974
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Frank Tansel Feeding Fish

Description: Photograph of Frank Tansel feeding fish in a newly stocked reservoir constructed July 1954. Bass weighng 1 1/4 lbs in 6 months. Three and four inch fingerlings planted with Blue Gills.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of H.R. Wells, biologist, left, and M.D. Gamble, Agronomist, discuss a western wheatgrass planting. This native, cool-season grass furnishes good food and cover for wildlife, as well as excellent grazing and erosion control. This ;iving grass exhibit was planned and established by members of the Soil Conservation Society of America, in cooperation with the Oklahoma Seedman's Association and the Oklahoma State Fair and Exposition. OK-298-12.
Date: July 15, 1956
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Eastern Gamagrass Identification

Description: Photograph of Robert Gamble, left, and Bill Shirley, Oklahoma City highschool students, study identifying characteristics of Eastern gamagrass (Tripsacum dactyloides). Over 50 kinds of grasses, legumes and forbs native to Oklahoma are growing in a living grass exhibit at the Oklahoma State Fair Park in Oklahoma City. 4-H and FFA groups have found the plots helpful for review work in training for the National Land, Range and Pasture Contest sponsored each year by WKY and WKY-TV in Oklahoma City.… more
Date: July 15, 1956
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Oklahoma City State Fair

Description: Photograph of a miniature farm exhibition at the Oklahoma State Fair. R7-367.
Date: September 23, 1938
Creator: Shuhart, D. V.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Suburban Erosion

Description: Photograph of Penn Square shopping center in Oklahoma City. Illustrates the need with growing population for land and other resources. OK-3405-15.
Date: April 14, 1969
Creator: Croom, Dan
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Suburban Erosion

Description: Photograph of the executive buildings along Northwest Expressway in a rapidly expanding area of Oklahoma City. OK-3406-13.
Date: April 14, 1969
Creator: Croom, Dan
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of a cleat tractor and an off-set brush disk. Hap Ray, contractor, is disking the second time after trees, brush and crowns were removed and summer shaded crop. Disk weight approximately 7600 pounds and disk cut 8 to 10 inches. Area to be sprigged with Bermuda grass.next spring. OK-297-4.
Date: May 9, 1956
Creator: Chance, R. J.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Exhibitions and Presentations

Description: Photograph of an America the Beautiful display at the International Land, Pasture and Range Judging Contest. Display made by the Oklahoma State Soil Conservation Service [SCS] Office. OK-2764-16.
Date: April 27, 1967
Creator: Croom, Dan
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of residentail developments in suburban areas often creating critical erosion hazards. A thorough knowledge of the soil resources is essential to cope with such problems. OK-3406-2.
Date: April 14, 1969
Creator: Croom, Dan
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Conservation, Environmental & Safety Education

Description: Photograph of an Oklahoma Grasslands Display in Oklahoma City {information on the back of the photograph is too faded to read]. OK-2973-2.
Date: unknown
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of cleat tractor and offset brush disc. Hap Ray, contractor, is discing a second time after trees, brush and crowns were removed and a [planting a] summer shade crop. The disc weight is approximately 7600 pounds and the disc cut 8to 10 inches deep. The area to be sprigged to Bermuda grass the next spring. OK-297-5.
Date: May 9, 1956
Creator: Chance, R. J.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Description: Photograph of land clearing. Bass Sells, Indian Service technician, Pawnee, Oklahoma, is watching Don Ray operating a heavy disc plow used to cut up roots and sprouts of oak trees on E. L. Elmore’s farm. This is in accordance with the Soil Conservation Service program. OK-299-8.
Date: May 23, 1956
Creator: Clark, Floyd W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Description: Photograph of a track tractor pulling a heavy plow. This is the second time over cleared land as a seed bed preparation. 7 inch disc cost $4.20 per acre. OK-137-9.
Date: August 3, 1955
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Description: Photograph of a demonstration plot showing trees killed by basel spray of 1 pint 2-4-5T herbicide mixed in 5 gallons of water. Treated in January, 1955. County agent, SCs cooperating with the District. OK-97-6.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of filed stripping [or strip cropping] peanuts and grain sorghum for wind erosion protection. Field located across the road south from State Center School, on Indian land. OK-120-3.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of a dairy herd grazing on a portion of 52 acres of bottom land Bermuda grass and legume pasture. OK-119-9.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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