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Land and Land Classifications

Description: Photograph of land use capability classes. Left slope, Class VII. Middle Distance on the right, Class VI. Lake to trees (right background), Class V. OK-8557.
Date: July 25, 1943
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Land and Land Classifications

Description: Photograph of land use capability classes. Foreground, cotton on the contour, Class III. Middle distance, Alfalfa, Class III. Background, corn, Class I. OK-8558.
Date: July 25, 1943
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Angus Cattle

Description: Photograph of a beauty of a cow. Just a sample of the kind of registered Angus cattle that Carlton Corbin is turning out on his Stoneybroke Ranch near Ada.
Date: 1950-04-XX
Creator: Putman, Jack
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Cattle on Stoneybroke Ranch

Description: Photograph of a mother cow and her younster have fine grass on the Stoneybroke Ranch. Carlton Corbin believes in having plenty of grass for his cattle. He doesn't overstock his range and rotates the grazing regularly.
Date: April 1950
Creator: Putman, Jack
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farm Homes

Description: Photograph of a house that good grass and fine Angus cattle built. Stone to build the house came from the Stoneybroke Ranch. Mr. And Mrs. Carlton Corbin have worked hard to make a success of their cattle business. This is one of their rewards. OK-10, 375.
Date: April 1950
Creator: Putman, Jack
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

House on Stoneybroke Ranch

Description: Photograph of the house that good grass and fine Angus cattle built. Stone to build the house came from Stoneybroke Ranch. Mr. & Mrs. Carlton Corbin have worked hard to mae a success of their cattle business. This is oone of their rewards.
Date: April 1950
Creator: Putman, Jack
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Ranch Pond for Range Cattle

Description: Photograph of Bryan T. Smith, SCS work unit conservationist, left, and Carlton Corbin admire one of Stoneybrok's finest Angus bulls. In the background is one of eight ranch ponds which furnish an adequate water supply for the range cattle. Carlton has made good in a hightly competitive field of breeding purebred cattle.
Date: 1950-04-XX
Creator: Putman, Jack
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Basel Bark Treatment

Description: Photograph of Basel-bark application, using 2 3/4 gallon of low volatile 2-4-5, T ester (4 lbs. acid per gallon material used) in 100 gallon of diesel oil. The spray being applied so as to completely encircle and wet the point of runoff onto the soil the lower 12 in. of each plant. Equipment used was a John Bean powered sprayer. The brush and trees were blackjack, post and white oak, hickory, elm, persimmon and dogwood.
Date: March 1, 1955
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Description: Photograph of a John Bean power sprayer equipped to make basal-bark applications on brush and trees. The person in the picture is Harry M. Elwell, Research Agronomist for Field Crop Research, US Department of Agriculture [USDA], located at the Red Plains Conservation Experiment Station, Guthrie, OK. OK-11-10.
Date: March 1, 1955
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Description: Photograph of basal-bark application using 2-3/4 gallons of a low volatile 2-4-5-T herbicide ester (4 pounds acid per gallon of material used) in 100 gallons of diesel oil. The spray is being applied so as to completely encircle and wet to the point of creating run-off onto the soil the lower 12 inches of each plant. The equipment used was a John Bean power sprayer. The brush and trees were blackjack, post and white oak, hickory, elm, persimmon and dogwood.
Date: March 1, 1955
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Description: Photograph of a typical view of brush and tree cover often occupying a site that will produce good grass with proper herbicidal treatment. OK-11-9.
Date: March 1, 1955
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Description: Photograph of basal-bark application using 2¾ gallon of a low-volatile 2-4-5T ester (4 pounds acid per gallon of material used) in 100 gallons of diesel oil. The spray is applied so as to completely encircle and wet the lower 12 inches of each plant even to the point of run-off onto the soil. The equipment used was a John Bean-powered sprayer. The brush and trees were blackjack, post and white oak, hickory, elm, persimmon and dogwood. OK-11-7.
Date: March 1, 1955
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Description: Photograph of basal-bark application using 2¾ gallon of a low-volatile 2-4-5T ester (4 pounds acid per gallon of material used) in 100 gallons of diesel oil. The spray is applied so as to completely encircle and wet the lower 12 inches of each plant even to the point of run-off onto the soil. The equipment used was a John Bean-powered sprayer. The brush and trees were blackjack, post and white oak, hickory, elm, persimmon and dogwood. OK-11-8.
Date: March 1, 1955
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Description: Photograph of a typical view of brush and tree cover often occupying the site that will produce good grass with proper herbicidal treatment. OK-11-9.
Date: March 1, 1955
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Description: Photograph of basal-bark application using 2¾ gallon of a low-volatile 2-4-5T ester (consisting of 4 pounds acid per gallon of material used) in a solution of 100 gallons of diesel oil. The spray is being applied so as to completely encircle the lower 12 inches of each plant and wet them to the point of runoff onto the soil. The equipment used was a John Bean-powered sprayer. The brush and trees were blackjack, post, white oak, hickory, elm, persimmon and dogwood. OK-11-7.
Date: March 1, 1955
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of range seeding. This 30 acres grew corn in 1948. To simplify fencing for management of adjacent rangeland, C. C. Buxton Jr. planted 10 pounds (20% PLS [Pure Live Seed]) of a bluestem mixture in April, 1949 on a clean, firm seedbed. Moved annual weeds twice in 1949 and once in 1950. Grazed moderately in the winter of 1950 and thereafter according to the Range Conservation Plan prepared jointly by Soil Conservation Service [SCS] and the owners. OK-261-6.
Date: May 7, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of a prairie site in excellent condition. Condition class “Excellent” as graded by the Soil Conservation Service’s range standards. Climax grasses account for 85% of the range: Little bluestem, Indian grass, switch grass and Big bluestem. 5% is legumes: Trailing lespedeza, slender lespedeza, white prairie clover, and catclaw sensitive-briar. 5% is forb cultivation: Pitcher’s sage, Fringe-leaf ruellia and heath aster. 5% being all other annuals. OK-261-4.
Date: May 7, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of uniform grazing. In an area of underused range grasses, Mr. D.L. Stanford drills a wall, installs a freeze-proof pump, a pipe to a water tank, with overflow pipe taking surplus water to an earthen tank for emergency resevoir, thus aiding uniform use according to Conservation Plan. OK-261-12.
Date: May 8, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Description: Photograph of brush control. 1 pound of 2-4-5T herbicide in 5 gallons of diesel oil, first sprayed in April, 1955. This shown here is a respray performed in May, 1955. Persimmon are very erratic, with the respray often needed. Velton Stanford is giving the second “shot,” so bluestem grass can find a place to grow. OK-262-6.
Date: May 8, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

R. G. Spears

Description: Photograph of R. G. Spears planting seeding bermuda grass.
Date: May 8, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

R. G. Spears

Description: Photograph of R. G. Spears planting seeding bermuda grass.
Date: May 8, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of uniform grazing. Close-up of an inlet, overflow and storage pond below tank. Velton Stanford, son and partner at the inlet. Neal Stidham, Soil Conservation Service [SCS], present at the overflow with D. L. Stanford, the owner-operator. Usually operations feeding out 600 to 800 steers on 6500 acres of bluestem. Steer gains in normal years average 350 pounds each—full grain feeding on limestone prairie site in Good Condition class. OK-262-1.
Date: May 8, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of uniform grazing. Windmill and tank in the windmill-four-wire pasture. The overflow goes to the middle four-wire tank thence to the reserve earthen tank. Well drilled and water facilities developed to secure more even use in range grasses. District Conservation Plan also includes additional pond construction. OK-262-4.
Date: May 8, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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