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Improved Range

Description: Photograph of a heavily timbered area that was in poor range condition. Early June 1955 tow pounds of Kuron (propionic acid) per acre was applied by aero plane. All vegetative growth of shrubs and trees was controlled on 90 % of the shrubs and trees. A definitive percentage of tree kill could not be determined at this time but a tremendous growth of primarily little bluestem can be observed even directly underneath the trees. An excellent seed crop was produced by this area which was completely… more
Date: November 4, 1955
Creator: Martin, J. Vernon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Detention Reservoir Runoff

Description: Photograph of Permanent pool 23 acres surface area takin 1. 6 inches of runoff. Flood poll 77 acres surface are taking 5. 7 inches runoff. Discharge 10 cubic feet per second per square mile of drainage area. Reservoir is shown here nearing completion. This is a view of the up-stream face of the dam upper Washita.
Date: October 4, 1950
Creator: Davis, David O.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Gully at Sandstone Creek

Description: Photograph of head of active gully typical of many that dreain into Sandstone Creek. Note mass of earth that slipped into the gully a day or so before the picture was taken. Gullies like this contribute tremendous amounts of sediment and flood water to the streams below.
Date: October 4, 1950
Creator: Davis, David O.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Sandstone Creek Upper Washita

Description: Photograph of permant pool 23 acres surface area taking 1. 6 inches of runoff. Flood pool 77 acres surface area taking 5. 7 inches runoff. Discharge 10 cubic fee per second per square mile of drainage area. Reservoir is shown here nearing completion. This is a view of the downstream face of the dam. Discharge pipe is being laid at right, below the dam.
Date: October 4, 1950
Creator: Davis, David O.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Irrigation

Description: Photograph of a 24" steel pipe to deliver water from Cache Creek to large elevated ditch on SCD Cooperators, Elmer Graham's 700 acres of irrigated land near Temple, Oklahoma. Pipe will carry 10,000 GPM.
Date: May 4, 1956
Creator: Woodward, Grant
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Fescue Lodino Clover Pasture

Description: Photograph of a Fescue-Ladino clover pasture planted in fall of 1956. Upland soil-5% slope, has produces and still producing excellent pasture. Lime-fertilized-managed.
Date: November 4, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Aerial Spraying

Description: Photograph of a helicopter moving across a field. Note spray coming from the machine. Mr. Jack Castator started conservation program with the District in 1945. This field of alfalfa was fertilized according to recommendations made by Soil Conservation Service personnel.
Date: April 4, 1956
Creator: Hindman, F. G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of sand bluestem (KG-1156-53 1949 Curtis). Sown on April 27, 1955 in the spillway of Site # 3 on Barnitz Creek Watershed. It is now excellent cover and is around 3 feet tall at the present time. OK-394-11.
Date: October 4, 1956
Creator: Riley, J. T., Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management

Description: Photograph of alkali spots. Alkali spots forming after 2 tons of gypsum was applied in 1956. Before planting, the area on the left of drain remained untreated. The area to the right of the terrace was treated in 1957, applying 2 tons of gypsum per acre. Henry Kedding is present in the photo. OK-652-2.
Date: March 4, 1958
Creator: Maxwell, A. J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Combining Native Bluestem Grass

Description: Photograph of Howard Nix combining native bluestem mixture on the farm of Alva Tims. Proper range management and rotation grazing permitted the harvest of 1500 pounds of bluestem mixture from approximately 35 acres.
Date: November 4, 1955
Creator: Martin, J. Vernon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Examination of Bluestem Harvest

Description: Photograph of Claud Leonard (left), Work Unit Conservationist, Rush Springs, Okla. And Howard Nix combine operator, examine some of the native bluestem mixture harvested from this area. 1500 pounds of seed were harvested from approximately 35 acres.
Date: November 4, 1955
Creator: Martin, J. Vernon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Steel Pipe Irrigation

Description: Photograph of the installation of 24" steel underground pipe for irrigation of 800 acres land on Elmer Graham Farm. Water pumped from Cache Creek. Steel pipe line is 3100 feet long. Land is being leveled for row irrigation with assistance from Cotton Co. SCD.
Date: April 4, 1956
Creator: Woodward, Grant
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Wet Spots in a Spinach Field

Description: Photograph of wet spots in a spinach field. Soil unit 9H. Drowning out due to plow pan and surface crusting. Approx. 5 acres lost in a 40 acre field. Crop residue and land leveling would correct this.
Date: November 4, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Description: Photograph of timber stand improvement. Mr. J. W. Adams doing contract timber stand improvement work for the Cimirron Lumber and Supply Company using tree injector on scrub timber and stand of young pines. OK-1059-7.
Date: November 4, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Howard Nix combining native bluestem mixture on the farm of Alva Tims. Proper range management and rotation grazing permitted the harvest of 1500 pounds of bluestem mixture from approximately 35 acres. OK-190-1.
Date: November 4, 1955
Creator: Martin, J. Vernon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of range. Good stand and cover development in one growing season. Part of the cover consists of broomweeds and Johnson grass which will be replaced with better grasses under proper management. Planting has not been grassed to date. This planting was made in the spring of 1958 and the mixture consisted of grama and some bluestem grasses. OK-488-1-B.
Date: August 4, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of native grass planting. Good stand of mixed native bluestem grasses planted in 1957 and grazed off during the past winter. This pasture is now deferred. It is on the east side of road across from a 1956 native grass planting. The fence was removed in 1958 and was thrown in with the big pasture and shows the result of being subjected to heavy grazing. It has deteriorated in condition from the time the photo was made on 1957-05-15. OK-487-8-B.
Date: August 4, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Three UNIDENTIFED Workers Placing Crushed Stone Around 18-Inch Corrugated Sheet Metal Pipe for Municipal/Flood Prevention Structure

Description: Photograph of three UNIDENTIFED workers placing crushed stone around 18-inch corrugated sheet metal pipe in preparation for grouting to form working platform under municipal/flood prevention structure. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Flood Prevention Structure. Placing crushed stone around 18" corr. sh. mt. pipe in preparation for grouting to form working platform under municipal structure."
Date: December 4, 1956
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Fescue Lodino Clover

Description: Photograph of fescue-lodino clover pasture planted in fall of 1956. Upland soil 5% slope. Has produced and still producing excellent pasture. Limed-fertilized-mamaged.
Date: November 4, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of 67-day-old NK 37 Bermuda grass from seed sown in deep, medium-textured, slowly permeable Latimer County soil. Grazing has been restricted to date. (1/2 pound seed and 125 pound 10-20-10 fertilizer per acre). Field lined with previous bermuda grass establishment. Hop and white clover to be seeded in September at time of applying 100 pounds of 0-20-0 fertilizer. OK-913-5.
Date: August 4, 1959
Creator: Fountain, W. T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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