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Human Interest, Edward Brewer

Description: Photograph of +Mr. Edward L. Brewer, owner of 6000 acre ranch in Oklahoma panhandle. Mr. Brewer has owned and operated this ranch since 1917. He has seen several dry and wet periods. He went though the "Dirty Thirties" of dust storms. One of the first to sign contract under Great Plains Conservation Program.
Date: July 2, 1957
Creator: McConnell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Checking Wheat

Description: Photograph of SCS Tech. John Bailey checking the seed heads of the wheat in this irrigated 60 acre field. Good tall growth of wheat was attributed to conditioning of the soil with alfalfa for six years. Wggins is to change from flood irrigation to level border. SCS Engineers designed irrigation system. III HP 2.
Date: July 5, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Trench Silos

Description: Photograph of filling one of the 8 trench silos on the H.C. Hitch Ranch, Guymon, Oklahoma. 18,000 tons of ensilage was stored in the silos.
Date: August 1958
Creator: Elder, A. T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Wind, Wind Erosion, Sand Storms and Dunes

Description: Photograph of wind erosion and revegetation range. Part of a 20 acre area of edward L. Brewer's ranch that was plowed and then blown out during the thirties, before Brewer owned the land. Cane will be planted left to grow until blowing area is stablized enough to plant grass. Will take from five to ten years. Left to right is Edward Brewer, his son, Glenn Brewer and John Bailey, Work Unit Conservationist [WUC] and the Soil Conservation Service [SCS], Guymon, Oklahoma. OK-607-11.
Date: July 1, 1957
Creator: McConnell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of a stock tank constructed on the B.J. Turner Farm. Mr. Turner also constructed a very good divider so that more than one pasture on the lot can be served with the tank. OK-3127-10.
Date: June 1968
Creator: Trissell, W. Alvin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of a fence line contrast. The pasture on the left has been heavily grazed with sheep. No rains have occurred in 1953. The result is that the range is almost bare. The pasture on the right has not been used as heavily and some clover still remains. TX-48-566.
Date: October 18, 1955
Creator: Engelman, Jack E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of Glen Brewer overseeding badly depleted Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control under his Great Plains Conservation Program contract. The sagebrush has been treated with a one-way plow prior to seeding. An estimated 70-80% of the sagebrush was killed by the one-way plowing, leaving ample residue to protect the land from blowing and provide a firm seedbed for seeding grasses. OK-680-6.
Date: May 1, 1958
Creator: Elder, Arthur T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of Norman Fischer, one of Louis Fischer’s three sons who operate a farm with him, shows how a sub-surface tillage implement operates, cutting weed roots, loosening soil and mixing residue into the surface. This type of equipment is coming into greater use as a means of controlling wind erosion in western Oklahoma blowing areas. This tillage also helps control water erosion which Norman says sometimes does more damage more quickly than wind erosion. OK-10, 721.
Date: April 22, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of Fischer’s Wheat Bowl Farm, Hooker, Oklahoma. side view showing V-shaped shovels or blades of sub-surface tillage implement of the kind used exclusively by the Fischers (See OK-10, 721-23). II HP 2X. OK-10, 724.
Date: April 22, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Lost Water from Straight Row Farming

Description: Photograph of lost water from straight row farming on about 2 percent slope section of land. Water was coming from field out into bar ditch in foreground along highway. Photograph was taken during a 1 in. rain.
Date: July 14, 1938
Creator: McLean, B. C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of a view of a part of the long Brothers and their irrigated farm showing alfalfa, wheat and sorghum--the three principal crops grown with irrigation in Texas County, OK. Underground piper line can be seen in the center of the picture. OK-172-5.
Date: October 17, 1955
Creator: Meinders, Hadley
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Truck Dumping Chopped Drip Sugar Cane From Harvester Into a 1000 Ton Trench Silo

Description: Photograph of four UNIDENTIFED men dumping chopped sugar drip cane from harvester into a 1000-ton trench silo on the H. B. Hale Farm. A fifth UNIDENTIFIED man is standing on the tractor behind the truck. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Trucks carry chopped sugar drip cane from harvester and dump it into a 1000 ton trench silo, where it is packed by tractors. Mr. Hale plans to feed the ensilage to 160 head of registered Hereford cattle this winter."
Date: October 17, 1955
Creator: Meinders, Hadley
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Ensilage Harvest on H. C. Hitch Ranch

Description: Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED worker harvesting ensilage on the H. C. Hitch Ranch. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Harvesting Ensilage. Harvesting irrigated ensilage on the H. C. Hitch Ranch southeast of Guymon. Field averaged 15 tons per acre."
Date: September 1958
Creator: Elder, A. T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Three Row Orchard Windbreak

Description: Photograph of a three-row orchard windbreak. Mulberry on left, Chinese3 Elm in center, and Juniper on right. Note the dominance of the elm in spite of its being in position where it would tend to be submerged on account of competition.
Date: April 30, 1937
Creator: McLean, B. C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Lost from Cultivated Field

Description: Photograph of water lost from a field left of the photograph. The field was cultivated up and down slope. This stream of water came out of field into the bar ditch along highway during a 1.5 in. rainfall. Width of stream in foreground is 40 feet. Photo was taken while raining. Slope estimated to be 2 percent.
Date: July 14, 1938
Creator: McLean, B. C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Pouring Out of a Field

Description: Photograph of a river of water pouring out of a section of land. Up and down slope tilled during a 1 1/4 inch of rain. Straight rows may be seen in background. The slope was about 2.5 inch toward the point where the picture was taken. The huge volume of water that broke through the end of the field into the bar ditch along highway caused regular rapids and churning water. Width of water in the main current was at least 2 feet deep. Photo was taken during a rain.
Date: July 14, 1938
Creator: McLean, B. C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Returning to Alfalfa

Description: Photograph of a field to be returned, by irrigation, to alfalfa. Irrigation well will be located in the foreground. Alfalfa was produced in this field for about 30 years prior to 1934, with irrigation water supplied from the Beaver River. Impossible to take water from river since floods have cut the bank of the creek.
Date: May 11, 1939
Creator: Haines
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Wind, Wind Erosion, Sand Storms and Dunes

Description: Photograph of the City Service Company compressor plant in Straight, Oklahoma. Built in the midst of a wheat-growing area in the Oklahoma Panhandle in 1944. The first year the compnay had a great deal of trouble from blowing dust. The Soil Conservation District helped them get a start of buffalo and other grasses to treat the problem. Now the entire 160 acres surrounding the plant is tied down with grass. OK-10, 338.
Date: April 5, 1950
Creator: Putnam, Jack
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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