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Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of second year land that has been in rice production. Cleared from woods in 1951 and 1952. AR-61, 868.
Date: August 27, 1953
Creator: Hodson, E. A.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of the W.J. Alderson farm, showing Herefords on pasture established in 1950 on severly eroded Crowfley’s Ridge. AR-61-878.
Date: August 19, 1953
Creator: Hodson, Edgar A.
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
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
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of L. F. Phillip (left), ranch foreman, and Soil Conservation Service [SCS] Technician W. C. Mitchell check up on the growth of grass in this 2-year-old Bermuda pasture that has done well under proper management despite a drought. This was old cultivated field. Clovers are to be overseeded. The 70-acre field was given 1 ton of lime and 100 pounds of 12-24-12 fertilizer when the Bermuda was planted and 100 pounds ammonium nitrate at the end of the first year. III CT 7. OK-10, 831.
Date: August 13, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of a few plants of cane bluestem that were left after this 3 acre plot was harvested. This was planted in the spring of 1951 in irrigated land. A small amount of seed was harvested in 1952. 33 and 66 pounds of nitrogen fertilizer were added in March 1953. The fertilized grass yielded 28,600 pounds of green weight while an unfertilized part yielded 18,750 pounds. TX-48-723.
Date: August 25, 1953
Creator: Rechenthin, C. A.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of a new waterway that has been marked out as shown in this photo. Note posts in the right and left background which designate the waterway boundaries. The waterway has an average width of 125 feet and follows a natural depression. After cotton has been picked the seed bed will be prepared and the waterway location will be sodded to Bermuda grass. Class III, Soil Unit 2, BL. TX-48-835.
Date: August 1953
Creator: Brock, C. G.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of a Bermuda grass waterway sodded in the spring of 1952 with an almost solid cover near the end of the second growing season. The waterway is 200 feet wide and will carry the water from terraced fields on either side of the waterway. The waterway strip is 200 feet wide and will be used for pasture after the terraces have been constructed. Soil Unit 2, Class III BL. TX-48-831.
Date: July 1953
Creator: Brock, C. G.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of land prepared with waterway ready for sodding. J. D. Davis, Soil Conservation District [SCD] cooperator, center, and M. Swann, on the left, and J. W. Lodwick on the right are Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technicians. Class III, Soil Unit 2HL. TX-48-836.
Date: August 1953
Creator: Brock, C. G.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Hollis R. Williams, State Conservationist, Soil Conservationist, for Arkansas, standing in an area of native grasses in excellent condition. The area was aerially-sprayed with chemicals to control brush in June, 1952. OK-846.
Date: October 1953
Creator: Ray, H. C.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Description: Photograph of cattle grazing native grass at the C. J. Bohmer Ranch. The area was aerially-sprayed with chemicals in May, 1953, to control hardwood brush. OK-10-844.
Date: December 1953
Creator: Ray, H. C.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Contour Farming

Description: Photograph of a multiflora rose fence on the contour planted in the spring, 1950. AR-61-833.
Date: July 6, 1953
Creator: Hodson, E. A.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Effectiveness of Conservation Tillage

Description: Photograph of SCS Technician A.T. Elder noting effectiveness of conservation tillage methods (using residue and leaving surface cloddy) in controlling wind erosion and getting good stand fo wheat. Wheat now needs rain for sustained growth, locality having enfured long, severe drought.
Date: April 21, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Inspecting Field Condition

Description: Photograph of SCS Technician A.T. Elder looks at part of quarter-section wheat field where surface is smooth and crusty. Fields like this blow easily and won't absorb water that's available. This "ashy" or powerdy condition results from failure to use crop residues in surface of soil and from old-fashioned tillage methods (continious one-waying or disking) that leaves surface ashy instead of cloddy.
Date: April 21, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Soil Coring Tube Features

Description: Photograph of the features of soil coring tubes (in upper portion of photo). 1. Arrangement of the open side, milled with cutting tool. 2. Cross pin for driving and lifting tube (hardened steel). 3. Threaded (female) end of tube into which points might be changed (seamless steel tubing). 4. The tip made to specifications threaded (male) and hardened with variable size opening of tip to fit differnt soils.
Date: April 20, 1953
Creator: Bull, A. D.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Soil Unit 12 FC, Class III. 24 acres in cultivation for nearly 100 years. In the fall of 1950, 10 acres were chiseled, fertilized with 500 pounds of 0-14-?? Fertilizer and 100 pounds of 33-0-0 and seeded with crimson clover. During 1951, the whole field gave 4360 animal days grazing plus 2000 pounds of crimson clover seed off 10 acres. The rest of the field (14 acres) was fertilized with 300 pounds of 0-12-12 fertilizer and 100 pounds of 16-0-0 per acre. During 1952 (drought year)… more
Date: July 8, 1953
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Livestock

Description: Photograph of a Holstein heifer in a pasture of sericea lespedeza and native grasses that is kept for heifers and dry cows. Badly eroded and depleted when Mr. Kessler Teas bought the place, this upland range site is now in good condition. OK-10-818.
Date: August 12, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Mr. T. Kessler (right) shows Soil Conservation Service [SCS] Technician Roland E. Lee the growth of sericea lespedeza in this pasture which also contains native grasses. Badily eroded and depleted when he bought place, this upland range site is now in good condition. Used by heifers and dry cows, it is to be put into wheat, rye and hairy vetch pasture after 8 months of grazing as it is. OK-10-817.
Date: August 12, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Cattle

Description: Photograph of A. H. Hancock's cattle.
Date: July 15, 1953
Creator: Rechenthin, C. A.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

L. N. Lanford and I. H. Copeland

Description: Photograph of L. N. Lanford and I. H. Copeland examining Indiangrass.
Date: July 1953
Creator: Brock, C. G.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Aerial Shot of Site 8, Deep Creek, Middle Colorado Watershed

Description: Photograph of an aerial shot of Site 8, Deep Creek, Middle Colorado Watershed and the surrounding area. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Looking Northeast at Site 8, Deep Creek, Middle Colorado Watershed. Photo taken after a 6.5 to 8.0-inch rain.”
Date: October 5, 1953
Creator: Nobs, Fred
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Aerial Shot of Dry Prong of Deep Creek, Middle Colorado Watershed, Showing Levees and Bridge

Description: Photograph of an aerial shot of Dry Prong of Deep Creek, Middle Colorado Watershed, at Farm-to–Market Road 502, showing levees. The back of the photograph proclaims, “The back of the photograph proclaims, “Dry Prong of Deep Creek, Middle Colorado Watershed, at Farm-to-Market Road 502, Showing levees. Site 8 can be seen in the background. Photo taken after 6.5 to 8.0-inch rain. See Tex-48-824-E and Tex-48-824-D for ground shots at the bridge seen here in left middle ground.”
Date: October 5, 1953
Creator: Nobs, Fred
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Aerial Shot of Site 1, Deep Creek Middle Colorado Watershed

Description: Photograph of an aerial shot of Site 1, Deep Creek Middle Colorado Watershed and the surrounding area. The back of the photograph proclaims, “General view northeast of Site 1, Deep Creek, Middle Colorado Watershed with Site 3 in background. Photo taken after 6.5 to 8-inch rain.”
Date: October 5, 1953
Creator: Nobs, Fred
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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