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Resource Conservation

Description: Photograph of Resource conservation planning on Carl Albert Parkway, McAlester, Okla. Many different types of grasses and shrubs were used to landscape the center median.
Date: December 2, 1969
Creator: Conradi, Al
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Range Hedged Elm Near Deer Enclosure

Description: Photograph of Arthur F. Halloran examining a closely hedged elm tree near deer enclosure No. 3 on Grace Mt. flat in Mt. Pinchot pasture. Twig growth is nil compared with long growth of twigs inside the enclosure.
Date: April 2, 1968
Creator: Fry, Chester
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grace Mountain

Description: Photograph of the NE corner of Grace Mountain deer enclosure looking to the northeast. The area was fenced in March 1965
Date: April 2, 1968
Creator: Fry, Chester
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Biology

Description: Photograph of fish population being made by Biologist of Okla. Wildlife Comm. [Oklahoma Wildlife Commission], as part of an overall plan developed by SCS technicians.
Date: February 2, 1973
Creator: Oklahoma. Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Range Big Game Enclosure

Description: Photograph of Lawton, Okla. Commanche County SWDC Biologist, Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife showing three years growth on elm after construction of the Big Game enclosure number 3 in March, 1965 Souteast of Grace Mountain. Halloran is pointing to what was the top of the tree in 1965. The area was fenced in March 1965.
Date: April 2, 1968
Creator: Fry, Chester
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Mt. Pinchot Pasture

Description: Photograph of elms on the right side of the fence which are inside a game enclosure built in March, 1965. Enclosure number 3 Grace Mountain in the Mt. Pinchot Pasture.
Date: April 2, 1968
Creator: Fry, Chester
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Range Animals Buffalo

Description: Photograph of buffalo moving through open stand of post-oak across the road north of Camp Doris campground entrance in the Graham Flat Pasture.
Date: April 2, 1968
Creator: Fry, Chester
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Hereford and Nurse Cows

Description: Photograph of hereford and nurse cows grazing on 60 acres of old 160 acre field seeded spring of 1945 to Kobe and Korean lespedeza and overseeded to big hop and black medic clover. Mr. Cavender bought this 560 acre farm from his father in 1944. With assistance of the Little River Soil Conservation Districkt the farm wa planned as a livestock unit. Sixty acres of native grass went to meadow, 100 acres to sericea lespedesa. In 1946, 40 additional acres were planted to sericea. Old pastures were i… more
Date: October 2, 1946
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farm Land Improvement

Description: Photograph of: Four years ago when the Canant brothers bought a 400 acre farm, most of it was a worthless, wooded area & would not carry more than 25 head of cattle. They cleared this 12 acres, seeded it to Dallis grass, yelow hop, black medic & white Dutch clover & improvement increased carrying capacity to 2 cows per acre. Additional pasture work has been done and the farm now carries 100 head of cows.
Date: October 2, 1946
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Sweetclover Root System

Description: Photograph of the nodules on the roots of this biennial sweetclover plant. After land was in Maize, Lee planted clover in spring of 1952 to improve the soil before going to wheat. He is doing whole farm of 960 acres this way. SCS Tech. E.S. Cordell holds plant.
Date: July 2, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Crop Residue

Description: Photograph of Ralph Inklebarger showing how he has help protecting his farm from blowing this spring.
Date: April 2, 1962
Creator: Smith, Bob J.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

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

Plowing Second Growth Oak

Description: Photograph of second oak growth being plowed with a 48" disc. Cutting to a depth of 14 to 18 inches. 60 acre block. Area to go to bermuda grass. Newt Chamberlain, contractor, in photo.
Date: November 2, 1959
Creator: Collins, F. W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Stubble Mulch Tillage

Description: Photograph of stubble mulch tillage on the contour with impounding type terraces. The wheat stubble was left on the groundto control wind erosion, increase water intake of the soil and to add organic matter to the surface soil.
Date: August 2, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Stubble Mulch Tillage (2)

Description: Photograph of stubble mulch tillage on the contour with impounding type terraces. The wheat stubble was left on the ground to control wind erosion, increase water intake of the soil and to add organic matter to the surface soil.
Date: August 2, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Bindweed

Description: Photograph of bindweed area at the edge of a wheat field. This area is uncontrolled and is in excellent condition. It is in a low spot where it received enough moisture to encourage growth. If not contolled it will spread rapidly into the ajoining wheat field and cause much damage to the wheat. It is resistant to poisons and can be controlled only by constant tillage. It will kill out other vegetation as it increases.
Date: August 2, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Sediment Damage

Description: Photograph of sediment damage just after May flood on Beaver and Cow Creek Watersheds. This is on the highway between Duncan and Lawton, Okla.
Date: July 2, 1955
Creator: Graham, E. O.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass Rotation

Description: Photograph of 20 acres Cornado sideoats planted Feb, 1948 in cultivated rows. It was fertilized and cultivated 1300 lbs. of certified seed was harvested Oct. 1958 or 65 lbs. per acre. This seed was used to seed 68 more acres of cropland and overseeded some poor stands of native grass pasture.
Date: July 2, 1959
Creator: Chance, R. J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Tamping Soil

Description: Photograph of Kent Kirkpatrick tamping soil around cutoff collar on principal spillway pipe of erosion control dam.
Date: December 2, 1959
Creator: Hamill, Dan
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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