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Contour Furrows in Pasture

Description: Photograph of contour furrows in pasture. Made with 2-row lister on right, alternating 42 inches and 17.5 feet apart; on left, 7 feet apart made with 3-row lister. Approximately 1.5 lb blue grama grass seed per acre seeded along furrows immediately after furrowing.
Date: July 25, 1936
Creator: McLean, B. C.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Sand Accumulation Around Machinery and Farm Buildings

Description: Photograph of a UNIDENTIFED man sitting on a cultivator looking at sand accumulation around machinery and farm buildings. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Sand accumulation around machinery and farm buildings. Note man on cultivator, which is almost completely covered by soil drift. Second line drift leading from barns in over 100 yds. long and 5 ft. high, leading out into open field, a serious hazard."
Date: July 25, 1936
Creator: McLean
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Wind, Wind Erosion, Sand Storms and Dunes

Description: Photograph of sand accumulation around machinery and farm buildings. Note men on the cultivator which is almost completely covered by soil drift. Second line drift leading from barns is over 100 yds. long and five feet high, leading out into open field, a serious hazard. OK-44.
Date: July 25, 1936
Creator: McLean, B. C.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Cutting Volunteer Oats

Description: Photograph of Fred Wood, owner, and Charles Chamberlain, Operator, cutting volunteer oats on a terrace which was not worked down after completion and is obviously steep. This shows that small grain can be harvested on terraces even though they are steep and high. These terraces were built a year ago.
Date: May 25, 1937
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Two UNIDENTIFIED Men Cutting Volunteer Oats on a Terrace With a Binder/Ardmore Project

Description: Photograph of two UNIDENTIFIED men on horse drawn equipment cutting volunteer oats on a steep terrace. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cutting volunteer oats on a terrace which was not worked down after completion and is obviously steep. This shows that small grain can be harvested on terraces even though they are steep and high. These terraces were built a year ago."
Date: May 25, 1937
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Culbertson-Hansbro Ranch Sheep Herd

Description: Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man on the Culbertson-Hansbro Ranch surrounded by a flock of sheep. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Portion of herd of sheep that graze on Bermuda pastures on Culbertson-Hansbro Ranch and help in weed control."
Date: September 25, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, E. W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Windbreak

Description: Photograph of a windbreqak and post lot of Black Locust trees planted in 1937. Trees have been cultivated and have attained an excellent growth. Owner first cooperated with the Checotah Camp who furnished labor to set out the trees and he is now a cooperator and member of the Soil Conservation District Board of Supervisors.
Date: September 25, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of a grass drill developed at Woodward, showing special seeder boxes mounted for seeding small-seeded spices such as Eragrostis curvula [aka: weeping lovegrass] and Eragrostis trichodes [aka: sand lovegrass] and naked caryopses [aka: grains] of some larger-seeded species. OK-8714.
Date: January 25, 1943
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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