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Aerial Shot of Two Farm Ponds and Terraces/Ardmore Project/Konawa Camp

Description: Photograph of an aerial shot of two farm ponds, terraces, a road, and a few buildings. The back of the photograph proclaims, “This picture shows two farm ponds, constructed by the land owner and protected by rip-rapping. The rip-rapping and outlets were provided by the service. The upper pond is approximately 10 acre feet and was constructed for use as a silting basin, for the lower pond. The lower part of the picture shows terraces and outlet ditches. Terraces are level. The old terraces can b… more
Date: September 30, 1936
Creator: Slack
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Aerial Shot of Erosion Control on Two Farms/Ardmore Project/Konawa Camp

Description: Photograph of an aerial shot of erosion control on two farms. The back of the photograph proclaims, “This picture shows two farms on which erosion control is practiced to a large extent. There are two farm ponds shown here in which the water is supplied by excess drainage from the level terraces fields. Note the terrace channels filled with water from a heavy rain the night before.”
Date: September 30, 1936
Creator: Slack
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Aerial Shot of Two Farm Ponds/Ardmore Project/Konawa Camp

Description: Photograph of an aerial shot of two farm ponds and some white spots indicating alkaline conditions caused by erosion. A road spans the bottom corner of the photograph, while a farm is near the top left. The back of the photograph proclaims, “This picture shows two farm ponds which were built by the landowner and rip-rapped by the landowner. The upper pond is used as a silting basin for the lower pond. Immediately above the pond there are some white spots which are an indication of alkaline cond… more
Date: September 30, 1936
Creator: Slack
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Far Reaching Gullies

Description: Photograph of three main arteries of gullies which are so far-reaching and damaging that the whole quarter section of land has been abandonded for some time. The gullies are from three to fifteen feet deep and were caused by improper cultivation without terraces.
Date: September 30, 1936
Creator: Slack
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

S. F. Nixon

Description: Photograph of S. F. Nixon next to an eight foot overfall at the lower end of a terrace outlet channel.
Date: October 9, 1936
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Soil Profiles

Description: Photograph of soil profiles for Parsons silt loam, Bates very fine sandy loam, and Adkins silty clay loam, arranged by Elmo Baumann.
Date: July 21, 1936
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Cotton and Alfalfa Growing on the Marion Bryan Farm/Elk City Project

Description: Photograph of cotton rows growing on the contour on the side of the hill, while alfalfa grows at the bottom of the slope on the Marion Bryant Farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, “The cotton rows are on the contour on the side of the hill, while the alfalfa is at the bottom of the slope. In former years when the cotton was farmed in straight rows up the slope, there was a great deal of washing in the sandy soil of the cotton field and the silt was deposited in the alfalfa, threatening to… more
Date: October 9, 1936
Creator: Howard, Ivy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Prairie Dog Damage on W. G. Methvin Farm/Chickasha Project

Description: Photograph of damage done to pasture lands by prairie dogs on the W. G. Methvin farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Showing damage done to pasture lands by prairie dogs. The fact that there are a large number of Canadian Thistles in near proximity to the mounds is to be investigated by the Regional Wildlife Management Section. This pasture has not been grazed this season.”
Date: July 22, 1936
Creator: Hufnagle
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of a graphic picture of an abandoned field very badly gullied due to incorrct farming procedures. This field, only part of which is shown here, could not even be reached by a pickup truck. Plowing the field up and down the hill was the primary reason for this "picture story". OK-5046.
Date: March 1936
Creator: Slack, Jim.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Mr. Frank Spreading Manure on Contoured Field of Alfalfa/Stillwater Project/Guthrie Camp

Description: Photograph of Mr. Frank, cooperator, with a horse drawn cart, spreading manure on a contour field of alfalfa. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Mr. Frank, Cooperator, spreading manure on a contour field of alfalfa. Taken to illustrate an article by Mr. Ivy M. Howard."
Date: December 3, 1936
Creator: Hufnagle
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Four UNIDENTIFIED Men Discussing The Benefits of Contour Farming and Crop Rotation/Muskogee District/Muskogee Project

Description: Photograph of three UNIDENTIFED men standing in a contoured field on the John Hancock Life Insurance Co. farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, "SCS Personal explaining contour farming and crop rotation to a colored cooperator."
Date: July 19, 1936
Creator: Hufnagle
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Sheet And Gully Erosion Caused By Uncontrolled Run-Off

Description: Photograph of sheet and gully erosion caused by uncontrolled run-off on an unprotected cultivated field. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Sheet and gully erosion caused by uncontrolled run-off on unprotected cultivated field. Rows have been run across the slope in an attempt to prevent this drainage but runoff "jumped" the furrows causing cross-cutting. Contour cultivation and perhaps terraces will be required to control erosion here."
Date: March 1936
Creator: Slack, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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