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Class III Range Land

Description: Photograph of two UNIDENTIFIED men standing in a class III rangeland. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Class III range land. Blue grama grass is very low state of vigor. Invaders are numerous including muhly grass, fluff grass, three-awn, and perennial broomweed. Erosion, moderate to severe indicating that permanent damage is occurring. Recovery on this type of range will be slow, although much change toward the more desirable species can be expected when the use of range is based upon pr… more
Date: July 30, 1941
Creator: Davis, D. O.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Chief of Soil Conservation Service Talks to Crowd in Clinton OK

Description: Photograph of Chief of Soil Conservation Service Dr. H.H. Bennett talks to crowd of 800 visitors on soil conservation and Youth Day at Clinton, Okla. In speakers stand are Lt. Governor, Dr. Bennett, Pres. Okla. A&M Col., Dr. H.H. Bennett, and Louis P. Merrill, Reg. Conservator for SCS and others.
Date: July 16, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, E. W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of flood damage caused by overflow waters of Cottonwood Creek. Over 5 blocks of Highway # 33 in Guthrie, Oklahoma were covered by water for 12 hours, causing approx. 100 families to leave their houses. Enormous damage was done to crops, soils, highways and bridges and other public and private property. Buildings on the left belong to the Mid-Continental Petroleum Company and tracks of the railroad spur and yards in the background. OK-8327.
Date: May 4, 1941
Creator: Elwell, H. M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

US Government Land; Squatter families

Description: Photograph of a typical, run-down squatter's shack surrounded by overcut timberlands and eroded fields. Tenat works on Works Progress Administatration (WPA) projects for $2.32 a day. The monthly wage is approximately $15.00 a month. A garden of peas, sweet potatoes and other vegetables helps family eke out a meager existence. OK-8139.
Date: April 15, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of variations in rate of spread between Buffalo grass plants set out in the Spring of 1941. The plant on the left measures 42 inches and the one on the right measures two and a half inches. OK-8388.
Date: August 23, 1941
Creator: Smith, James E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Sediment and Erosion

Description: Photograph of acres and acres of farm land on its way to the sea. The Arkansas Rivier shown as cutting away valuable farm land in a sharp bend in Section 30, Township 10 North, Range 27 East. [near Sequoyah, Oklahoma]. The large chunks of earth, covered with a good cotton crop, came off and washed away. OK-10/2406.
Date: October 1941
Creator: Ralf, Frank
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of unloading Atlas Sargo as cut with a silage cutter into the trench silo of approximately 150 tons of capacity. Silo possesses a stone floor. OK-8253.
Date: September 26, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Land Conservation, Management and Utilization

Description: Photograph of a squatters' shack on 40 acres of land belonging to a firm of investment brokers. Tenants say they have cut 1000 pine poles from adjoining fields in the last two or three months. Two men cut about 20 cross-ties a day. High quality timber is thus being wastefully cut. With proper care this timber would provide high-grade, salable building material. This tract will revert to McCurtain County and will go on resale in May, 1941. OK-8140.
Date: April 15, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Class I land untreated, closely drilled to oats. Large closely stacked shocks of grain indicate profitable yield. Due to long slope, the field will be terraced for water conservation. Less than 1% slope. Olustee, silty, clay loam. OK-8180.
Date: July 17, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of grazing cows; range improvement. Pasture has been mowed regularly for weed control and protected from fire. Sale of steers from this pasture has averaged a return of $21.88 per acre in 1939 and $24.00 per acre in 1940. OK-8250.
Date: September 26, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of the Amarillo Experiment Station in Bushland, Texas. Cooperator: Research. A close-up of Noble cultivator showing type of blade used to undercut weeds and stubble, yet leaving all trash on the ground surface.
Date: January 14, 1941
Creator: McLean, B. C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of the Amarillo Experiment Station in Bushland, Texas. Cooperator: Research. A close-up of Noble cultivator showing type of blade used to undercut weeds and stubble, yet leaving all trash on the ground surface.
Date: January 14, 1941
Creator: McLean, B. C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

US Government Land; Squatter families

Description: Photograph of a typical, run-down squatter’s shack—surrounded by overcut timberland and eroded fields. The tenant works for the Works Progress Administration [WPA] earning $2.32 per day. The monthly wage is approximately $15. A garden of peas, sweet potatoes and other vegetables helps the family eke out a meager existence. OK-8139.
Date: April 15, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

US Government Land; Squatter families

Description: Photograph of a run-down squatters’ shack in the Land Utilization [L.U.] project area. The only visible source of income is the sale of small amounts of stovewood derived from adjoining overcut woodlands. OK-8138.
Date: April 15, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Roadside Erosion Control

Description: Photograph of Severe gullying of roadside channels has been halted by sloping and sodding the banks and sodding the slopes to Bermuda grass. Work completed last part of June, 1940. Roadsides are now being utilized for terrace outlet channels. When work was started, the gullies on each side of the road were cutting back into the fields and damaging the fence. Yukon Camp.
Date: October 11, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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