Photograph of a pond with riser drawdown pipe for principal spillway. Emergency spillways on each end. Livestock water for pasture.

Photograph of contractors rebuilding a pond that failed during heavy spring rain storm.

Photograph of William Mast planting Bermuda grass sprigs in newly shaped waterway.

Photograph of approximately 6" of rain fell above this site in the period of four days. On April 27th, 1954, 2" fell in twenty five miinutes, 3" fell in one hour on April 29 and 1" fell on April 30. Water rose approximately seven feet above the drow-down structure and had seven feet to go before it reached spillway level. Note the water being discharged out of the 24" drawdown structure in the grove of trees at the base of the dam. Aerial view.

Photograph of construction inspectors checking core trench grade at Sta. 27+95 C/L dam.

Photograph of contractor riping rock in Core Trench across stream channel at Sta. 27+96 C/L Dam.

Photograph of core trench cut to finished grade, looking southwest from Sta. 29+00 C/L dam.

Photograph of sample of soil from a newly cleared piece of bottom land. This land will be used as an improved pasture. It will be planted with; sweet clover, oats, rye and bermuda grass.

Photograph of a new irrigation well with proper gravel pack to replace well that was improperly packed and failed.

Photograph of Cavalary Creek overflowing. This is inbetween the Frank Kliewer and Elmer Flaming farms, 7 miles SE of Cordell, Okla. Overflow enters North Cavalry Creek after running down the road less tha 1/2 mile from where it leaves South Cavalry Creek. (See the Okla-10-783 and Okla-10-782 series). Flood waters are washing out the road and endangering the bridge. This picture is looking south.

Photograph of a plow attached to a tractor [photo text illegible, including the OK ID #].

Photograph of vetch in Bermuda grass. It is furnishing green forage high in protein when most needed. Soil Conservation service personnel developed a basic plan with Mr. Standley Maddox and he is rapidly carrying out the treatment needed. Vetch 6 inches high on October 21, 1959, is good pasture for cattle. This segment of the Little Wewoka Watershed will yield little silt to stress channels. OK-1017-10.

Photograph of soil (noting condition). Plow pan is completely separated from tilled soil above and subsoil below. Pan is approximately 1 inch thick on soil unit 6. This condition was formed by 40 years of cropping to soil depleting crops. Sample was taken from a field where poor land use practices were followed. OK-329-12.

Photograph of hardwoods. Inferior upland hardwoods are mechanically killed with motor-driven machines. One man can cover 8 - 10 acres per 8-hour day on average. Trinver Lane and Charlie Barnes are the operators. OK_542-11.

Photograph of forestry practices. District field men fill "tree guns" for a job at hand. Pasture and forest land is poisoned to rid them of undesirable trees and shrubs. OK 542-8.

Photograph of Victor Lewis (left) and H. Hoffman, Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technician on the right, examining Bermuda grass which is making a vigorous growth in a field of hairy vetch. This was a needle grass field and out of cultivation since 1949 until the hairy vetch was seeded in the needle grass (but without seed bed preparation) and fertilized at the rate of 400 pounds of 0-20-0 fertilizer per acre. This is one method of establishing Bermuda grass on needle grass land. Where there is no Bermuda grass present, it is necessary to sod the land after the fertility has been improved with vetch and 0-20-0 fertilizer. Class VI, Soil Unit 6. TX-47-601.

Photograph of collective terrace outlet which has been sodded to Bermuda grass and fenced for grazing. The outlet was sodded in April, 1948. It is 100 feet wide and when a good cover of grass became established the field was terraced in the fall of 1949. The drainage from 25 acres of terraced land empties on this outlet. Cattle can be seen grazing on the outlet in the background. Class III, Soil Unit. 2. TX-47-599.

Photograph of Quinlan soils on a shallow range site in good condition. This is Class VI land.

Photograph of a shelterbelt planted for wind protection.

Photograph of owner-cleared bottom land that was conditioned with a heavy disc plow. This land was seeded to sweet clover to be followed by oats and rye and then sodded to Bermuda grass. Pasture will be fenced into 3 ten acre sections with resevoir water in each section. OK-31-6.

Photograph of two soil samples. The left shows deterioration due to 40 years of soil depleting cropping systems. The right by contrast shows a good soil sample where good grass rotation have been practiced. Note the color and the structure of the samples. OK-328-4.

Photograph of soil (noting condition). Profile of soil under poor land treatment (left) in contrast with soil under excellent cropping system (right). The poor treatment of above shows poor structure and low organic matter. The good treatment shows good structure and very high organic matter. OK-329-1.

Photograph of soil (noting condition). Plow pan is completely separated from tilled soil above and subsoil below. Pan is approximately 1 inch thick on soil unit 6. This condition was formed by 40 years of cropping to soil depleting crops. Sample was taken from a field where poor land use practices were followed. OK-328-1.

Photograph of bottom land. The owner cleared this bottom land and conditioned it with a heavy disc plow. This land was seeded to sweet clover to be followed by oats and rye and then sodded to Bermuda grass. Pasture will be fenced into 3 ten acres sections with reservoir water in each section. OK-31-6.