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Stubble Mulch Tillage

Photograph of a one-sweep stubble mulch plow with 8" wing. Plow is hydraulic controlled.
Date: July 10, 1958
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stubble Mulch Tillage

Photograph of a stubble mulch tillage plow with three sweeps. Plow is hydrolically controlled. OK-692-8.
Date: July 10, 1958
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of an erosion control dam. Olan Rowlett, Work Unit Conservationist [WUC], showing Jody Deputy, District co-operator of the Washita County Soil Conservation District [SCD], where the water line above the overfall will be to stop erosion after the dam is constructed. OK-692-3.
Date: July 10, 1958
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Vetch and Rye Sown in Cotton Field

Photograph of Jess Wesner standing a cotton field sown with vetch and rye. This field was also used to pasture cattle. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Jess Wesner, cooperator with several farms, shown, says, "My renter, Mike Johnson, convinced me several years ago that a rye and vetch rotation with row crops was the best thing that could be done to these sandy land farms." This vetch was sown in cotton Oct. 1, 1957. 64 head of steers pastured from Dec. 20, 1957 to March 1, 1958. This rye and vetch produced 14,784 lbs. of beef in 120 days. One bale to the acre of cotton was made in 1957 following vetch."
Date: July 10, 1958
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History