Plastic Irrigation Installation

Photograph of plastic irrigation pipe being installed. This pipe will be deep enough to allow farming over it. It will have risers at proper intervals to do a complete irrigation job on this farm. Pipe is installed at $1. 75 per foot including risers and will carry from 500 to 600 gallons of water per minute. Test pressure of 80 lbs. can be carried in pipe. Plastic pipe makes the system permanent. Class I on 0 to 1% slope, Soil Unit 2-RR.
Date: July 18, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Flood Erosion Highway Bridge

Photograph of stream bank cutting. Temporary stream bank erosion control measure. Bridge is located in a bend in the river and each time the water rises some more bank is eaten away near the end of the bridge. These trees are held in place by a cable and keep the water away from the raw bnk of the river. The section of bank from the man in photograph to the present location of bank was eroded away in one year.
Date: July 18, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of stream bank cutting. Temporary stream bank erosion control measure. The bridge is located in a bend in the river and each time the water rises some more bank is eaten away near the end of the bridge. These trees are held in place by a cable and keep the water away from the raw bank of the river. The section of the bank from the man in the photo to the present location of the bank was eroded away in one year. OK-89-1.
Date: July 18, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Midland Bermudagrass being planted in the Spring of 1951. Second year growth is excellent. Farmer was offered $2200.00 for 3/4 of an acre. Soil Unit is 8-BR.
Date: May 18, 1955
Creator: Murray, Hubert J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Plastic Irrigation Installation

Photograph of plastic irrigation pipe being installed. This pipe will be deep enough to allow farming over it. It will have risers at proper intervals to do a complete irrigation job on this farm. Pipe is installed at $1. 75 per foot including risers and will carry from 500 to 600 gallons of water per minute. Test pressure of 80 lbs. can be carried in pipe. Plastic pipe makes the system permanent. Class I on 0 to 1% slope, Soil Unit 2-RR.
Date: July 18, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stream Bank Erosion

Photograph of stream bank erosion. Temporary stream bank erosion control measure of Cottonwood trees secured to stream bank by cables. This measure was setup to protect approach at west end of highway bridge.
Date: July 18, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Irrigation System

Photograph of pumping equipment for irrigation system. This pump will be used to pump 500 to 600 gallons of water per minute into an underground irrigation system. This underground pipe is of 10" plastic and will be a permanent installation. Class I land on 0 to 1% slope, Soil Unit 2-RR.
Date: July 18, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Irish Potato Field

Photograph of irish potato field. Poor stand dude to poor land preparation and salty water. Potatoes are dying out in spots. SCS did not five assistance because water was too salty. Fourth year of irrigation.
Date: May 18, 1955
Creator: Murray, Hubert J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Irrigation-Fertilization

Photograph of a tanker metering 8-12-0 liquid fertilizer into irrigation water channel. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Irrigation-fertilization." Metering fertilizer into irrigation water in order to cut down on time and labor needed to do two jobs. The fertilizer is in liquid for and is gaged to the amount of water being used. The fertilizer is added to the water far enough ahead of where it will go on the land to insure complete mixing. The flow of water and fertilizer are regulated to get proper amount of fertilizer on each acre. Fertilizer is 8-12-0."
Date: July 18, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History