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Remains of Old Sod House
Photograph of remains of old sod house built by early settlers of Northwestern Oklahoma. The homes were built of blocks cut from the good grass sod they found in this area. Some of the walls are still standing and are in fair condition after 100 years. This type of sod no longer exists. It has been destroyed by plowing for farming, over-grazing and erosion.
Date:
July 9, 1955
Creator:
McConnell, John
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Planting Maize
Photograph of planting maize on land that has been leveled and is to be irrigated.
Date:
July 8, 1955
Creator:
McConnell, John
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Covercrop
Photograph of blackeyed peas for a cover crop following cotton for a long period of years. This field is adjacent to field where peas are growing after alfalfa. See photo No. OK-92-10. Class III land, 2% slope, soil unit 12.
Date:
July 21, 1955
Creator:
McConnell, John
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Harvesting Bermuda Grass Roots
Photograph of D. H. Trent harvesting midland bermuda grass roots for replanting.
Date:
July 20, 1955
Creator:
McConnell, John
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Contour Borders
Photograph of irrigated alfalfa in contour borders to protect sloping thin land that is being cultivated. Land class III, slope 2%, Soil Unit 2p-RR.
Date:
July 18, 1955
Creator:
McConnell, John
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Irrigation
Photograph of cotton field being irrigated with syphone from border ditch. Ivan Owen, owner, add fertilizer (liquid) to tirrigation water to irrigate and fertilize in one operation.
Date:
July 18, 1955
Creator:
McConnell, John
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Upper Washita SCD Drill
Photograph of Upper Washita SCD drill pictured with Jess Dawses, Chairman, Upper Washita SCD. , Hershal Burrus, Sec. State Board, SCD. , Henry Jordan, WUC, Hammon and Bob Wright, WUC, Cheyenne.
Date:
July 7, 1955
Creator:
Clements, Alvin M.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Gully Control
Photograph of trial basis of healing gullies. Gully sloped with a bulldozer. Cost estimated at $80. 00 for bulldozer work, $10. 00 for roots and planter. Gully approximately 550 feet long, 20 to 30 feet wide and 10 to 15 feet deep.
Date:
July 25, 1955
Creator:
Chance, R. J.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Gully Control
Photograph of part of head cut or overall on large gully, Sec. 17, T9N, R8W. Overfall is 73 feet deep, 270 feet wide, and advanced at an average rate of 70 feet per year from 1937 to 1955. This produced 31. 7 acre-feet of sediment annually.
Date:
July 13, 1955
Creator:
Sparwasser, W. A.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sediment Damage
Photograph of sediment damage just after May flood on Beaver and Cow Creek Watersheds. This is on the highway between Duncan and Lawton, Okla. When highway was constructed in 1920's the field on the right was 9 feet lower than the highway
Date:
July 2, 1955
Creator:
Graham, E. O.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Double Creek Watershed Tree Removal
Photograph of D-7 tractor with dozer piling timber to be burned.
Date:
1955-07-XX
Creator:
Cornforth, Kenneth
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Irrigation on Sod
Photograph of irrigation system irrigating new sodding job on Site 4, Chigley Sandy Watershed. This system was purchased by the Soil Conservation Service.
Date:
1966-07-XX
Creator:
Graham, E. O.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Irrigation on Sod
Photograph of irrigation system irrigating new sodding job on Site 4, Chigley Sandy Watershed. This system was purchased by the Soil Conservation Service.
Date:
1966-07-XX
Creator:
Graham, E. O.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wildhorse Creek Watershed
Photograph ofsite 9, Wildhorse Watershed. This structure was completed in 1949 and is used for livestock water, fishing, swimming, and picnics, etc.
Date:
1955-07-XX
Creator:
Graham, E. O.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Washita River Bank Cutting
Photograph of Washita River bank cutting one mile Northwest of Pauls Valley, Okla. 2500 acres bottom land has fallen into river from Maysville, Okla. To Daugherty since 1937. The river channel has widened an average of 200 ft. in this section. Note car bodies for temporary control.
Date:
July 6, 1955
Creator:
Graham, E. O.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Bermuda Grass Crop
Photograph of planted May 2, 1955. 26 acre field of common bermuda grass established by planting 2 lobs of hulled bermuda grass seed with 100 lbs 10-20-10 fertilizer per acre in shallow furrows on a well prepared cultipacked seedbed (7-OH-B-3-III). Two months after seeding date, Mr. Mabry reports 26 head of 2 and 3 year-old white face cows are grazing this new bermuda planting at this date and it is carrying them. Mr. Mabry plans to overseed the field in the fall of 1955 with big hop clover. When the field is well established with underground root stolons he plans to overseed fall sown vetch and small grain to maintain soil fertility and for supplemental pasture. One ton of lime per acre was applied to improve legume growth.
Date:
July 6, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, Maurice
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Pond Construction
Photograph of finishing back slope of Jim Bray pond. Good work on part of operator of machine. Makes 2 to 1 backslope look very neat.
Date:
July 24, 1955
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Irrigation Ditches
Photograph of concrete liined irrigation ditch is stablized but unlined ditch is eroding.
Date:
July 14, 1955
Creator:
Murray, Hubert J.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chigley Sandy Watershed Irrigation
Photograph of irrigation system irrigating new sodding job on Site 4, Chigley Sandy Watershed. This system was purchased by the Soil Conservation Service.
Date:
1955-07-XX
Creator:
Graham, E. O.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass Seeding
Photograph of plainting Blue Panicum with grassland drill.
Date:
July 2, 1955
Creator:
Malton, Charles
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Tall Corn Field
Photograph of Nolan Benton, WUC, Muskogee, Oklahoma, checking "tall corn" Class I land, Soil Unit is 4 BO. This corn following 2 years of fescue, soil is in excellent physical condition.
Date:
July 1, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Stablized Washita River Channel
Photograph of old stablized Washita River channel. This channel was used by the river prior to 1913. Note stabilized banks and small size channel.
Date:
July 6, 1955
Creator:
Graham, E. O.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Midland Bermuda Grass Pasture
Photograph of Midland bermuda grass pasture planted in the spring of 1954, pastured by 3 cows and 4 calves. Pasxture is 2 acres and is irrigated on 7x soil. This pasture could stand more grazing.
Date:
July 8, 1955
Creator:
McConnell, John
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Washita Wildhorse Watershed
Photograph of flood prevention and municipal supply dam. Looking east toward bottom land below embankment from Sta. 31+50 C/L dam.
Date:
July 18, 1956
Creator:
Cornforth, Kenneth
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History