Photograph of lost wheat crop. Right: the field as planted to wheat after the land lay fallow over the summer. The wheat was likely planted too late and this, together with the lack of stubble on the surface resulted in the loss of the crop. Left: A small area of the wheat field that made a fair stand. If sorghum had been planted last spring instead of the following [the wheat/], the sorghum stubble would have helped to hold the soil for the wheat crop. TX-1844.

Photograph of emergency tillage. Listing (with small sweeps) a sandy field planted with wheat. The field had been idle for several years until about 1943. A crop of rye was grown for 2 consecutive years (1944 & 1945) to tie down the topsoil and as preparatory to planting a wheat crop. Wheat was planted for the first time year and the field is blowing badly. TX-1853.

Photograph of W.A. Maples farm land. Contour cultivation and wind strips for erosion control on peanut land. The four rows of sorghum planted alternately with 8 rows of peanuts were severely grazed and a slight amount of wind erosion is evident although it is not serious. Wind erosion control strips on peanut fields should not be grazed and tall growing vegetation should be left to afford the fullest possible protection to the sandy soils. TX-40-893-B.

Photograph of range management. A vigorous bunch of little bluestem grasses (Andropogon scoparius) on [unclear] soil. TX-41, 046.

Photograph of emergency tillage. Listing hummocked field where the feed crop was almost a total loss last year. Soil is shifting about on the field and old furrows are completely filled. TX-42, 435.

Photograph of emergency tillage. Flat breaking (12 inches deep) on a sorghum field for wind erosion control.

Photograph of a section of Blue Panicum grass on Mr. (Arnold) Kushn's land. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Blue panicum. Mr. Kushn will cut it with a stalk cutter to let it make new growth. The field has had no irrigation water since March, 1944. At that time it was in tomatoes."