Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a pitting plow made from an old one-way plow. The grass seeding drill is hitched to the plow. One time over does the pitting and the seeding. TX-47-579.
Date: April 18, 1951
Creator: Fenner, O. L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Dean Gardner viewing Weeping lovegrass seeded in May, 1946. This grass has been grazed but never cut. III-12CT. TX-47-588.
Date: April 16, 1951
Creator: Tompkins, Gordon
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of pasture. Luther Baggett, second from left, and his neighbors now the value of good pasture.LA-61, 957.
Date: April 5, 1951
Creator: Williams, Robert E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

40 Acre Improved Irrigated Pasture

Photograph of general view of 40 acre improved irrigated pasture. Cattle and several buildings are barely visible in the distant background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "General view of 40 acre improved irrigated pasture. Planted Sept. 1950 grazing started March 30, 1951."
Date: April 19, 1951
Creator: Fenner, Olen L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fescue

Photograph of fescue plants.
Date: April 1, 1951
Creator: Hodson, Edgar A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Field of Cool Season Grasses Irrigated With Sewage Water

Photograph of Charley Porter, SCS technician, kneeling in a field of tall fescue, brome, orchard, and hairy vetch irrigated with sewage water. Cattle can be seen grazing on this field. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cattle grazing on cool season grasses and legumes that have been irrigated with sprinkler irrigation system using sewage water. The grasses and legumes are as follows; tall fescue, brome, orchard and hairy vetch. Charley Porter, SCS technician, appears in the photo."
Date: April 10, 1951
Creator: Brock, C. G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Indiangrass and Little Bluestem Grass Waterway

Photograph of an Indiangrass and little bluestem waterway located in Comanche County. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Indiangrass and little bluestem waterway. Waterway is three years old, 100 feet wide. III – 12CT."
Date: April 17, 1951
Creator: Tompkins, Gordon
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of Wade George examines hegira strip crop. He grows four rows of hegira to eight of peanuts. A rye cover crop and peanut hay left on the ground provide additional erosion protection. In 1949 and 1950 George had a 50-bushel-an-acre peanut yield. George has planted cover crops on his goober [synonym for "peanut'] acreage every year for 20 years. During that span of time, he has put in strip crops each year but one. III-12CT. TX-47-545.
Date: April 17, 1951
Creator: Tompkins, Gordon
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technician W. A. Morgan examining shaped and Bermuda-sodded collective outlet. Sodding was done in the spring of 1950. III - 7CT. TX-47, 546.
Date: April 17, 1951
Creator: Tompkins, Gordon
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of R.D. Walker, right, and John O. Simpson, SCS technician, left, in a strip crop of sudangras and guar [ a legume--aka, the Lond bean, or Cyamopsis tetragonoloba, the source of guar gum]. Walker gets additional erosion protection on his peanut lands from rye and vetch cover crop and by leaving peanut hay on the ground. III-12CT. TX-47-556.
Date: April 16, 1951
Creator: Tompkins, Gordon
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History