Photograph of original dark soil being dug from under 7 1/2 of deposition.

Photograph of running indiltration test after leveling for border irrigation. Farm planning Soil unit 4h-RP-A-1, present indiltration rate as measured by the infiltrometer - .2 inches per hour.

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFIED men at a charcoal plant near Heavener. The back of the photograph proclaims, "End product of cull hardwoods removed to improve [sic] pine stand or in preparation to pasture establishment. This market source form [sic] a cull product aids in getting sound land use installed."

Photograph of land that is experiencing blow out for over 35 years. Sparse patches of Sorghum dot the area photographed. The original photograph sleeve proclaims, "This approximately 60 acres blow-out has been active for about 35 years. Notice Mr. Harmon has tried to establish sorghum cover but failed."

Photograph of an aerial shot of Major Creek Detention reservoir #1 and the surrounding land. The original photograph sleeve proclaims, "Watershed: E ½ Sgt. Major Creed (SCD-4. Wa-1). Detention Reservoir #1. Drainage area – 1280 ac. 56,000 cu. yds. in fill; permanent pool (subsurface ac.) 14.7; ac. ft. storage -113; acre in. 1.15. Flood pool surface acres -25.5; ac. ft.; storage – 343; ac. inches 3.6. 200 acres in cultivation: 1080 in range land. All land is under agreement with district. Range land is in low good condition and cultivation land terraced; peak flow uncontrolled (25 year frequency storm) 3,000 cfs. Release rate from reservoir – 60 c.f.s. Acres on bottom land protected from this reservoir & #2 which is under construction at present time – 167 acres. Benefit cost ration - 9/1."

Photograph of a field covered in grass. The original photograph sleeve proclaims, "Proper land use old 25 acre cultivated field that used to blow when it was in wheat. This field was seeded to sand love and switch grass and have furnished excellent grazing since they were established. These grasses now furnish year round in addition to being used for seed production."

Photograph of Bob Hartley spreading sideoats and bluestem seeds of the floor of a cattle barn to dry. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Bob Hartley, 21-year-old ranchman recently graduated from Okla. A&M, spreads sideoats grama grass on the floor of a cattle barn so the seed can dry without heating. The seed was brought in from combines which Hartley operated during the sideoats and the bluestem harvest. Paper sacks were used during a temporary shortage of other sacks. Hartley cut seed near Amarillo, Texas, as well as in the Vinita vicinity."

Photograph of M. B. Coffey, Work Unit Conservationist, standing in a collective terrace outlet protected with King Ranch bluestem. The back of the photograph proclaims, "This is a collective terrace outlet protected with King Ranch Bluestem. The grass was planted in April 1950 at the rate of 5 lbs. per acre. This strip is 45 feet wide at top and 150 feet wide at bottom. When grass is well established 30 acre field at left of this strip will empty on strip. M. B. Coffey Work Unit Conservationist appears in the photo."

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED person showing the contrast between wheat with no treatment on Class III land and year three rye & vetch with application of 300-pound rock phosphate first year. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Contrast between wheat with no treatment on Class III land and rye and vetch (3rd Year) with application of 300# rock phosphate first year."

Photograph of oats and cotton drilled on contour and terraces on the Frank DeVorak farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Oats drilled on contour in a strip and on the terraces and between two strips of cotton, which is also planted on the contour."

Photograph of a gully to be shaped and sodeded for a waterway, looking upstream toward the bridge.

Photograph of a gully to be shaped or sloped into waterway and vegetated.

Photograph of a Garvin District tour observing draw-down structure of Site 8, Chigley Sandy Watershed.

Photograph of a gully that was converted onto a waterway. Gully tha was shaped and sodded inot waterway about 1955. SCS Technician Paul Copeland in photo.

Photograph of a portion of a community windbreak pattern west of Dill City taken from near the H. C. Blanton farm. A field of UNIDENTIIFED vegetation is directly in front of the windbreak. The back of the photograph proclaims, "A portion of a community pattern west of Dill City, North Fork of Red River Soil Conservation District, Oklahoma. The horseshoe-shaped and short belts seen on the H. C. Blanton farm, left center, were designed to solve specific bowing problems and assist in special cropping plans."

Photograph of an aerial shot of a portion of a community windbreak pattern just west of Dill City. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Portion of a community windbreak pattern just west of Dill City, Oklahoma, in the North Fork of Red River Soil Conservation District. This is an area of sand soils often lacking uniformity to permeable depth. The uneven windbreak at the lower left particularly illustrates this variation in depth. The taller thriftier trees are growing in six feed of permeable soil while the shorter less vigorous stands are on soils as shallow as two feet. Note effective furrow and windbreak in center, right."

Photograph of a land leveling project after a strip mining operation on the Kingsbury Estate one mile southeast of Haltom City. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Land Leveling After Strip Mining. Section of land that has been leveled after a layer of gravel from 3 to 9 feet thick has been removed by strip mining. This land will be more productive and will have a better waterholding [sic] capacity after the gravel has been removed. Mounds in the background will be leveled when the mining is completed."

Photograph of a spoils bank after a strip mining operation on the Kingsbury Estate one mile southeast of Haltom City. The land in the photograph is rough and unusable for grazing cattle. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Spoil Banks-Strip Mining. Rough unusable land which is typical of the type of spoils usually left when gravel is removed by strip mining. Some grass will slowly return on these spoils over a long period of time. The grass that does come in is of poor quality and is difficult for cattle to reach due to the roughness of the ground. Land in this condition is of little value to its owners."

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man standing in a variable width contour strip of mixed bluestem grasses. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Variable width contour strip of mixed bluestem grasses. Seeded in spring of 1938. To be followed with later pictures."

Photograph of a hat lying in a mixture of button clover, vetch, and wheat. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Button clover, vetch, and wheat."

Photograph of irrigation system irrigating new sodding job on Site 4, Chigley Sandy Watershed. This system was purchsased by the Soil Conservation Services.

Photograph of a contractor digging a core trench on Site 9, Chigley Sandy Watershed.