Photograph of two herds of cattle watering from a large, sectioned stockwater pond. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cattle coming in for water in farm pond. This pond has been fenced into 2 sections so it may be used by cattle in both pastures of a 2 pasture grazing rotation system. In addition to native grass the cattle on this range get 5 pounds of cake per day. Steers are bought in and fed out in addition to the steers raised from the basic heard [sic]."

Photograph of King Ranch Bluestem planting in the spring of 1951. An annual average of 3000 pounds of seed are gathered from this 100 acre planting. L.C. Haskins, Jefferson County SCD Mgr., Bob Price, and Hank Bradley inspecting grass and explaining the condition of the grass. This grass was planted on old depleted cropland as a proper land use practice as recommended by the Soil Conservation Service. For fertilizer, this 100 acre field received 45 tons of raw rock phosphate in 1949 and 6 tons of 33% amonium nitrate in 1956.