Photograph of the combining sericea lespedeza. OK-9795.

Photograph of the combining of year old stand of King Ranch strain of Yellow Bluestem. Seed yield was estimated at 35 to 40 pounds an acre. TX-43, 989.

Photograph of range management. Grama grass pasture (left) as overgrazed; Condition Class II (good). Grama grass pasture (right); Condition Class I (Excellent), properly grazed. One row (?) to 20 acres has been carried for the past several years on the Class I pasture, while the one on the left has carried about one cow (?) to 10 acres for the same period. Grass on the right was excellent during the drought of 1939 while the one on the left was being damaged by wind erosion. OK-8950.

Photograph of Earl W. Smith and J.A. Killough, Soil Conservation Service technicians, examine a stack of sericea lespedeza hay. George E. Staner has 500 acres of sericea. OK-9792.

Photograph of Weeping Love Grass in a two acre field set out by A. H. Legako on May 2, 1942. Seedling plants were obtained from the Soil Conservation Service Land Utilization Project at Muskogee, OK. The seed crop was combined on 1942-07-08. and 26 pounds of recleaned seed were obtained on 1942-10-10. A hay crop might have been cut but Mr. Legako preferred to leave the grass blades on the ground for winter protection of the rocks. OK-8426.

Photograph of Dr. C. P. Cox in a field.

Photograph of a scene in Beaver Bend State Park.

Photograph of Kermit Whitehead, son of land owner W. R. Whitehead, examining corn.

Photograph of W. A. Hayes with his corn crop.

Photograph of fertilized cotton.

Photograph of A. R. Jackson holding Crotalaria.

Photograph of W. H. Sayler standing next to one of his twenty-three cows.

Photograph of a seedbed that has been prepared on a 240-acre farm in the Choska Drainage District and will be able to produce good crops since the water table has been lowered by good drainage. The back of the photograph proclaims, “A good seedbed that has been prepared on this 240 acre farm. The Choska Drainage District provided the drainage for this farm. This land will now produce good crops since the water table has been lowered by good drainage.”

Photograph of W. M. Nixon and R. H. Vahrenkamp looking at cover of chopped-up litter left on surface of soil in citrus orchard by stalk cutter. Photograph does not identify the left to right positions of Nixon or Vahrenkamp. The back of the photograph proclaims, “W. M. Nixon and R. H. Vahrenkamp looking at cover of chopped-up litter left on surface of soil in citrus orchard by stalk cutter. Litter protects surface from erosion, increases rainfall penetration and reduces surface evaporation and temperatures. No other cultivation is used in this orchard. Vegetation is kept down by means of the stalk cutter used as needed.”

Photograph of Mr. Ray C. Murrell, Work Unit Conservationist [WUC] and farm owner, & Paul Hertaler examine a conservation survey map showing where Hertaler's terraces will be constructed. Hertaler is building a terrace outlet channel that will be vegetated before his terraces are constructed. He uses the tractor and homemade bulldozer to shape channels, make terrace fills, etc. OK-8944.

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED workers on horses wrangling cattle in tall grass on Stockton Ranch. The back of the photo proclaims, "Cattle in tall grass on the Stockton ranch. The grasses here are little and big bluestem, Indiangrass and some switchgrass."

Photograph of three UNIDENTIFED workers on horses wrangling cattle in tall grass on Stockton Ranch. The back of the photo proclaims, "Cattle in tall grass on the Stockton ranch. There grasses averaged about five feet tall. They are chiefly big and little bluestem, switchgrass, and Indiangrass."

Photograph of an up-close shot of little bluestem taken as the seed is about ripe. The back of the photograph proclaims, "One plant of little bluestem taken as the seed is about rips. This plant was about three and a half feet tall."

Photograph of G. G. Goss on a tractor drilling cover and soil improving crop of vetch in a 26-acre pecan orchard. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Drilling cover and soil improving crop of Vetch in a 26 acre Pecan Orchard. In the same operation, Goss is applying 100# super phosphate per acre. Nimrod Fine Sand."

Photograph of Orville Austin standing in a recently seeded field of hairy vetch and Balboa rye. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Combination planting of hairy vetch (20#) and Balboa rye (1 bu.) seeded with combination (16 disk, 7-inch spacing) drill with fertilizer and grass seeder attachments with 175 lbs. of superphosphate applied per acre at time of planting. This field was planted to hairy vetch and Balboa rye and seed crop was harvested in July 1942 with combine. The straw and stubble remained on the field until immediately before the present (1942) seeding. This field was prepared for the 1942 seeding going over the field three times with a tandem disk and tractor followed with two times over 6 ½ ft. field cultivator attached to the tractor, followed by one time over with tandem disk before planting with the above combination fertilizer, disk, and grain drill and seeded on September 17, 1942."

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man inspecting eroded, cultivated land retired to mixture of sideoats and blue grama grass. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Eroded, Cultivated land retired to mixture of sideoats and blue grama grass planted in about 20" rows with cotton planter. Seeds were planted in a light stubble cover of Sudan in the first part of May 1941."

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man inspecting eroded, cultivated land retired to mixture of sideoats and blue grama grass. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Eroded, Cultivated land retired to mixture of side oats [sic] and blue grama grass planted in about 20" rows with cotton planter. Seeds were planted in a light stubble cover of Sudan in the first part of May 1941."

Photograph of several horses, cows, and a pig grazing in a 100 year old Bermuda pasture. The back of the photograph proclaims, "100 year old Bermuda pasture that was disked, limed and phosphate in spring of 1945."

Photograph of W. A. Seney standing in front of a recently harvested peanut field. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Mr. Seney standing in field from which peanuts have just been pulled and stacked. A winter cover crop of rye grass has been harrowed in by Mr. Seney, which will be pastured until spring and then plowed under as a green manure crop. Field is contour tilled and terraced. Mr. Seney said he expected the peanuts to average 50 bushels per acre—the best peanut crop he has made."