Photograph of James carter, Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technician on the left and Ray Haun, operator on the right try to determine how a solid cover of Bermuda grass was obtained on this waterway during one of the most severe droughts in the history of Texas. The waterway was sodded on February 26, 1952, and was later planted to cotton. The cotton was plowed three times but was later mowed to cut down on moisture competition. The waterway is 100 feet wide and will accommodate the drainage from 100 acres of terraced land. Fields on the right and left will be terraced. TX-48-311

Photograph of a King Ranch bluestem waterway which was seeded in April, 1951. It is 80 feet wide and will take the drainage from the fields on the right and left when they are terraced. Soil Unit 2. TX-48-285.