Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a section line road. Road is now abandoned due to bank sloughing from flood on the Salt Fork River. About 35 feet of bank 220 yards long sloughed off in two days. OK-6553.
Date: May 26, 1938
Creator: Slack, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of the plowing under of cowpeas as a green manure. Plowing being done on the contour. OK-6881.
Date: October 26, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph showing the necessity of farm ponds and water conservation practices. OK-6874.
Date: October 26, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

A Meadow of Little Bluestem

Photograph of Little Blue Stem grass, seeded in 1937 for a meadow.
Date: October 26, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

River Bank Sloughing

Photograph of a now abandoned road due to bank sloughing from flood on the Salt Fork River. About 35 feet of bank 220 yards long sloughed off in two days.
Date: May 26, 1938
Creator: Slack, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Strip Cropping

Photograph of strip cropping with grain sorghum and alfalfa.
Date: October 26, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Bank Sloughing from Flood

Photograph of Section Line Road. Road is now abaandoned due to bank sloughing from flood on the Salt Fork River. About 35 feet of bank 220 yards long sloughed off in two days.
Date: May 26, 1938
Creator: Slack, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stillwater Project

Photograph of field which has sloughed off 20 feet on a half mile band. Beside losing this land forever this farmer also lost 30 acres of wheat in a 50 acre field due to water running over field and silting. Salt Fork River
Date: May 26, 1938
Creator: Slack, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History