Wheat from Storage Bins

Photograph of GPCP participant Dean Newman and DC Wes Oneth examine wheat from storage bins on the Newman farm. Wheat is used in beef cattle feedlot rations.
Date: February 23, 1972
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Control of Shinnery

Photograph of shinnery sprayed with 1 lb 2-4-5-T in 1958 and 1959. Deferred in summer 1958, 1959 and 1960. Grazed in winter 1960-1961.
Date: February 7, 1961
Creator: Engleman, Jack
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Improved Watering Facility

Photograph of George Hamilton observing flow of water from new well built with GPCP assistance on his Big Dipper Ranch.
Date: February 18, 1959
Creator: Gould, Harold C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

New Stock Pond

Photograph of Jack Kelsey inspects new pond built to supply needed livestock water for his ranch in Woodward County. GCPC
Date: February 16, 1959
Creator: Gould, Harold C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Hooded Pipe Spillway

Photograph of Mr. Hutchison examining hooded pipe spillway in erosion control dam built with GPCP assistance on his Belva ranch.
Date: February 17, 1959
Creator: Gould, Harold C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Chimney Rock

Photograph of Chimney Rock, landmark of the pioneer days and a tourist attraction of Woodward County. Notice the stratified layer as deposited by the old Permian sea.
Date: 1959-02-XX
Creator: Cole, E. L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of rough, broken land, Breaks Range silt showing topography and vegetation. OK-804-11.
Date: February 1959
Creator: Mance, Earl C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Great Plains Conservation Program. Sileage Quality

Photograph of Corn sileage makes up an important part of beef cattle ration on Dean Newman farm. DC Wes Onath (L) and Newman check sileage for quality.
Date: February 23, 1972
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearing

Photograph of Dale Stidham, Range Conservationist, observing the benefits from the use of an under-cutter and deep plowing after land is cleared of timber. These operations will bring roots such as these to the top and prevent their regrowth.
Date: February 6, 1968
Creator: Oneth, Wes
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of an isolated remain of the geological formation that the Cimarron River and tributaries are eroding away. The rough, broken land, Quinlan and Vernon material [i.e., soil types], occurs on very steep slopes, while the clay outcrops, Vernon material, occurs in the more level foreground. First soil is the Breaks and the second the Shallow Range Sites. OK-810.5.
Date: February 1959
Creator: Cole, E. L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of the concrete floor at the stockwater storage tank is being run at the Joe Rigley Farm. Note the reinforcing wire in the floor. OK-2859-[??].
Date: February 8, 1968
Creator: Stidham, Dale
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Great Plains Conservation Program

Photograph of GPCP participant Dean Newman ® and his foreman examine ration being fed cattle in feedlot located on the farm.
Date: February 23, 1972
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Distribution for Livestock

Photograph of a cooperative effort in the county to combine roads with proper water distribution for livestock in the construction of dams in Woodward County SCD. Face of dam indicates the lack of correct upstream slope and drawdown pipe. Quinlan-Woodward loam, 5 to 12% slope for the Shallow Range Site.
Date: 1959-02-XX
Creator: Cole, E. L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

King Ranch Bluestem Competing with Other Grasses

Photograph of eleven year old King Ranch Blue Stem plant competing with Switch grass and Little Bluestem and Sand Bluestem in a planting on eroded Woodward soil. There is some volunteering of K. R. nearby. K. R. at left center, Switch grass at right center. Follow-up to OK-904-11.
Date: February 7, 1961
Creator: Engleman, Jack
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stockers on Wheat Pasture

Photograph of stockers on wheat pasture. Wheat pasture is used widely as winter forage to maintain the base heard and/or the production of beef on stocker steers which are bought in the fall and sold in the spring. Foreground is Carey silt loam, 1 to 3% slope of the Loamy Range Site
Date: 1959-02-XX
Creator: Cole, E. L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Inspecting a New Diversion Terrace

Photograph of Frank Hutchison inspecting a new diversion terrace built with GPCP assistance to control gully erosion on rangeland.
Date: February 17, 1959
Creator: Gould, Harold C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

New Diversion Terrace

Photograph of rancher Jack Kelsey explaining how new diversion will provide additional water supply for stock pond. GPCP
Date: February 16, 1959
Creator: Gould, Harold C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

New Dam for Stock Pond

Photograph of Jack Kelsey standing in spillway of new pond constructed on his Woodward County ranch. The pond was built with GPCP assistance to provide a pasture with needed stock water.
Date: February 16, 1959
Creator: Gould, Harold C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History