Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Pat Higgins kneeling in Buffel grass that was combined three weeks earlier. Seed heads are already sticking up and some are shattering. TX-47, 348.
Date: October 23, 1950
Creator: Hart, James
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Pat Higgins, who squats in green buffelgrass and holds up dead grass burrs growing right beside the buffel grass. The grass burrs died due to lack of moisture. TX-49, 350.
Date: October 23, 1950
Creator: Hart, James
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a fence line contrast. The pasture on the left has been heavily grazed with sheep. No rains have occurred in 1953. The result is that the range is almost bare. The pasture on the right has not been used as heavily and some clover still remains.
Date: July 23, 1953
Creator: Rechenthin, C. A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a four-foot Buffalo grass plant at Pat Higgin’s place. It is loaded with seeds. Higgins planted some of the Buffel grass seed at the end of September 1950. The plant has seed heads out of the boot within 24 days of germination. TX-47, 349.
Date: October 23, 1950
Creator: Hart, James
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Angleton grass—a solid mat of green forage. Average height is 4 feet. Runners range from 14 to 16 feet long. This grass was planted on 2 ½ acres in April, 1950. Planted in rows six feet apart from hand-dug clumps. TX-47-346.
Date: October 23, 1950
Creator: Hart, James
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Pat Higgins showing Bill Roundtree, Soil Conservation District [SCD], the large seedhead forming on his Angleton grass. TX-47-347.
Date: October 23, 1950
Creator: Hart, James
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fire Damage

Photograph of an Amarillo trap. This area accidentally burned in May, 1948. Seeded about 100 acres in March 1949 [with] [unclear] pounds of King Ranch bluestem, 100 pounds of sideoats grama and 100 pounds of buffalograss. Deferred the growing seasons of 1949 and 1950. TX-47-373.
Date: October 23, 1950
Creator: Keng, E. B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Louisiana Red Clover growing on Soil Unit # 1, first year, following rice crop. Red Clover is proving to be a good forage crop in addition to its soiling improving effects on the soil. TX-95-6.
Date: May 23, 1955
Creator: Huckabee, DeWitt
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Rex Welch

Photograph of Rex Welch standing in a field.
Date: April 23, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History