Sprigging Bermuda

Photograph of Jack Jones sprigging Bermuda grass roots in newly constructed waterway.
Date: April 23, 1959
Creator: Hamill, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Planting Bermuda Grass Roots

Photograph of Lawrence Steiner planting Bermuda grass roots in a new waterway-using district-owned equipment.
Date: April 23, 1959
Creator: Hamill, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of the planting of Bermuda grass. District owned and operated equipment is planting Midland Bermuda grass on F.R. Dobbs' farm. Class I land. Planted under a plan developed with the Soil Conservation District [SCD] with technicians of the Soil Conservation Service [SCS]. To be over-seeded with Korean Lespedeza. Follow up pictures to be taken. OK-852-7.
Date: April 23, 1959
Creator: McGraw, John L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Loading Bermuda Roots into a Sprigger

Photograph of Ivan Goss, Lawrence Steiner loading Bermuda grass roots into a Deer Creek SCD grass sprig planter. Sprigging new waterway by Jack Jones.
Date: April 23, 1959
Creator: Hamill, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Waterway Flume Under Construction

Photograph of Lloyd Hamill, owner, standing in waterway flume under construction. Seven-foot overfill gully was moving back into good cropland.
Date: April 23, 1959
Creator: Hamill, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

UNIDENTIFIED Farmer Harvesting Certified Midland Bermudagrass Roots on Cooperator Vetus Clarkson’s Farm

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED farmer using District equipment to harvest certified Midland Bermudagrass roots on Cooperator Vetus Clarkson's farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Bermuda Grass Roots. District equipment harvesting certified Midland Bermuda grass roots on Cooperator Vetus Clarkson's farm. Roots are being used by District to sprig on other cooperators farms in the District. Returns to cooperator from half of harvest rights will amount to $35.00 per acre and the District will fertilize to enable another harvest in 1960. This field was sprigged in 1955."
Date: April 23, 1959
Creator: McCraw, John L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History