Row Irrigation

Photograph of row irrigation; pre-irrigating for cotton. Newly perpared land; planned, staked and checked by SCS personnel in Greer Co. , SCD, Okla.
Date: April 26, 1955
Creator: Murray, Hubert J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Row Irrigation

Photograph of row irrigation; pre-irrigating for cotton. Newly prepared land; planned, staked and checked by SCS personnel in Greer Co., SCD, Okla.
Date: April 26, 1955
Creator: Murray, Hubert J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Gully Being Shaped

Photograph of a gully being shaped prior to planting bermuda grass.
Date: April 26, 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a Bermuda Grass Automatic Sprigger. This is an automatic bermuda grass sprigger operated under the jurisdiction of the Soil Conservation District. Recommendations for planting are made by the Soil Conservation Service. OK-241-7.
Date: April 26, 1956
Creator: Baggett, Beryl
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of native grass planting. This land had been formerly cultivated and is now being planted with native bluestem grasses, using an Ezee-Flow fertilizer spreader as a planter and a rotary hoe cultivator being pulled in reverse. The seeds were harvested and obtained under Soil Conservation District supervision as the farm is under a Soil Conservation program. Mr. Vance shown in the picture. OK-240-8.
Date: April 26, 1956
Creator: Baggett, Beryl
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Education Information--Displays

Photograph of information. Display board. Display board erected at the Bermuda grass variety and legume combination. Field trial location on the Alvin and Earnest Vap Farm.
Date: April 26, 1960
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of pasture planting. Field trial of beef production and adaptability of Midland, Drummond and Greenfield Bermuda grass strains and overseeded to 3 combinations of legumes. Photo shows some of the 20 head of cows and calves that will pasture this 65 acres for an 8 month period during 1960. OK-958-2.
Date: April 26, 1960
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pre Irrigating for Cotton

Photograph of row irrigation, pre-irrigating for cotton. Newly prepared land; planned, staked and checked by S"CS personnel in Greer Co., SCD, Okla.
Date: April 26, 1955
Creator: Murray, Hubert J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Construction of Farm Pond (Amelia Henke)

Photograph of a two UNIDENTIFED men on bulldozers constructing a farm pond. The back of the photograph proclaims, "This shows a farm pond under construction. This pond was located and staked out by local Soil Conservation Personnel. 4,500 cubic yards in dam."
Date: April 26, 1956
Creator: Baggett, B. G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Contour Farming

Photograph of contour farming with terraces. Field terraced and contour listed showing uniform distribution of water after rains. OK-465-5.
Date: April 26, 1955
Creator: Woodward, Grant
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of pasture planting. Field trial of beef production and adaptability of Midland, Drummond and Greenfield Bermuda grass strains and overseeded to 3 combinations of legumes. Photo shows some of the 20 head of cows and calves that will pasture this 65 acres for an 8 month period during 1960. OK-958-3.
Date: April 26, 1960
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Contour Farming With Terraces

Photograph of Field terraced and contour listed showing uniform distribution of water after rains.
Date: April 26, 1956
Creator: Woodward, Grant
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Crops Harvesting

Photograph of button clover, vetch, and wheat.
Date: April 26, 1955
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph showing revegetation. Second season growth of row planting of little bluestem and blue grama mixture. Planted on 1941-04-12. OK-8520.
Date: April 26, 1905
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Dick Piner and Barney

Photograph of Dick Piner, Board Chairman, and his horse Barney. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Dick Piner, Board Chairman and his favorite mount Barney. Dick has several hundred acres to clean up and develop the soil conservation way. His principal interests are beef cattle, pasture and pineland."
Date: April 26, 1956
Creator: Hayes, E. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Uphill Shot of The Construction of Farm Pond (Amelia Henke)

Photograph of a two UNIDENTIFED men on bulldozers constructing a farm pond. The back of the photograph proclaims, "This shows a farm pond under construction. This pond was located and staked out by local Soil Conservation Personnel. 4,500 cubic yards in dam."
Date: April 26, 1956
Creator: Baggett, B. G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Contrasting Wheat With No Treatment Versus Rye and Vetch With 300# Rock Phosphate Applied

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED person showing the contrast between wheat with no treatment on Class III land and year three rye & vetch with application of 300-pound rock phosphate first year. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Contrast between wheat with no treatment on Class III land and rye and vetch (3rd Year) with application of 300# rock phosphate first year."
Date: April 26, 1949
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Button Clover, Vetch, and Wheat

Photograph of a hat lying in a mixture of button clover, vetch, and wheat. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Button clover, vetch, and wheat."
Date: April 26, 1955
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History