Photograph of an automobile stalled in sand trap in dust storm in March 26, 1950.

Photograph of Big Wewoka Creek Detention Dam No. 23. Looking north across top of dam. Permanent pool covers 16 acres. Permanent vegetation will be established.

Photograph of productive soil maintained and improved on a 2% slope by use of conservation practices. Land is terraced and contour farmed and crops are rotated. Soil improving crops are used regularly. The crop of oats, now on the land show lodging because of excessive rainfall as did practically 100% of all small grain in the district in 1957. Oats were 5 feet high and promised a good yield when the rains started. Soil Unit 6CP.

Photograph of silt deposit caused by flood. The 5 or 6; rain Sept. 26, 1959, caused hundreds of silt deposit areas on tributaries of the Red Rock Creek. This silt deposit area is 1 mile below a proposed detention dam site.

Photograph of aerial view of floodwater retarding structure No. 35. Completed Feb 1955. Drainage 1,845 A. C. , ediment Storage 1. 88 in. , Flood Storage 3. 35 in. , Total Storage 804. 8 Ac. Ft. , Surface 67 Ac.

Photograph of row irrigation; pre-irrigating for cotton. Newly perpared land; planned, staked and checked by SCS personnel in Greer Co. , SCD, Okla.

Photograph of row irrigation; pre-irrigating for cotton. Newly prepared land; planned, staked and checked by SCS personnel in Greer Co., SCD, Okla.

Photograph of an automobile stalled in sand trap in dust storm on March 26, 1950. Only fields not suffering from erosion in this immediate vicinity are those fields where vetch and small grain furnish cover. OK-10, 359.

Photograph of shelterbelts or windbreaks. A group of SCS technicians from the Great Plains states studying shelterbelts in Greer County, Oklahoma. This shelterbelt was planted in 1936 and was the first shelterbelt planted in the Plains area. OK-224-11.

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.

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.

Photograph of an automobile stalled in sand trap in dust storm on March 26, 1950. Only fields not suffering from erosion in this immediate vicinity are those fields where vetch and small grain furnish cover. OK-10, 359.

Photograph of small brush which is heavy competition for the native grasses on this pasture. The brush is being mowed and the area will be deferred-grassed in 1958 and 1959 with the area mowed again in 1959. In areas of this pasture where this mowing has been done, the grass is starting to grow. OK-621-12.

Photograph of timber control, showing Mr. R. V. Little demonstrating one of his tree injectors on one of his 800 acre pastures. OK-1050-1.

Photograph of a rock house when 50 years old as indicated by the date built as carved in stone over the door. J.T. Porter is in the photo. It was occupied in 1939. Mr. Lester Davis of Reydon, Oklahoma, has recently purchased this farm. OK-816-2.

Photograph of Pasture. Blue River bottom land cleared in 1956. It consisted of wet, poorly drained timber land near worthless pasture before clearing and planting to Midland Bermuda grass and clover. Planted to Bermuda grass in 1957. 500 acre ranch has 200 acres under cultivation. By 1959, it had 135 grown cows and 500 sheep and offspring, using vetch and clover for sown pasture. 10 on hill. 11 on bottom was cleared. OK-1050-10.

Photograph of a pine nursery. Bill Campbell, nursery manager, preparing to plow up trees. Tractor loosens trees with bar, leaving trees loose for hand pulling. Trees are sorted and packed in bundles of 50 trees each. Little River Soil Conservation District crews pick up the trees at the nursery she dfor farm delivery. Three large industrial forest firms give small landowners trees on a tree-for-tree-matched basis. These trees are given to small land owners to encourage them to increase their timber stands. OK-412-1

Photograph of a pine nursery located on Yashau Creek. The output of this nursery goes largely to cooperators in the Little River Soil Conservation District. The District plants seedlings for cooperators on contract at $0.75 per 100 trees. Approximately 300,000 trees in the District in 1956. Drought reduced the output of the nursery in 1956 by abour 50%. OK-411-12.

Photograph of stubble mulching. Stubble mulching on wheat land. Stubble mulch implement of Guy Schroder’s. This implement has a series of five 32-inch sweeps. Schroder is a cooperator with the North Caddo Soil Conservation District [SCD] and started the Soil Conservation Service program on this farm in 1950.

Photograph of row irrigation, pre-irrigating for cotton. Newly prepared land; planned, staked and checked by S"CS personnel in Greer Co., SCD, Okla.

Photograph of Conservation Crop Rotation. Vetch and rye for pasture and silage. Field has been planted for 5 years to improve soil. 1958 it was pastured, 15 head on this 52 acres until May 1; cut 8-10 ton silage per acre. Put 250 ton in one silo and expects to fill another, (Special) -- cut 9 ton and placed in his stock ponds to clear ater and supply fish food.

Photograph of a small grain vetch and clover pasture. Companion pictures see OK-1050-10.

Photograph of Blue River bottom land. Cleared in 1956. Was wet, poorly drained timber land near wortless pasture before clearing and planting to midland bermuda and clover. Planted to bermuda 1957, 500 acre ranch has 200 acres on cultivation. 1959-ran 135 head grown cows and 500 sheep and offsprings. Uses vetch and clover for sown pasture. 10-on hill, 11 on bottom, all was cleared.

Photograph of a silt deposit caused by flood. The 5 or 6" rain Sept. 26, 1959 caused hundreds of silt deposit areas on tributaries of Red Rock Creek. This silt deposit area is in a field which is located 3/4 miles below a proposed detention dam site.