Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Bermuda grass pasture. Old, established Bermuda grass, Class IIIa-6, Upland. Sprayed in 1958 and 1959 with 2,4-D weed killer, 1 pint per acre. OK-937-2.
Date: July 17, 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of pasture seeding. Buffalo grass seeded in 1950 on overflow bottom of Clear Boggy Creek. Soil Unit 3ab. This grass shows good possibilities on this type of soil and is recommended by the Soil Conservation Service [SCS] for these areas. Mr. Krebs and C. T. Forrester, SCS and Work Unit Conservationist [WUC], respectively, in the picture. OK-534-1.
Date: July 17, 1957
Creator: Evans, C. A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of pasture seeding. Showing the length of the stolons on Buffalo grass. Grass planted on overflow bottom of Clear Boggy Creek. Grass is recommended by the Soil Conservation Service [SCS] for tight soils in overflow area. OK-534-2.
Date: July 17, 1957
Creator: Evans, C. A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pasture Management

Photograph of Fescue-Ladino mixture on soil unit 4. Fescue crowded out by clover, resulting in danger of bloat. Cooperator and SCS technicians agreed on method of planting clover width of drill, leaving strips of fescue with no competition from the clover. This pasture was drown out in the May flods.
Date: May 17, 1960
Creator: Brown, G. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Fescue-Landino pasture showing drowned out spots before drainage. Soil Unit # 4, Clear Boggy Bottom. OK-1119-2.
Date: May 17, 1960
Creator: Brown, C. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fescue-Ladino Mixture Crowded Out By Clover

Photograph of pasture management consisting of Fescue-Ladino mixture crowded out by clover. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Pasture Management. Fescue-Ladino mixture on soil unit 4. Fescue crowded out by clover, resulting in danger of bloat. Cooperator and SCS technicians agreed on method of planting clover width of drill, leaving strips of fescue with no competition from the clover. This pasture was drown out in the May floods."
Date: May 17, 1960
Creator: Brown, G. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History