Photograph of grain sorghum production under GPCP [Global precipitation climatology project] contract. OK-750-8.

Photograph of land worked contour to the prevailing winds, showing sand caught from a wind storm on February 24, 1956. OK-211-5.

Photograph of stubble left after drilling wheat on Richfield silt loam. Stubble mulch tilled and standard disc-type wheat drill. OK-158-7.

Photograph of deep plowing on the Maurice Compton Farm, furrow 18 inches deep, on Dalhart fine sandy loam. OK-209-10.

Photograph of chiseling wheat [i.e., using a chisel plow] for the protection against wind erosion. Richfield loam. OK-211-7.

Photograph of bindweed. Bindweed treated with salt at a rate of 9 tons per acre applied in April, 1956. The photo was taken on July 10, 1956. This has been irrigated 2 or 3 times since salt was applied. OK-342-7.

Photograph of bindweed. The control of bindweed with a 2-4-D herbicide (2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid) showing nearly a perfect kill. Only a few sprigs of bindweed are showing. Sprayed with 2-4-D at the rate of ½ pound per acre once in 1954 and once in 1955. Dorsay Sparkman is in this picture. OK-341-1.

Photograph of bindweed control. Close up of bindweed showing flowers and trailing growth habit. OK-342-5.

Photograph of grain sorghum stubble on Dalhart fine sandy loam soil. Stubble 16 inches high. This should be good enough to control wind erosion.

Photograph of Dalhart sandy loam. Stubble mulch tilled prior to seeding close-up.

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man on the Maurice Compton Farm standing in a deep plowed field. The back of the photograph proclaiming, "Deep plowing 18" on Dalhart fine sandy loam."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Sunday was a great day for the John Harbaugh family of Keyes, Okla."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The 1950 Oklahoma state singles trapshooting champion is John Harbaugh, a Panhandle wheat farmer from Keyes, shown here polishing his sun glasses."

Photograph of stubble on Dalhart sandy loam. Stubble mulch tilled prior ot seeding close-up.

Photograph of chiseling wheat for protection against future wind erosion. Richfield loam. OK-211-12.

Photograph of wind erosion and dwellings. OK-209-12.

Photograph of bindweed. A close up of bindweed showing flowers and trailing growth habit. OK-342-4.

Photograph of drilling wheat on Richfield silt loam. OK-158-8.

Photograph of deep plowing on the Maurice Compton Farm, furrow 18 inches deep, on Dalhart fine sandy loam. OK-209-9.

Photograph of chiseling wheat [i.e., using a chisel plow] for the protection against wind erosion. Richfield loam. OK-211-7.

Photograph of snow in sorghum stubble on soil unit 70-A. Dalhart fine sandy loam. Stubble was left 15" high and not pastured.

Photograph of "Leon Newman, ASC Technician, examines sorghum that did not make heads."

Photograph of three UNIDENTIFIED workers drilling wheat. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Drilling wheat – Richfield silt loam."

Photograph of a UNIDENTFIED man drilling sideoats grama, blue grama, sand lovegrass, and switch grass into a failed sorghum field growing in conservation reserve of the soil bank. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Land in Conservation Reserve of the Soil Bank. ¼ section; 630 acres have been seeded. Drills owned by SCS district. Seven pounds of side oats [sic] and blue grama, one-pound sand love; ½ switch grass. Returning from cultivation for five years, sorghum did not make a crop so it was put in conservation reserve."