Photograph of combining native grass seed. Seed mixture includes Little and Big bluestem, Switch and Indian grass; Meadow baled in early July. Seed harvested 10/17/58. Meadow yeilded 12,840 lbs. seed on approximately 100 acres. O'Neal Teague, County Agent, Wesley Fowler, SCS technician, and H. Wimberly, rancher, examining grass.

Photograph of combining native grass seed. Seed mixtire includes Little and Big bluestem, Switch and Indian grass. Meadow baled in early July. Seed harvested 10/17/58. Meadow yeilded 12,840 lbs. seed on approximately 100 acres.

Photograph of improvement cutting. In any improvement cut on abused pineland numerous hardwood trees must be eliminated. Cross ties are common hardwood products. Eagletown has been a forest community for over 130 years. It is Oklahoma's oldest commonly operated post office. OK-775-2.

Photograph of native grass mixture planting. This was planted in April, 1957 on soil unit # 7, capability III. A seed crop was cut soon after this photo was taken. OK-786-2.

Photograph of a native grass mixture planting. This was planted in April 1957 on soil unit 7, capability III. A seed crop was cut soon after this photo was taken. L.O. Widney in photo.

Photograph of a waterway established to bermudagrass in 1955.

Photograph of a grassy hill its footslope. A barbed wire fence runs in the foreground of the photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Tivoli soils with Likes soil on the footslopes."

Photograph of a grassy hill and its footslopes. A small herd of cows is grazing upon the grasses on the hill. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Mansker and Potter soils on the [right] of the high plains and Bippus soils on the concave footslopes."

Photograph of cattle grazing upon a field of grasses. The soils which these grasses grew upon consist of Bippus soils and Mansker and Potter soils on the rims of the steeper slopes. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cattle grazing on Bippus soils and Mansker and Potter soils on the rims of the steeper slopes."

Photograph of SCS Technician Wesley Fowler looking at damaged caused by rats to a large weed. The back of the photograph proclaims, "SCS Technician Wesley Fowler looking at a large weed where rats have cut off the top limbs about 3 feet above the ground. Not the damage to the native grass seed heads. This meadow yielded almost $10,000.00 worth of seed in 1957."

Photograph of "Jack Weeks hand-stripping Cheyenne Indiangrass seed."

Photograph of combining native grass seed. Seed mixture includes Little and Big bluestem, Switch and Indian grass; Meadow baled in early July. Seed harvested 10/17/58. Meadow yeilded 12,840 lbs. seed on approximately 100 acres. O'Neal Teague, County Agent

Photograph of combining native grass seed. Seed mixtire includes Little and Big bluestem, switch and Indian grass. Meadow baled in early July. Seed harvested 10/9/58. Meadow yeilded 16,560 lbs. seed on approximately 160 acres.

Photograph of combining native grass seed. Seed mixture ncludes Little and Big Bluestem, Switchand Indian grass. Meadow baled in early July. Seed harvested 10/17/58. Meadow yeilded 12,840 lbs. seed on approximately 100 acres.

Photograph of an overgrown orchard

Photograph of wheat planted in Dalhart fine sandy loam and wheat stubble to prevent blowing. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Wheat planted in stubble to prevent blowing. Soils are Dalhart fine sandy loam."

Photograph of a grassy hill and its footslopes. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Mansker and Potter soils on the steeper slopes and Bippus soils on the concave footslopes."

Photograph of a field of wheat being planted in wheat stubble. A truck and some UNIDENTIFED equipment are visible in the distant background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Wheat planted in stubble to prevent blowing. Soils are Dalhart fine sandy loam."

Photograph of Soil Conservation Service Technician Jim Eaton evaluating destruction of native grass seed crop by field rats and mice. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Soil Conservation Service technician Jim Eaton looking at native grass meadow where field rats and mice have destroyed the seed crop. In 1957 this meadow yielded almost $10,000.00 worth of seed."

Photograph of Leon Walker's properly maintained fair condition tall bluestem grass range that was once in poor condition. Several heads of cattle are grazing on this field. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cattle grazing on ranch that was in low poor condition 2 years ago when Walker purchased it. Today he has managed it well enough to put it in fair condition and Leon said he would continue his management work until he got it up to produce 6,000 to 7,000 lbs. of good native grass per acre. This will be done by good range management practices to increase his tall bluestem grasses on each range pasture."

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man looking at an excellent stand of native grass mixture seeded in 1955 and planned for use as a seed crop. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Native grass mixture seeded in 1955, Excellent stand and seed crop. 70 soil, Class III and IV."