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Inspecting a New Waterway
Photograph of Bob Deevers, opr. , inspecting a waterway that was constructed and sodded to Bermuda grass in 1960. Terraces were constructed after wheat harvest in 1960 to outlet into this waterway.
Date:
February 1, 1961
Creator:
Hamill, Dan
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass Seed Harvest
Photograph of Ed Rowley, SCS business manager, and assistant sacking and weighing grass seed in the District Warehouse.
Date:
November 1, 1957
Creator:
Elder, Arthur T.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Switchgrass Seed Harvest
Photograph of Ed Rowley, SCS business manager, and helpers cleaning Switchgrass seed in the District warehouse.
Date:
November 1, 1957
Creator:
Elder, Arthur T.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Harvesting Native Grass
Photograph of District combine harvesting native grass mixture on a share basis.
Date:
November 1, 1957
Creator:
Elder, Arthur T.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Damage to Site 26 Wildhorse Creek
Photograph of Washita watershed, damage to front slope of Site 26 Wildhorse Creek Watershed. Dam runs almost due east and west. Part of slope was rip-rapped with rock from spillway but rock lacked about 6 feet being high enough to prevent this damage. SCS plans to repair this damage.
Date:
July 1, 1961
Creator:
Brown, Bob R.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Round-Up Time
Photograph of cattle and calves just brought in. In the extreme background, ranch employees are separating the calves from the cows for fall market.
Date:
November 1, 1957
Creator:
Elder, Arthur T.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Strip cropping
Photograph of strip cropping using eight rows of peanuts and right rows of combine maize. Practice is and on terraced and contour farm.
Date:
October 1, 1954
Creator:
Clements, Alvin M.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Rush Springs Watershed
Photograph of watershed showing gate at west end of structure on site 18, Rush Creek. Lake view from the front yard of farmstead.
Date:
May 1, 1962
Creator:
Leonard, Claude
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wildhorse Creek Watershed
Photograph of Washita Watershed, Wildhorse channel carrying discharge from 3 structures following rain storm of May 31, 1962. These structures were first to go through primcipal spillways in 1962.
Date:
July 1, 1962
Creator:
Brown, Bob R.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Barnitz Creek Watershed Dam Construction
Photograph of site 52. Paul R. Moody, contractor cutting ditch for toe (lateral) drain; into ditch will go gravel filler and perforated pipe for maintaining a low water table at the back toe of the dam. Shown: 1) Backhoe used in ditching 2) Checking grade 3) Spillway cut in background. Paul R. Moody on backhoe, Mr. Baker with rod; Paul G. Moody with hand level.
Date:
July 1, 1955
Creator:
Matthews, J. S.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Soil Conservation
Photograph of Glenn Brewer overseeding badly depleted range land under his Great Plains Conservation Program contract. The sagebrush has beentreated with a one-way plow prior to seeding. An estimated 70-80% of the sagebrush was killed by the one-way, leaving ample residue to protect from blowing and a firm seedbed for seeding grasses.
Date:
May 1, 1958
Creator:
Elder, Arthur T.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Drop inlet Pipe Construction
Photograph of a view seen in Okla. 10-778-B after the construction of a road fill and drop inlet pipe (inlelt end shown) on the county road 4 miles W of Bessie, Okla. The fill replaces the old bridge.
Date:
July 1, 1953
Creator:
Archer, S. G.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Bermuda Grass Crop
Photograph of Dr. J. Q. Lynd (left), Agronomy Department, Oklahoma A&M College, and Geo.N. Lowe, WWC, discussing 8 weeks growth of Bermuda Garss from seed. This field was native grass in the stand. A clean firm seedbed was prepared by plowing, disking and harrowing, then roots planted with automatic planter followed by section harrow. 100 lbs of 10-20-10 fertilizer applied with the roots. Roots wer planted in May and June. July 8, 9 and 10 Bermuda Grass seed wsas planted a the rate of 2 lbs. per acre with 100 lbs. of 10-20-10 fertilizer per acre, with an EZ-Flow, using attachment and press wheels. The field was not patured prior to making the picture.
Date:
September 1, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Basel Bark Treatment
Photograph of Basel-bark application, using 2 3/4 gallon of low volatile 2-4-5, T ester (4 lbs. acid per gallon material used) in 100 gallon of diesel oil. The spray being applied so as to completely encircle and wet the point of runoff onto the soil the lower 12 in. of each plant. Equipment used was a John Bean powered sprayer. The brush and trees were blackjack, post and white oak, hickory, elm, persimmon and dogwood.
Date:
March 1, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Red Plains Conservation Experiment Station Plot No. 9
Photograph of Harley A. Daniel, Project Supervisor, taking a soil sample from a plot on the Red Plains Conservation Experiment Station. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Harley A. Daniel, Project Supervisor, taking a soil sample on Plot No. 9. This is the de-surfaced plot with continuous cotton, on Stevensville Fine Sandy Loam."
Date:
September 1, 1949
Creator:
Postlethwaite, Hermann
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Red Plains Conservation Experiment Station Control Plots
Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED men, located in the background, standing next to one of the control plots established in 1929 to record soil and water losses from different kinds of cover and cropping systems. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Control plots established in 1929 to record soil and water losses from different kinds of cover and cropping systems. On Stevensville Fine Sandy Loam with 7.7% slope. (See USDA T-837 for full details on these plots.)"
Date:
September 1, 1949
Creator:
Postlethwaite, Hermann
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Red Plains Conservation Experiment Station Plot No. 5
Photograph of Harley A. Daniel, Project Supervisor, taking a soil sample from a plot on the Red Plains Conservation Experiment Station. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Harley A. Daniel, Project Supervisor, taking a soil sample on Plot No. 5 which is one of the rotation plots. Cotton, wheat and sweet clover, Stevensville Fine Sandy Loam."
Date:
September 1, 1949
Creator:
Postlethwaite, Hermann
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Unterraced Field
Photograph of erosion on freshly plowed field after three-inch rain. An UNIDENTIFED man stands in the unterraced field. This property and field is possibly near Cavalry Creek. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Erosion on freshly plowed field after 3 inch rain."
Date:
July 1, 1959
Creator:
Rowlett, Olen
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Daily Laborers Cleaning and Sacking Little Bluestem Seed
Photograph of four UNIDENTIFIED "Daily laborers cleaning and sacking little bluestem seed."
Date:
October 1, 1948
Creator:
Elder, Tom
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Red Plains Conservation Experiment Station Plot No. 3
Photograph of Harley A. Daniel, Project Supervisor, taking a soil sample from a plot on the Red Plains Conservation Experiment Station. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Harley A. Daniel, Project Supervisor, taking a soil sample on Plot No. 3, which is continuous cotton, on Stevensville Fine Sandy Loam."
Date:
September 1, 1949
Creator:
Postlethwaite, Hermann
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sugar Creek Critical Area 204 Flood Prevention
Photograph of black locust being used for flood prevention on Sugar Creek Area 204. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Flood Prevention. Black locust in rim planting on Critical Area 204. Follow-up of Ok-1226-4."
Date:
November 1, 1961
Creator:
Wall, R. N.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sugar Creek Critical Area 204 Flood Prevention
Photograph of black locust being used for flood prevention on Sugar Creek Area 204. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Flood Prevention. Black locust in rim planting on Critical Area 204. Follow-up of Ok-1226-4."
Date:
November 1, 1961
Creator:
Wall, R. N.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Two UNIDENTIFED Men Loading a Airplane With Seed
Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED men loading an airplane with seed to seed the land via the plane. The Chickasha Flying Service owns or sponsors the plane seen in the photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Loading airplane with native grass seed preparatory to seeding land by the plane."
Date:
April 1, 1949
Creator:
Archer, S. G.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of Tishomingo Stocking Fish in Boggs’ Lake Site 15 Cavalry Creek Watershed
Photograph of four UNIDENTIFIED workers of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of Tishomingo placing fish in Boggs' Lake Site 15 Cavalry Creek Watershed. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Fish Distribution. The distribution unit of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of Tishimingo [sic] placing fish in the Boggs' lake site 15 Cavalry creek."
Date:
July 1, 1959
Creator:
Rowlett, Olen
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History