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Bermuda Grass Pasture
Photograph of second of a series of pictures of a 40-acre Bermuda grass pasture established in May and June, 1955 by sprigging and overseeded in July with 2 pounds of seed per acre. 100 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer per acre was used during each operation. Pasture was not used until September 3, when the owner turned in 175 head of cattle. Over 300 animan-unit-month grazing has been taken from this pasture, with considerable forage ramaining for winter cover and use.
Date:
November 2, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Washita River Soil Erosion
Photograph of Washita River channel cutting 2 miles northeast of Pauls Valley. It has been estimated that 2500 acres of valuable Washita bottomland has fallen in the river channel due to severe cutting during the past 20 years.
Date:
July 2, 1955
Creator:
Graham, E. O.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Red Plains Conservation Experiment Station Plots 8, 9, and 10
Photograph of plots 8, 9, and 10 on the Red Plains Conservation Experiment Station. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Plots 8, 9, and 10 of the 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. Plots 8, 9, and 10 are the effect of cover studies."
Date:
September 2, 1949
Creator:
Postlethwaite, Hermann
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Red Plains Conservation Experiment Station Plots 1, 2, & 3
Photograph of plots 1, 2, and 3 on the Red Plains Conservation Experiment Station. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Plots 1, 2, and 3 of the 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. Plots 1, 2, and 3 are the length of slope studies."
Date:
September 2, 1949
Creator:
Postlethwaite, Hermann
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Charles L. Lee Pasture Management
Photograph of Charles L. Lee, SCD board chair, and E. S. Cordell checking growth of KR bluestem planted in Johnson grass to control erosion. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Lee, SCD board chairman, and SCS Technician, E. S. Cordell check growth of KR bluestem planted in Johnson grass on this "break" to control erosion and prevent washing of soils onto Wheatland at bottom."
Date:
July 2, 1953
Creator:
Fox, Lester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Miles Olson Lovegrass Field
Photograph of Photograph of Harrison Olson, brother of Miles, and E. S. Cordell, SCS Technician, check growth of grass in this 75-acre former wheat field sodded to sand lovegrass two years ago. The left to right order of who are Harrison Olson and E. S. Cordell on this photograph is not possible. The back of the photograph proclaims" Harrison Olson (brother of Miles) and SCS Tech. E. S. Cordell check growth of grass in this 75-acre former wheat field sodded to sand lovegrass two years ago. Wheat yields had become unprofitably low because wind damage to land."
Date:
July 2, 1953
Creator:
Fox, Lester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Bird Nest Creek Flood
Photograph of a farmland field inundated with water from the nearby Bird Nest Creek after a flood. A house or a barn is covered by floodwater in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Flood. Farmland inundated by water adjacent to Bird Nest Creek, due to lack of channel capacity."
Date:
October 2, 1959
Creator:
Baggett, Beryl
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Native Grass Harvest
Photograph of making hay from native grass after seed had been harvested with a combine. Grasses are bluestem, switch, Indian. Mr. Ferguson says this is good quality hay.
Date:
October 2, 1957
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Elk City Project
Photograph of terrace maintenance. Plowing up to the terrace.
Date:
April 2, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Contour Ridge Construction by Three UNIDENTIFIED Men/Elk City Project
Photograph of three UNIDENTIFIED men constructing contour ridges on a field, which has been in cultivation but is being retired to permanent pasture. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Construction of contour ridges on a field which has been in cultivation but is being retired to permanent pasture. To be followed with later pictures."
Date:
April 2, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Haskell County Rock Quarry
Photograph of several stacks of broken up rocks of varying sizes from a rock quarry in Haskell County.
Date:
July 2, 1967
Creator:
Brinlee, R. C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Soil Sample Evaluation from Two Different Areas
Photograph of "Two samples of a soil showing the deterioration that [took] place if the cropping system consists mainly of soil-depleting crops. The soil on the left has been used to grow soil-depleting crops year after year over a long period of time. The sample on the right was taken from an area where the soil has been rotated with soil improving crops part of the time."
Date:
August 2, 1967
Creator:
Frie, J. W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History