Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of re-seeded native pastures. Native grass died during drought of 1955 – 1956. Field was disc-plowed and seeded to a mixture of buffalo, blue grama and Sideoats grama in February 1957. Ward Perryman in photo. Soil Conservation Service [SCS] recommended reseeding on 320 [?] acres of this farm. OK-901-2.
Date: July 10, 1959
Creator: Murrell, Ray
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management

Photograph of a soil survey. Harmon stony loam. A very shallow to shallow soil developed on dolomitic limestone. Class VI land. Shallow Range site. OK-720-6.
Date: July 10, 1958
Creator: Bailey, Oran F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management

Photograph of a soil survey. While making the soil survey, Richard Graft, Soil Conservation Service [SCS] scientist, discovered a recently-formed gyp sink [= a sinkhole] in a gently sloping wheat field of Tillman clay loam soil. The gyp sink is approximately 30 feet deep and 15 feet wide. OK-720-12.
Date: July 10, 1958
Creator: Bailey, Oran F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Newly Formed Gyp Sink Hole

Photograph of Jake Ringwald and Hubert Mobley, SCS Soil Scientists, peering into recently formed gyp sink hole, which is approximately 30 feet deep and 15 feet wide. The photograph does not identify the left to right positions of Ringwald or Mobley. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Jake Ringwald and Hubert Mobley, SCS Soil Scientists, peering into recently gormed [sic] gyp sink in a gentley [sic] sloping what field of Tillman clay loam soil. The hole is approximately 30 feet deep and 15 feet wide. See Ok-720-12 for inside of hole."
Date: July 10, 1958
Creator: Bailey, O. F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Turkey Creek Flooding

Photograph of flood waters from Turkey Creek. Creek is highest since 1935.
Date: May 10, 1955
Creator: Murray, Hubert J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History