Photograph of floodwater retarding structure site no. 5, Mill Creek subwatershed of the Washita River. Cherokee Pipe Line Company reconditioning 6' oil line that crosses sediment pool. Bituminous coating being applied.

Photograph of planned treatment for a gully by sloping banks and sodding to Bermuda grass with fertilizer and legumes. Headwater to be diverted temporarily to another gully. OK-652-4.

Photograph of planned treatment for a gully by sloping banks and sodding to Bermuda grass with fertilizer and legumes. Headwater to be diverted temporarily to another gully. OK-652-5.

Photograph of a Bermuda grass sodder designed and constructed by a farm operator, Mr. Kerr, shown in the photograph. OK-8064.

Photograph of CCC Enrollees helping to construct a wooden concrete form for making a watering trough. Okla-8062.

Photograph of the J. R. Simmons ranch. Plot # 5. The field was seeded to a pure stand of native sideoats grama harvested from the ranch. OK-1286-10.

Photograph of the J. R. Simmons ranch. Plot # 4. A six-acre field planted to a mixture of native grass on the Red Shale site. Grass was seeded on March 24, 1959. Seed furnished by the Plant Material Center. The mixture for this plot was: Little bluestem, blue grama, sand bluestem, Illinois bundleflower, Caddo Switchgrass and native sideoats grama. OK-1286-9.

Photograph of Gully treatment planned, sloping of banks and sodding to Bermudagrass with fertilizer and legumes. Headwater to be diverted temporarily to another gully.

Photograph of a gully to be shaped and sodded. Black locust and Catalpa trees growing in gully.

Photograph of Loyes Cook fertilizing lovegrass.

Photograph of a field of Abruzzi rye, which helps control wind erosion losses. A few buildings and a windmill are present in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Abruzzi rye which has controlled wind erosion. An adjacent field of 12 soil is blowing. The Abruzzi is on 12 soil. It has not has not been grazed."

Photograph of a gully to be shaped and sodded. Note washed out structure with old pipe in bottom of gully.

Photograph of Gully treatment planned, sloping of banks and sodding to Bermudagrass with fertilizer and legumes. Headwater to be diverted temporarily to another gully.

Photograph of planned treatment for a gully by sloping banks and sodding to Bermuda grass with fertilizer and legumes. Headwater to be diverted temporarily to another gully. OK-652-5.

Photograph of a gully to be treated. Gully to be shaped and sodded. Note washed out structure with old pipe at the bottom of the gully. OK-652-10.

Photograph of a gully to be treated. Gully to be shaped and sodded. Black locust and Catalpa trees growing in gully. OK-652-11.

Photograph of the J. R. Simmons ranch. A six acre field of native grass seeded on the Red Shale site, Clinton, Oklahoma, on March 24, 1959. The mixture was plant material seed consisting of Little bluestem, Blue grama, Sand bluestem, Illinois bundleflower, Caddo Switchgrass and Coronado sideoats grama. OK-1286-11.

Photograph of the J. R. Simmons ranch. Plot # 3. Six acre field planted to a native grass mixture on Red Shale site on March 24, 1959. Plant material seed was used. The Mixture was as follows: Little bluestem, Blue grama, Sand bluestem, Illinois bundleflower, Vaughn sideoats grama and Caddo Switchgrass. OK-1286-8.

Photograph of the J. R. Simmons ranch. Plot # 1 on a six-acre field seeded on March 24, 1959. Red Shale site. Seed furnished by the Plant Material Center. Mixture was as follows: Little bluestem, blue grama, sand bluestem, Illinois bundleflower, Blackwell Switchgrass and El Reno Sideoats grama. OK-1286-12.

Photograph of mesquite roots extending into cultivated fields illustrating the great distances their roots extend and how severely this woody species competes with grasses. Photo taken after a severe rain storm in October, 1965. OK-2727.

Photograph of H. G. Sudbury, owner, and Soil Conservation Service technician, J. K. Livingston standing next to the main ditch of a new drainage system while simultaneously inspecting the location of a proposed lateral ditch. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. H. G. Sudbury, 2. J. K. Livingston. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Main Ditch of New Drainage System. This section completed August 1944, and spoil banks were spread with bulldozer. H. G. Sudbury, owner, and Soil Conservation Service technician, J. K. Livingston, right, inspect location of proposed lateral ditch."

Photograph of a gully with water flowing through its center. In order to help heal this gully, the gully treatment plan involves sloping banks, sodding Bermudagrass with fertilizer and legumes, and diverting temporarily the headwater to another gully. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Gully treatment planned, sloping banks and sodding to Bermudagrass with fertilizer and legumes. Headwater to be diverted temporarily to another gully."

Photograph of Cornonelli (?) Critica Vetch. This type of plant has possible uses for winter green manure crops. Estimated tonnage under favorable conditions, 20 tons of green weight per acre. The plant warrants further study for use in soil conservation districts. TX-N-1.

Photograph of R. A. Deaker, farm foreman, sitting on his horse in a knee-deep filed of yellow blossom sweet clover which has been phosphated. This field will be cut in for soil building and followed with corn of grain sorghum. The phosphate was applied at a rate of 150 pounds to the acre. Phosphated clover clipped 11 tons per acre--unphosphated clover clipped at 2 1/2 tons per acre. TX-42-584.