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Crop Residue Management
Photograph of burning stubble after the harvest of wheat. This stubble is being burned to make working the land easier. This area produced only 15 bushels of wheat per acre in 1958. This reduced yield is due to land condition which is poor because of the practice of burning stubble. Stubble properly managed will improve the condition of the land and the amount of production.
Date:
July 16, 1958
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Application of Lime to Sericea
Photograph of UNIDENTIFIED farmer applying lime to sericea. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Applying lime to sericea."
Date:
July 16, 1953
Creator:
Hodson, Edgar A.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Seed Harvest
Photograph of combining button clover in midland Bermudagrass field for seed harvest. The grass will be later baled for hay nad used for grazing. Mr. Hair believes that the clover will make 400 pounds per acre. This field is Red River bottom land. The growing of clover also improves the grass.
Date:
July 16, 1958
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of Messrs. J. E. and V. F. Ritter repairing the damage to fences on the Zimmermann farm after the flood of July 15, 1959. Note the larger boulders in the road; they are all that remain of large dumps of rock placed there for road improvement by the county commissioners. The bridge in the foreground was completely submerged during the storm. OK-902-10.
Date:
July 16, 1959
Creator:
Matthews, James
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
W. T. Crouch With His Conservation Plow, Seeder, and Fertilizer
Photograph of W. T. Crouch, Dalworth District Supervisor, showing his tractor, conservation plow, seeder, and fertilizer on his 125-acre Sudan field. The back of the photograph proclaims, "W. T. Crouch, Dalworth District Supervisor, showing his conservation plow, seeder and fertilizer. This machine places fertilizer from 4 to 6 inches deep and seed ½ to 2 inches deep. Crouch used this machine on his 125 acre sudan [sic] field in May and June of 1955."
Date:
July 16, 1955
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History