Chief of Soil Conservation Service Talks to Crowd in Clinton OK

Photograph of Chief of Soil Conservation Service Dr. H.H. Bennett talks to crowd of 800 visitors on soil conservation and Youth Day at Clinton, Okla. In speakers stand are Lt. Governor, Dr. Bennett, Pres. Okla. A&M Col., Dr. H.H. Bennett, and Louis P. Merrill, Reg. Conservator for SCS and others.
Date: July 16, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, E. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of a mesquite eradication studies program on the Jay Taylor ranch showing a sparse stand of mesquite, with good blue grama grass. Dead limbs of mesquite may be seen. Notice the two automobiles on the trail. Section 28. TX-1690.
Date: September 16, 1941
Creator: Caird, Ralph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

John B. Rainbolt and Gus Lanaburg

Photograph of John B. Rainbolt (land owner) and Gus Lanaburg (operator) on a Graham-Holme All-purpose Field Tiller.
Date: July 16, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

John B. Rainbolt

Photograph of John B. Rainbolt in a mulched wheat field.
Date: July 16, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

James E. Berry Speaking At The Soil Conservation and Youth Day At Bell Park in Clinton

Photograph of James E. Berry, Lieutenant Governor, (erroneously listed as Chief of Soil Conservation service Bennett, H. G. , on back of photo) talking to a crowd of 800 visitors on soil conservation and Youth Day at Clinton, Oklahoma. The majority of the men present in the photograph are UNIDENTIFIED, but three of the known speakers on the stand include James E. Berry, Lieutenant Governor, (erroneously listed as Dr. Bennett), Henry G. Bennet, President of Oklahoma A&M College (erroneously listed as Dr. H. H. Bennett), and Louis P. Merrill, Reg. Conservator for SCS. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. UNIDENTIFIED, 2. UNIDENTIFIED, 3. UNIDENTIFIED, 4. UNIDENTIFIED. 5. UNIDENTIFIED, 6. UNIDENTIFIED, 7. UNIDENTIFIED, 8. UNIDENTIFIED, 9. UNIDENTIFIED, 10. Henry G. Bennet, President of Oklahoma A&M College, 11. James E. Berry, Lieutenant Governor, 12. UNIDENTIFIED, 13. UNIDENTIFIED, 14. UNIDENTIFIED, 15. UNIDENTIFIED, 16. UNIDENTIFIED. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Chief of Soil Conservation Service Dr. H. H. Bennett talks to crowd of 800 visitors on Soil Conservation and Youth Day at Clinton, Okla. In speakers stand are Lt. Governor, Dr. Bennett, Pres. Okla. A&M Col., Dr. H.H. Bennett, and Louis P. Merrill, Reg. Conservator for SCS …
Date: July 16, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, E. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soil Conservation Service and Youth Day

Photograph of a field day. Soil Conservation Service and Youth day. Two CCC enrolles (left) Joe Williams (right), James Tate, Asst. Leader, talk into microphone for a transcription for radio broadcast to questions of Mr. Lane Beatty, State Agricultural Statistician, Oklahoma State department of Agriculture. Recording was broadcast by radio over station WKY. Enrolles are from Clinton, OK, CCC Camp. Asked how they liked their work, both replied "I like it," and added that they were learning somethng that would benefit them in later life. OK-8312.
Date: July 16, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Conservation Planning

Photograph of the chief of the Soil and Conservation Service [name not legible] speaking to 800 visitors on soil Conservation and Youth day at Clinton, Oklahoma [much of the phot's text is too faded to be legible]
Date: July 16, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Crowder Creek Flood Damage to Agricultural Land.

Photograph of flood damage to agricultural land. Field was retired from cultivation and prepared for seeding and sodding to Bermuda and bur clover. Before operations were completed 4 1/2" of rain fall and runoff from this rain together with overflow water of Crowder Creek, tributary of Muddy Boggy River, caused heavy loss of topsoil frombare field.
Date: April 16, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, E. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management

Photograph of Dr. Hugh Hammond Bennett, chief of the Soil Conservation Service, speaking into a microphone as a recording I smade for a radio broadcast on the occasion of Soil Conservation and Youth Day demonstration. OK-6313 [?].
Date: July 16, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Dr. H. H. Bennett

Photograph of Dr. H. H. Bennett, Chief of Soil Conservation Service, speaking to a crowd of 800, during Youth Day, at Ball Park.
Date: July 16, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Mulched Wheat Field

Photograph of a mulched wheat field on John B. Rainbolt's land.
Date: July 16, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History