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 yeild 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: June 16, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Planting Back Slope of Big Wewoka Creek WP Project

Photograph of trucks loaded with Bermuda grass roots and fertilizer. One row and two row planters planting back slope and flat area back of dam on Site 29.
Date: April 16, 1958
Creator: Abel, D. G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of pasture plantings. The seeding of Kentucky Fescue, Smooth Brome and Alfalfa mixturefor the Fall of 1957 on well-prepared seedbed at a rate of 20 pounds each of fescue and Smooth Brome, and 2 pounds alfalfa per acre. Planting to be fertilized with amonia nitrate in April, 1958, 50 pounds per acre to complee establishment. Grazing will begin in October, 1958 followed by proper management. OK-677-5.
Date: April 16, 1958
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of pasture plantings. The seeding of Kentucky Fescue, Smooth Brome and Alfalfa mixturefor the Fall of 1957 on well-prepared seedbed at a rate of 20 pounds each of fescue and Smooth Brome, and 2 pounds alfalfa per acre. Planting to be fertilized with amonia nitrate in April, 1958, 50 pounds per acre to complee establishment. Grazing will begin in October, 1958 followed by proper management. OK-677-5.
Date: April 16, 1958
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Conservation Crop Rotation, Plow Inspection

Photograph of plowing down oats, Austrian peas, and vetch in a conservaton crop rotation with wheat-30 acres.
Date: May 16, 1958
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Conservation Crop Rotation, Plowed Under Vegetation

Photograph of plowing down oats, Austrian peas, and vetch in a conservaton crop rotation with wheat-30 acres.
Date: May 16, 1958
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Crop Rotation

Photograph of plowing down oats, Austrian peas, and vetch in a conservaton crop rotation with wheat - 30 acres.
Date: May 16, 1958
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Conservation Crop Rotation

Photograph of plowing down oats, Austrian peas, and vetch in a conservaton crop rotation with wheat - 30 acres.
Date: May 16, 1958
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Conservation Crop Rotation

Photograph of disking down oats, peas, vetch ahead of plow to accomplish the practice o plowing down a green manure crop in a wheat conservation crop rotation on 30 acres.
Date: May 16, 1958
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of the Big Wewoka Creek water project. Trucks loaded with Bermudagrass roots and fertilizers. One row and two planters planting back slope and flat areas in the back of the dam on Site # 29. OK-671-12.
Date: April 16, 1958
Creator: Abal, D. G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of the Big Wewoka Creek water project. Trucks loaded with Bermudagrass roots and fertilizers. One row and two planters planting back slope and flat areas in the back of the dam on Site # 29. OK-671-12.
Date: April 16, 1958
Creator: Abal, D. G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

UNIDENTIFED Man Inspecting A Pasture Planting Consisting of Kentucky Fescue, Smooth Brome, and Alfalfa Mixture Planted in the Fall 1957

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man inspecting a pasture planting consisting of Kentucky Fescue, Smooth Brome, and alfalfa mixture planted in the fall 1957. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Pasture Planting. Seeding of Kentucky Fescue, Smooth brome, and alfalfa mixture seeding in the fall of 1957 on well prepared seedbed at rate of 20 lbs. fescue, 2 lbs. S. brome, 2 lbs. laflafa [sic] per acre. Planting will be fertilized with ammonia nitrate in April 1958, 50 lbs. per acre to complete establishment. Grazing will begin in Oct. 1958 followed by Proper Management. Soil Unit 6-CP, Land Use Capability B-3 III."
Date: April 16, 1958
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Conservation Crop Rotation

Photograph of a UNIDENTIFED man on a tractor plowing down oats, Austrian peas, and vetch as part of a conservation crop rotation with wheat on a 30-acre field. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Plowing down oats, Austrian peas, and vetch in a conservation crop rotation with wheat – 30 acres."
Date: May 16, 1958
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Conservation Crop Rotation

Photograph of plowing down oats, Austrian peas, and vetch in a conservaton crop rotation with wheat-30 acres.
Date: May 16, 1958
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Conservation Crop Rotation, Plowing

Photograph of plowing down oats, Austrian peas, and vetch in a conservaton crop rotation with wheat-30 acres.
Date: May 16, 1958
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Conservation Crop Rotation

Photograph of plowing down oats, Austrian peas, and vetch in a conservaton crop rotation with wheat - 30 acres.
Date: May 16, 1958
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Gully Berfor Filling

Photograph of a gully before flling. Caused by defective outlet plus diverting water from natural draw.
Date: May 16, 1958
Creator: McCollum, W. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of the Big Wewoka Creek Watershed Project [WP]. Planting Bermuda grass on the back slope of Site No. 29, PL-566. OK-671-10.
Date: April 16, 1958
Creator: Abel, D. G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of conservation crop rotation. Plowing down oats, Austrian winter peas and vetch in a conservation crop rotation with wheat—30 acres. OK-687-5.
Date: May 16, 1958
Creator: Chance, R. J.
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

Planting Bermuda grass in Spillway on Big Wewoka Creek WP Project

Photograph of planting Bermuda grass in the spillway of Site No. 29 on the Wewoka Creek WP Project.
Date: April 16, 1958
Creator: Abel, D. G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Planting Bermuda grass on Back slope of Big Wewoka Creek WP Project

Photograph of planting Bermuda grass in the spillway of Site No. 29 on the Wewoka Creek WP Project.
Date: April 16, 1958
Creator: Abel, D. G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of the Wewoka Creek water project. Planting Bermudagrass on the back slope of Site No. 29. PL 566. OK-671-11.
Date: April 16, 1958
Creator: Abal, D. G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History