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Cutting Oats and Vetch for Hay
Photograph of cutting oats and vetch for hay.
Date:
May 25, 1955
Creator:
Evans, Charles A.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Soil Sample
Empty envelope J. A. Killough preparing for soil sampling with an Oliver soil sampling tube.
Date:
January 25, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Composite Surface Soil Sample
Photograph of J. A. Killough in fourth of a series: How to take a composite surface soil sample. After you have taken a thin slice of soil from the hole, take a core about a half inch wide from the center of the slice and place in a clean bucket. Repeat for each spot selected within the field or area to be sampled.
Date:
January 25, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Composite Surface Soil Sample
Photograph of J. A. Killough in second of a series: How to take a composite surface soil sample. At each spot the plant growth, trash or mulch is cleared from the ground where the hole is to be dug.
Date:
January 25, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Gully Control
Photograph of trial basis of healing gullies. Gully sloped with a bulldozer. Cost estimated at $80. 00 for bulldozer work, $10. 00 for roots and planter. Gully approximately 550 feet long, 20 to 30 feet wide and 10 to 15 feet deep.
Date:
July 25, 1955
Creator:
Chance, R. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Frank Tansel Feeding Fish
Photograph of Frank Tansel feeding fish in a newly stocked reservoir constructed July 1954. Bass weighng 1 1/4 lbs in 6 months. Three and four inch fingerlings planted with Blue Gills.
Date:
July 25, 1955
Creator:
Chance, R. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Bindweed Control
Photograph of Ted Lehman, WJC, and Bill Storm, County Agent, examining an area treated for bindweed. Farmer applied Boroacu at the rate of 2300 pounds per acre in the Spring of 1953. A good kill was received except around the edges. Note size of area that has been out of production for three years. Bindweed is considered a serious problem in some areas of the High Plains. OK-138-4.
Date:
August 25, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of land plowed in preparation for fall seeding. This operation of pulling a section harrow over land further reduces the size of clods, increasing the wind erosion hazards. Too much tillage is a problem that must be overcome in combatting wind erosion. Ted Lehman, WUC [Water Usage and Conservation] of Beaver, Oklahoma, says this is the "powder keg for blowing." OK-138-5.
Date:
August 25, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of land plowed in preparation for fall seeding. This operation of pulling a section harrow over land further reduces the size of clods, increasing the wind erosion hazards. Too much tillage is a problem that must be overcome in combatting wind erosion. Ted Lehman, WUC [Water Usage and Conservation] of Beaver, Oklahoma, says this is the "powder keg for blowing." OK-138-5.
Date:
August 25, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management
Photograph of soil sampling. Second of a series: How to take a composite surface soil sample. At each spot of the plant growth, trash or mulch is cleared from the ground where the hole is to be dug (See OK-2-4, 2-6, 2-9 and 2-11). This is photo OK-2-5.
Date:
January 25, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management
Photograph of soil sampling. Fourth in a series: How to take a composite surface soil sample. After you have taken a thin slice of soil from the hole, take a core about a half inch wide from the center of the slice and place in a clean bucket. Repreat for each spot selected within the field or area to be sampled (See OK-2-4, 2-5, 2-6 and 2-11). This is photo OK-2-9.
Date:
January 25, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management
Photograph of soil sampling. Fifth in a series: How to take a composite surface soil sample. After soil is taken from each spot selected from the area to be treated it is thoroughly mixed. Two or three hand fulls of this mixed sample is placed in a clean bag and tagged with required information. Sample should not be mixed from different areas to be treated (See OK-2-4, 2-5, 2-6 and 2-9). This is photo OK-2-11.
Date:
January 25, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of a demonstration plot showing trees killed by basel spray of 1 pint 2-4-5T herbicide mixed in 5 gallons of water. Treated in January, 1955. County agent, SCs cooperating with the District. OK-97-6.
Date:
July 25, 1955
Creator:
Chance, R. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Contour Farming
Photograph of a channel-type terrace built with farm equipment. OK-195-8.
Date:
November 25, 1955
Creator:
Evans, C. A.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of filed stripping [or strip cropping] peanuts and grain sorghum for wind erosion protection. Field located across the road south from State Center School, on Indian land. OK-120-3.
Date:
July 25, 1955
Creator:
Chance, R. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of a dairy herd grazing on a portion of 52 acres of bottom land Bermuda grass and legume pasture. OK-119-9.
Date:
July 25, 1955
Creator:
Chance, R. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of land cleared in 1954, now occupied by a conditioning crop of cane to subdue sprouts during 1955. To be sodded to Bermuda grass in 1956. OK-119-5.
Date:
July 25, 1955
Creator:
Chance, R. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of a seven acre plot of land cleared with a bulldozer (John Holland) in June 1955, trees deposited in a windrow and offset by heavy disc plowing, 7500 pounds used to cut up underground roots into 12 to 14 inch segments. Depth of cut is approximately 12 inches. OK-97-8.
Date:
July 25, 1955
Creator:
Chance, R. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of a diversion terrace on the east side of 52 acres idle wet land constructed in 1951. Now producing 4000 bales of hay. OK-97-9.
Date:
July 25, 1955
Creator:
Chance, R. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of a waterway which receives water from the east diversion and spills it into the main creek, protecting 52 acres of bottom land. OK-97-11.
Date:
July 25, 1955
Creator:
Chance, R. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of C. L. Connally standing at the edge of the Blackjacks that covered 90% of his farm when he started clearing in 1951. OK-120-10.
Date:
July 25, 1955
Creator:
Chance, R. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of Charley Connelly standing beside a diary herd. The Weeping Lovegrass pasture is 2 years old, per the date of the photo. The land itself was cleared 3 years prior with a bulldozer followed with a 7500 pound brush disc plow. OK-119-2.
Date:
July 25, 1955
Creator:
Chance, R. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of weed control. Ted Lehman, Work Unit Conservationist [WUC] and Bill Storm, County Agent, examine an area treated for bindweed. The farmer applied Borascu, a boron-oxygen based weed killer, at the rate of 2300 pounds per acre in the spring of 1953. A good kill resulted except around the edges. Note the size of the area that has been out of production for three years. Bindweed is considered a serious problem in some areas of the High Plains. OK-138-4.
Date:
August 25, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of weed control. Ted Lehman, Work Unit Conservationist [WUC], Beaver, Oklahoma, examines regrowth of bindweed around the edges of an area treated with 2300 pounds of Borascu weed killer per acre in the spring of 1953. Bindweed is considered a serious problem in some areas of the High Plains. Persistent work is required to control this weed. Note the size of the area where grain sorghum is not growing. OK-138-3.
Date:
August 25, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History