Greer County Soil Conservation District Windbreaks

Photograph of an aerial shot of a concentration of field and farmstead windbreaks in the Northeastern part of the Greer County Soil Conservation District. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Windbreaks protecting valuable farm land east of the Lake Creek Store in the Northeastern part of the Greer County Soil Conservation District. The heavily foliaged windbreak cutting the lower right-hand corner of the photograph is a partnership planting on the Craig and Wilde farm boundary. It was planted in 1935 by the Forest Service. The dark-colored fields are alfalfa, a crop that responds particularly well in seed production when protected from wind."
Date: September 27, 1949
Creator: Postlethwaite, Hermann
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Greer County Soil Conservation District Windbreaks

Photograph of an aerial shot of a concentration of field and farmstead windbreaks in the Northern portion of the Greer County Soil Conservation District. The back of the photo proclaims, "A concentration of field and farmstead windbreaks in the Northern portion of the Greer County Soil Conservation District, Oklahoma. This is an unusually good observational area as windbreaks of all types are present. Note the lack of continuity in the single row plantings – a constant characteristic of such belts in limited rainfall zones."
Date: September 27, 1949
Creator: Postlethwaite, Hermann
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History