Arkansas Traveler #1 Oats

Photograph of an 18 acre field of Arkansas Traveler number 1 oats which was planted with 50 bushels of oats direct from Fayetteville, Arkansas Experiment Station which will be thoroughly tested under farm conditions and seed multiplied for use of farmers throughout this immediate area. 150# of 20% superphosphate were applied at the time oats were seeded on October 12, field was top-dressed with 100# of Ammonia Nitrate (32. 5%) at time oats began to joint. The oats were over seeded with Korean lespedeza at the rate of some 25# per acre around April 1. Standing in foreground, left to right: Alfred Austin, farm owner: Earl Smith, work unit conservationist at Muskogee and former county agent of Benton County, Arkansas: John A. Killough, district conservationist at Claremore: and L. L. Ballard, Benton County district cooperator, former county agent from Texas, and 1905 graduate of Texas A. & M. College.
Date: May 30, 1945
Creator: Rosborough, Craig
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Photograph of buffalo on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. OK-9029.
Date: August 30, 1945
Creator: Merrill, L. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Photograph of buffalo on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. OK-9024.
Date: August 30, 1945
Creator: Merrill, L. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Photograph of longhorn cattle on Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. OK-9036.
Date: August 30, 1945
Creator: Merrill, L. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Photograph of longhorn cattle on Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. OK-9037.
Date: August 30, 1945
Creator: Merrill, L. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Photograph of buffalo on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. OK-9028.
Date: August 30, 1945
Creator: Merrill, L. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Photograph of buffalo grazing on native prairie on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. OK-9022.
Date: August 30, 1945
Creator: Merrill, L. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Photograph of buffalo watering on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. OK-9026.
Date: August 30, 1945
Creator: Merrill, L. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Photograph of buffalo on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. OK-9027.
Date: August 30, 1945
Creator: Merrill, L. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Photograph of longhorn cattle on Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. OK-9034.
Date: August 30, 1945
Creator: Merrill, L. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita River Flood

Photograph of Washita River, north of Hammon, Oklahoma, where the Wshita River crosses a railroad. This photo ws taken at 5:15 pm. Note water coming through railroad fill. Also note crest of storm has already passed fill and damage has been done to the railroad.
Date: April 30, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cultivated Field to be Terraced

Photograph of a cultivated field to be terraced on the W. K. Y. watershed taken from Camera Station #4. The back of the photograph proclaims, "(Camera Station #4. Looking S. up second terrace that empties in pasture W. of farmstead. Camera 40' N. of fence.) W. K. Y Watershed. Cultivated field to be terraced. Ends of terraces will extend out into native pasture (in foreground) which will serve as an outlet."
Date: August 30, 1945
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History