Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of clipped bluestem plot, the same as in TX-43, 229-A. Average forage yield of this and 9 other plots was 5,567 pounds per acre. Yield of mulch was 1580 pounds per acre. TX-43, 229-B.
Date: November 1946
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of two piles of grass. The large pile is the yield of forage. The small pile is one year’s accumulation of mulch as the area was burned about two years ago. The total forage produced per acre when the amount of this plot was averaged with 10 others was 2500 pounds per acre. The yield of mulch was 750 pounds per acre. TX-43, 228-B.
Date: unknown
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of bees from this row of 23 hives are pollinating 35 acres of hairy vetch from which seed crop will be harvested. Bee pollination increases seed production. TX-45. 667.
Date: July 2, 1949
Creator: Fox, Lester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management

Photograph of Infiltrometer built by Soil Conservationist Service [SCS] scientist, A.D. Bull. SCS technicians examine the recording instrument. No. 3 of a series.
Date: November 1949
Creator: Hart, James
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Maximillian sunflowers. TX-43, 233.
Date: November 1946
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Antelope Horn milkweed on a rocky area. TX-45, 378.
Date: May 1, 1949
Creator: Allred, B. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a heath aster plant. Aster ericoides [an outdated classification]. TX-43, 254.
Date: November 1946
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of the flowers, leaves, stems and top root of an eryngo plant TX-44, 747.
Date: October 4, 1948
Creator: Fox, Lester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Livestock

Photograph showing some of the 175 hives of bees that are pollinating Madrid and Hubam Sweetclover on this 850 acre farm. There are 435 acres of Madrid of which 60 are to be harvested for seed. Bee pollonation increases seed production. TX-45-668.
Date: July 2, 1949
Creator: Fox, Lester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Leveling and Seeding Oats After Strip Mining on the Kingsbury Estate

Photograph of a land leveling project after a strip mining operation on the Kingsbury Estate one mile southeast of Haltom City. The gravel was removed, the area seeded to oats, and the hole left behind from removing the gravel will be used as a farm stock pond. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Land Leveling After Strip Mining. This section of ground has had the gravel removed and has been leveled and seeded to oats. The hole left due to removal of quantity of gravel will be used as a farm pond for stockwater (hole is seen in background)."
Date: April 26, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Conservation Cartoons

Photograph of a cartoon by Virgil White concerning fishing, here overfishing.
Date: unknown
Creator: White, Virgil
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Conservation Cartoons

Photograph of a cartoon by Virgil White concerning fishing, here a man with a very large catch, a single fish
Date: unknown
Creator: White, Virgil
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a Maximilian sunflower
Date: October 4, 1948
Creator: Fox, Lester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of seed heads of little bluestem. TX-44, 746.
Date: October 4, 1948
Creator: Fox, Lester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of heads of hairy tall dropseed (Sporobolus asper varietas pilosus). TX-44, 724.
Date: October 1, 1948
Creator: Dyksterhuis, E. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a water drop applicator, showing the construction of the watch tower in an extended position. TX-44, 779.
Date: 1948
Creator: Schuler, Victor
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of an infiltrometer built by the Soil Conservation Service scientist A. D. Bull. Water-holding rings are in place. One picture of a series. TX-46, 266-A.
Date: November 1949
Creator: Hart, James
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of an infiltrometer built by the Soil Conservation Service scientist A. D. Bull. The device is completely set up. The recorder is on the left. The water supply drum is on the right. Rings, floats and water on the lower right. Picture # 4 in a series. TX-46, 266-D.
Date: November 1949
Creator: Hart, James
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a water drop applicator showing construction of the water tower in a telescoped position for travelling. TX-44, 782.
Date: 1949
Creator: Schuler, Victor
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of Bermuda grass sprig planter capable of covering 2 acres an hour at a cost of $5.00 to $6.00 per acre. The machine was designed and developed by Paul Browning and DeBoy Wheatley, Soil Conservation Services technicians. TX-44, 773.
Date: 1948
Creator: Schuler, Victor
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Conservation Planning

Photograph of a large audience arriving from a formal meeting (TX-47-952 captures the formal meeting). While this audience is listening to the central voice from the loud speaker on the station wagon, the audience has already begun to break into family and neighbor groups (R4-2061 shows these groups in formation after the loud speaker announcements). R4-2060, as based on TX-46-950.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a dotted gayfeather plant.
Date: October 4, 1948
Creator: Fox, Lester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of the flowers, leaves, stems and top root of an eryngo plant TX-44, 747.
Date: October 4, 1948
Creator: Fox, Lester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of ungrazed Buffalo grass on an abandoned golf course. The area had been burned a year previously. See TX-43, 228-B, the photo of all-clipped Buffalo grass. TX-43-228-A.
Date: November 1946
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History