Photograph of “Herefords grazing weeping lovegrass on a 5 year old seeding.”

Photograph of a tepee style exclosure to be used for yield data and to help ranchers determine degree of use. Teepee's cost approximately $10 not including labor.

Photograph of construction series, OK-1281-2, 3, 5, & 6. After structure completed. County road crew installing pipe for road fill across spillway on Site 9, Rush Creek. This section line is also School Bus Route.

Photograph of vegetation of Site 22, Rush Creek. Tractor on left holding grass planter in place by cable. This structure was vegetated in two days.

Photograph of follow-up of Ok-1266-10 and Ok 1261-2, 3, 5, & 6. Pipe in place and road completed across spillway. Entire road across dam and spillway was graveled. Excellent cooperation between County Commissioner, Grady County District, and SCS. Looking East. Also School bus route.

Photograph of a peanut filed with no winter cover. OK-1293-12.

Photograph of the installation of 8 inch helcore corrugated pipe showing cut-off wall. Installed for principal spillway in an erosion control pond. Constructed under a General Partnership [GP] program. OK-1297-11.

Photograph of the J. R. Simmons ranch. Plot # 5. The field was seeded to a pure stand of native sideoats grama harvested from the ranch. OK-1286-10.

Photograph of the J. R. Simmons ranch. Plot # 4. A six-acre field planted to a mixture of native grass on the Red Shale site. Grass was seeded on March 24, 1959. Seed furnished by the Plant Material Center. The mixture for this plot was: Little bluestem, blue grama, sand bluestem, Illinois bundleflower, Caddo Switchgrass and native sideoats grama. OK-1286-9.

Photograph of Loyes Cook fertilizing lovegrass.

Photograph of eight UNIDENTIFED people at the site of a wrecked crop-spraying plane after it hit a REA line when spraying crops with parathion. A US Army helicopter is on the left side of the photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Crop spraying plane failed to see REA line while spraying wheat with Parathion. Army Helicopter from Ft. Sill saw crash, picked pilot up, gave first aid and took him to the station hospital at Ft. Sill. Pilot not seriously injured.”

Photograph of improper management of Lovegrass. With W.C. Stewart, District Cooperator. Cattle grazing five year old stand of Weeping Lovegrass. The Lovegrass needs to be shredded for more uniform grazing. Cattle are grazing areas where the grass has been kept short, showing the nedd for shredding the old strands of Lovegrass. OK-1292-4.

Photograph of a water storage facility under construction. Concrete bottom and curb. 15-gage corrugated metal sides. 15 foot diameter. Follow-up of OK-1381-7, above. GP [Great Plains?] program. OK-1381-1.

Photograph of a wrecked crop-spraying plane after it hit a REA line when spraying crops with parathion. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Crop spraying plane failed to see REA line while spraying wheat with Parathion. Army helicopter from Ft. Sill saw crash - picked pilot up, gave first aid and took him to the station hospital at Ft. Sill. Pilot not seriously injured."

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED workers, one on the tractor, and one in the trailer, stripping cotton planted and cultivated on the contour rows. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Contour Cotton Stripping. W. T. Schmidt, district cooperator, stripping cotton that has been planted and cultivated in contour rows."

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED workers, one on the tractor, and one in the trailer, stripping cotton planted and cultivated on the contour rows. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Contour Cotton Stripping. W. T. Schmidt, district cooperator, stripping cotton that has been planted and cultivated in contour rows."

Photograph of an alfalfa seeder being used to seed Hulled Sideoats grama in sorghum stubble cover.

Photograph of a gully before shaping. Camera directed east with follow up shot to be taken. OK-1290-8.

Photograph of alfalfa seeders being used to seed hulled Sideoats grama in sorghum stubble cover. OK-1312-2.

Photograph of the J. R. Simmons ranch. A six acre field of native grass seeded on the Red Shale site, Clinton, Oklahoma, on March 24, 1959. The mixture was plant material seed consisting of Little bluestem, Blue grama, Sand bluestem, Illinois bundleflower, Caddo Switchgrass and Coronado sideoats grama. OK-1286-11.

Photograph of the J. R. Simmons ranch. Plot # 3. Six acre field planted to a native grass mixture on Red Shale site on March 24, 1959. Plant material seed was used. The Mixture was as follows: Little bluestem, Blue grama, Sand bluestem, Illinois bundleflower, Vaughn sideoats grama and Caddo Switchgrass. OK-1286-8.

Photograph of the J. R. Simmons ranch. Plot # 1 on a six-acre field seeded on March 24, 1959. Red Shale site. Seed furnished by the Plant Material Center. Mixture was as follows: Little bluestem, blue grama, sand bluestem, Illinois bundleflower, Blackwell Switchgrass and El Reno Sideoats grama. OK-1286-12.

Photograph of a Quarter Horse mare and colt eating Bermuda grass and Korean lespedeza hay.

Photograph of planting vegetation on Site 22-Rush Creek. Tractor on left holding grass planter in place by cable. This structure was vegetated in two days.