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Field Ready for Planting
Photograph of a field ready for planting and trip crops. The even width strips are to be planted to corn and cotton, one strip planted to corn and the next to cotton. The variable width strips are now planted to a winter cover crop of wheat which will be plowed under and planted to sowed cane as a close growing erosion resistant crop.
Date:
March 18, 1937
Creator:
Hufnagle
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Large Farm Pond
Photograph of a panorama showing a large farm pond completely filled with water. This panorama is to be placed in series Okla-5320 - 5321, which show the pond site and dam under construction.
Date:
April 20, 1937
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Strip Cropping in a Terraced Field
Photograph of strip cropping in a terraced field with sweet clover and lespedeza taking up point rows of cowpeas and on the terraces.
Date:
May 19, 1937
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cutting Oats
Photograph of cutting oats on a terrace with a binder.
Date:
May 25, 1937
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grinding Lime
Photograph of a rock crusher operated by the Idabel CCC camp grinding lime to be used as fertilizer on fields of Soil Conservation Service Cooperators. The limestone at this place contains a percentage of moisture which permits its being ground without dust.
Date:
March 19, 1937
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Contour Farming Stigler Project
Photograph of absolute true contour farming. Terraces below where land becomes steeper and is more severely eroded. Willie Mizell, tenant Same Rose, operator.
Date:
May 29, 1937
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Hobart Camp Wheat Project
Photograph of cutting and threshing wheat on the contour with a combine in a terraced field. The wheat was drilled in with a deep furrowed drill on the contour.
Date:
July 15, 1937
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Erosion Control
Photograph of cotton planted on the contour in a terraced field, showing lister furrows and terrace channel full of water after a four inch rain. Note small cotton plants in lister furrows. Contrast this picture with Okla-5838, which was taken at the same time showing a cotton field with rows up and down the hill immediately across the road.
Date:
July 15, 1937
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Office Staff During Dust Storm
Photograph of Pony Creek SCS Office Staff during a severe dust storm. Visibility about 50 feet. A flash bulb was used in making this photograph
Date:
February 17, 1937
Creator:
McLean, B. C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Contour Farming
Photograph of winter picture of wheat drilled in on the contour with semi-deep furrow drill. Each furrow acts as a miniture terrace and holds ice and snow from blowing off of field. This conserves moisture for future use.
Date:
November 20, 1937
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Gully Control by Fencing
Photograph of gully contol by use of fencing, diversion dams and loos rock overfalls. Has been protected 1.5 years and is now well stabilized.
Date:
November 22, 1937
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Terrace Erosion
Photograph of straight lane badly eroded by water emptying from terraces.
Date:
November 20, 1937
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Bermuda Grass Terraced System
Photograph of follow-up of Okla 5135 & Okla 5136, terrace outlet channel well vegetated with Bermuda grass.
Date:
November 17, 1937
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Erosion Control
Photograph of partial control of large gully which was rapidly destroying 175 acres of valuable land. It was necessary to build large structure to supplement controlling the gully with Bermuda grass. Note grass holding to an 85 degree slope on the sides of the gully.
Date:
November 6, 1937
Creator:
Slack, James N.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Contour Cotton Farming
Photograph of cotton pickers working in a cotton field that has been planted on the contours. Due to the ideal weather conditions and the planting on the contour, this field far exceed the yield of previous years.
Date:
November 2, 1937
Creator:
Slack, James N.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Corn Planting
Photograph of farmer cultivating young corn wich was planted up and down the slope. Note gullies running parallet to farming lines.
Date:
May 7, 1937
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Flooded Field from N. Canadian River
Photograph of flooded alfalfa field from overflow of N. Canadian River.
Date:
July 17, 1937
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Blue Gramma Grass Field
Photograph of Stillwater Project showing Blue Gramma grass meadow which is loaded with seed.
Date:
September 11, 1937
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Contour Farming
Photograph of farmer plowing on the contour with 3 horse team and sulky plow. This land is being turned under with 8 inches of grass which will act as soil builder and fertilizer for spring oat planting.
Date:
November 2, 1937
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Rye Harvest
Photograph of cutting rye withbinder on terrace. Rye broadcasted and cultivated in with cultivator on contour.
Date:
July 16, 1937
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grover Thomas Contour Pasture Ridges/Chickasha Project
Photograph of a field, which the contour pasture ridges have become vegetated. An UNIDENTIFIED town, possibly Ninnekah, is visible in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Contour pasture ridges which have become well vegetated."
Date:
November 20, 1937
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Kirkpatrick Dairy Cattle and Supplemental Pasture/Chickasha Project
Photograph of a herd of dairy cattle at the Kirkpatrick Dairy grazing on supplemental pasture, which is also being used as a cover crop. Three huge stacks of hay are visible in the background of the photographs. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Dairy cattle grazing on supplemental pasture which is also being used as a cover crop."
Date:
November 18, 1937
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Three UNIDENTIFED Men Picking Cotton on a Field Planted on the Contour/Stigler Project
Photograph of three UNIDENTIFED men picking cotton on a field planted on the contour. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Negro cotton pickers working in a cotton field that has been planted on the contour. Due to the ideal weather conditions and the planting on the contour, this field far exceeded the yields of previous years."
Date:
November 2, 1937
Creator:
Slack, James N.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
UNIDENTIFED Man Cultivating Grain Sorghum on the Contour With a Two Row Cultivator/Stillwater Project
Photograph of a UNIDENTIFED man cultivating grain sorghum on the contour with a two row cultivator. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Cultivating grain sorghum on the contour with a two row cultivator."
Date:
July 19, 1937
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History