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Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of a gully plug with pipe in the process of construction under private contract in flood control work. Gully has been eroding bank back to cultivated land protected by terrace system. Eroded soil has been washing into west Barnitz Creek. Plug will stabilize land below in conjunction with other plugs and detentions. This plug will be augmented by 2 divisions to stabilize 2 other gullies and keep the terrace water from entering gullies. Photo shows fill being made. Note riser pipe which will carry water off when it reaches a certain height. See OK-9521. OK-9520.
Date:
April 13, 1948
Creator:
Fox, Lester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of King Ranch Bluestem planted in the spring of 1947. On the right, hairy vetch, Austrian winter peas and animal sweetclover were planted in the fall, fertilized with 200 pounds superphosphate and cut into the soil just before grass planting. On the left, no legumes were used. Depleated soils should b conditioned with a legume ahead of grass seeding. Grass on the right made very favorable growth in spite of drought in 1947 and the first 8 months of 1948. TX-44, 917.
Date:
October 14, 1948
Creator:
Gregory, L. K.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of Jack Blue of Red Rock operates a combine harvesting bluestem grass seed. The sack of seed falling off the combine has been pushed by a second man who can't be seen in the picture because he stands immediately behind the sack. OK-9750.
Date:
October 8, 1948
Creator:
Reid, Louis E.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of three self-propelled combines operating under contract to the Soil Conservation Service cutting Big and Little Bluestem and Indiangrass. Yields have run around 150 pounds of the mixture to the acre, with Big Bluestem predominant. John Diehm of Redrock is the owner-operator of the machines. OK-9732.
Date:
October 8, 1948
Creator:
Reid, Louis E.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sterile Sand on Deer Creek
Photograph of Deer Creek at Hydro, Okls. Most of the sterile sand was deposited June 22. This is at the south edge of Hydro.
Date:
July 9, 1948
Creator:
Reid, Louis E.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
LU Project Little Bluestem Harvest
Photograph of Tom Elder, Soil Conservation Service technician, checking fill on seed from little bluestem harvest. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Little bluestem harvested during morning with 6' John Deere. Tom Elder, Soil Conservation Service technician, checking fill on seed."
Date:
September 28, 1948
Creator:
Jordan, M. N.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
LU Tract 30 Little Bluestem Harvesting
Photograph of Durwood Calvert and five UNIDENTIFED workers using John Deere combines to harvest little bluestem. The photograph does not specify who or where Durwood Calvert is on the photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Harvesting little bluestem. Durwood Calvert doing harvesting."
Date:
September 28, 1948
Creator:
Elder, Tom
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Earle Goode and Bill Wood Unloading Bluestem Seed Harvested from the Secrest Ranch Into a Truck
Photograph of Earle Goode and Bill Wood unloading bluestem seed harvested from the Secrest Ranch into a truck bound for Camp Gruber. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Earle Goode, 2. Bill Wood. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Earle Goode, left, and Bill Wood, right, both of Ardmore, unload a combine into a truck. The material they handle is bluestem seed. The truckload went to Camp Gruber, where it was spread out to dry."
Date:
October 6, 1948
Creator:
Reid, Louis
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
LU Project Little Bluestem Harvest
Photograph of Tom Elder, Soil Conservation Service technician, checking fill on seed from little bluestem harvest. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Little bluestem harvested during morning with 6' John Deere. Tom Elder, Soil Conservation Service technician, checking fill on seed."
Date:
September 28, 1948
Creator:
Jordan, M. N.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
SCS Technician DeBoy Wheatley and a UNIDENTIFED Tractor Driver Performance Testing a SCS Developed Grass Planter
Photograph of SCS technician DeBoy Wheatley and a UNIDENTIFED tractor driver performance testing a SCS developed grass planter. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. UNIDENTIFIED, 2. DeBoy Wheatley. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Soil Conservation Service developed grass planter during performance test. Hood has been removed that covers feeding mechanisms at front end of hopper so that spindles on feeder shaft can be seen. Weed growth in background was like that on site the day before. Site was one-wayed under very dry conditions. The resulting cloddy, dry, trashy site preparation is unfavorable for planting. DeBoy Wheatley, SCS technician, observing operation."
Date:
September 21, 1948
Creator:
Gillott, Paul
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Butler Harvesting Sand Lovegrass on LU Tract 532
Photograph of Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Butler using a combine harvesting sand lovegrass. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: Mr. Alvin Butler and Mrs. Alvin Butler. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Harvesting sand lovegrass. Tract reseeded in 1947. Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Butler, Reydon, operating combine."
Date:
September 30, 1948
Creator:
Elder, Tom
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Future Drop Inlet Site
Photograph of an old dilapidated bridge that the UNIDNTIFED county commission will replace with a fill & drop inlet. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Old bridge which will be replaced by fill & drop inlet. County commissioners will place the pipe and the fill to be done as part of regular district flood control operations."
Date:
May 26, 1948
Creator:
Reid, Louis E.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Section Line Road and Concrete Structure Swept Away By 16-20 Inch Rain
Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man standing in a deep washout where a section line road and concreate culvert was swept away by 16-20-inch rain on June 22. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Section line road running north from Hydro washed out in 16-20-inch rain June 22. Washout caused by run-off from small drainage area down drainageway to Deer Creek. Size of Soil Conservation Service technician in photo indicates extent of washout. Estimated repair cost: $3,000."
Date:
July 20, 1948
Creator:
Fox, Lester C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Washita River Mainstem
Photograph of an aerial shot of the Washita Mainstem and the surrounding area.
Date:
July 1948
Creator:
Ginter Photo Co.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Bob Hartley Spreading Sideoats Grama Grass and Bluestem Seeds to Dry
Photograph of Bob Hartley spreading sideoats and bluestem seeds of the floor of a cattle barn to dry. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Bob Hartley, 21-year-old ranchman recently graduated from Okla. A&M, spreads sideoats grama grass on the floor of a cattle barn so the seed can dry without heating. The seed was brought in from combines which Hartley operated during the sideoats and the bluestem harvest. Paper sacks were used during a temporary shortage of other sacks. Hartley cut seed near Amarillo, Texas, as well as in the Vinita vicinity."
Date:
August 26, 1948
Creator:
Reid, Louis
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Bob Moore Spreading Bluestem Seeds to Dry
Photograph of Bob Moore spreading bluestem seed out to dry. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Bob Moore of Edna, Kansas, a temporary employe [sic] of the Soil Conservation Service, spreads bluestem seed out to dry on the floor of the airport hanger [sic] at Coffeyville. All this seed was out in the vicinity of Nowata, Oklahoma. It had to dry several days before it could be stored permanently in sacks."
Date:
October 8, 1948
Creator:
Reid, Louis
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
LU Project Little Bluestem Seed Cleaner
Photograph of Troy Garner, LU Project daily laborer, cleaning little bluestem seeds using a squirrel –cage type seed cleaner designed & built by Tom Elder, Soil Conservation Service technician. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Squirrel-cage type seed cleaner being used to clean little bluestem seed Troy Garner, LU daily laborer, operating machine. Cleaner, designed & built by Soil Conservation service technician Tom Elder, will handle 1000 lbs. per hour."
Date:
September 29, 1948
Creator:
Elder, Tom
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Outside View of a Motor Repair Maintenance Shop Being Used as a Temporary Seed Drying and Storage Facility
Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED men taking seed out of a truck and placing it in a motor repair maintenance shop used as a temporary seed drying and storage facility. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Truckload of bluestem seed unloads in one of several motor repair maintenance shops which the Soil Conservation Service used to store seed so that it would dry."
Date:
October 8, 1948
Creator:
Reid, Louis
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Stockton Ranch Cattle and Pasture Grasses
Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED workers on horses wrangling cattle in tall grass on Stockton Ranch. The back of the photo proclaims, "Cattle in tall grass on the Stockton ranch. The grasses here averaged about five feet tall. They are, principally, big and little bluestem, switchgrass and Indiangrass."
Date:
October 24, 1948
Creator:
Reid, Louis
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Stockton Ranch Cattle and Pasture Grasses
Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED workers on horses wrangling cattle in tall grass on Stockton Ranch.
Date:
October 24, 1948
Creator:
Reid, Louis
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Stockton Ranch Cattle and Pasture Grasses
Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED workers on horses wrangling cattle in tall grass on Stockton Ranch. The back of the photo proclaims, "Cattle in tall grass on the Stockton ranch. The grasses here are little and big bluestem, Indiangrass and some switchgrass."
Date:
October 24, 1948
Creator:
Reid, Louis
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Stockton Ranch Cattle and Pasture Grasses
Photograph of three UNIDENTIFED workers on horses wrangling cattle in tall grass on Stockton Ranch. The back of the photo proclaims, "Cattle in tall grass on the Stockton ranch. There grasses averaged about five feet tall. They are chiefly big and little bluestem, switchgrass, and Indiangrass."
Date:
October 24, 1948
Creator:
Reid, Louis
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
General View of Bluestem Grass Pasture
Photograph of a "General view of bluestem grass, part of a large acreage, which soil conservation service harvested for use in replanting depleted rangeland and abandoned cropland in Texas and Oklahoma."
Date:
October 6, 1948
Creator:
Reid, Louis
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Big Bluestem and Other Miscellaneous Grasses
Photograph of an excellent stand of big bluestem grass. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Excellent stand of big bluestem grass. Note a native legume at the lower left. Some Indiangrass and little bluestem was also in this mixture."
Date:
August 25, 1948
Creator:
Reid, Louis
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History