Contour Pasture

Photograph of contour pasture ridges with Bermuda grass on the ridges.
Date: July 1, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Tree Planting

Photograph of Catalpa, locust, Osage, and mulberry trees on contour rows below a terraced field. These trees were planted in the spring of 1938 and have been cultivated twice. To be followed with later pictures.
Date: July 1, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

A Newly Terraced Field

Photograph of a newly terraced field from an altitude of about 700 feet. A natural drain with native vegetation is also shown with the terraces emptying into them.
Date: May 19, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cultivated Land Retired TP Pasture

Photograph of cultivated land retired to pasture, contour ridged and set to Bermuda grass above diversion ditches.
Date: May 19, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cows Grazing in Hairy Vetch

Photograph of cows grazing in Hairy Vetch that has been used as winter cover crop, soil builder, and later to be turned over as green manure.
Date: May 20, 1937
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of the plowing under of cowpeas as a green manure. Plowing being done on the contour. OK-6881.
Date: October 26, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Conservation, Environmental & Safety Education

Photograph of Lincoln Elementary third grade students on a bus on a conservation tour. OK-4285-5.
Date: May 2, 1971
Creator: Donahoo, Don D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of rye and vetch, Montgomery Brothers farm / ranch. The rye and vetch are in rotation for diary pasture and silage. The pasture was grazed until March 15, 1956. The Montgomery brothers were the conservation farmers of the year in the Goodyear contest in the Mayes County Soil Conservation District {SCD]. They operate 450 acres, cultivating 145 acres using rye and vetch on about one-half each year, 65 acres of Bermuda base tame pasture, 65 acres of tall fescue and winter clovers, with the balance in climax grasses used for pasture and meadow. OK-283-11.
Date: May 17, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a farm pond with a riprapped dam completely full of water, the excess of which is being carried off slowly by a solidly sodded Bermuda grass outlet. OK-6577.
Date: July 1, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph showing the necessity of farm ponds and water conservation practices. OK-6874.
Date: October 26, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

A Meadow of Little Bluestem

Photograph of Little Blue Stem grass, seeded in 1937 for a meadow.
Date: October 26, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Silting and Farm Pond

Photograph of a silting and farm pond. Both have rock riprapped earth dams.
Date: July 1, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Growth Progress

Photograph of Don Donahoo, DC and Norman Smola, Forester examining the growth progress of a yourng pine planted to re-forest an area is noted. This is a one year growth on seedling secured from the State Forestry nursery.
Date: March 20, 1972
Creator: Ball, Lemuel F., Jr.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Shocked Barley

Photograph of shocked barley on the contour so that the strip can be planted to cowpeas.
Date: July 1, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Strip Cropping

Photograph of strip cropping with grain sorghum and alfalfa.
Date: October 26, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a Civilian Conservation Corps [CCC] foreman using a copy of the Soil Conservation Service [SCS] cooperative agreement for on-the-job instruction to his enrollees. OK-6981.
Date: December 1, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a close-up view of a Bermuda grass shelter which separates roots from the sod in a much more efficient manner than shaking it by hand. Vacant lot I Pryor, Oklahoma. OK-5634.
Date: May 21, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a farmer plowing under hairy vetch being used for green manure in preparation for another later crop. He is using a Farm-all tractor and two bottom plows. OK-5640.
Date: May 20, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of contour pasture ridges planted with Bermuda grass. OK-6570.
Date: July 1, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Photograph of a woodland area owned by J.F. Polome in Mayes County. Wildlife is a part of the ecosystem of timber growing. This tree can serve as a den or escape cover for certain types of wildlife. It can also serve as a food source for other types of wildlife. OK-4624-2
Date: March 20, 1972
Creator: Ball, Lemeul
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cows Grazing in Hairy Vetch

Photograph of cows grazing in Hairy Vetch that has been used as winter cover crop, soil builder, and later to be turned over as green manure.
Date: May 20, 1937
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Growth Progress

Photograph of Don Donahoo, DC and Norman Smola, Forester, observing the growth progress of a young pine planted to re-forest an area is noted. This is a one year growth on seedling secured from the State Forestry nursery.
Date: March 20, 1972
Creator: Ball, Lemuel F., Jr.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Agronomy, Corn Growing in Bermuda Sod

Photograph of corn growing in bermuda sod to be cut for insilage.
Date: August 6, 1971
Creator: Donahoo, Don
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Strip Cropping

Photograph of a strip cropped area with wheat, oats, and sweet clover
Date: July 1, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History