Photograph of G. L. Kirk, chairman of the board of supervisors, Little River Soil Conservation District (SCD) and cooperator of the Valliant SCD, prepares seedbed for planting Kentucky 31 fescue grass on his 160 acre grassland farm. OK-10-475.

Photograph of Alvin E. Howard, project conservationist, marks the pines on DL-6 he wants to cut to thin stand. Marking is usually done with paint but Howard used an ax here.

Photograph of G. L. Kirk, chair of board of supervisors of Little River SCD, talking with John Bollinger, WUC, about his farm's conservation plan. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. John Bollinger, WUC at Valliant, 2. G. L. Kirk, chair of board of supervisors of Little River SCD. The back of the photograph proclaims, "G. L. Kirk, right, talks over conservation farm plan with John Bollinger, WUC at Valliant. Mr. Kirk is chairman of board of supervisors of Little River SCD but is cooperator in Valliant SCD. He owns a dry goods store in Idabel and is a director of the bank-but he had to start farming for his health. He has turned a wornout [sic] cultivated farm into a conservation grassland farm. It has been hard work but he thinks it's worth it."

Photograph of Carl and Jesse Park, permitees who cut timber on government tracts, go in to thin pin that Howard has Marked. They also girdle hardwoods and clear out brush an part of a contract.

Photograph of a 50 acre unit that will be released from oak and brush to allow pine seedlings to grow. Plan to do release work in August, 1950. Everything will be taken out (all hardwood) to allow pin room and light to grow. Alvin E. Howard, project conservationist, inspects young pine in picture. Follow up shot to be made in August, 1951. (One year following cutting of hardwoods.)