Photograph of Mr. F. S. Hurd, Chairman, Board of Supervisors, on right, talking over the district agreement with Donald Fisher, center, and Don Holliday, left. In the foreground is a model of the rustic bridge used in the teaching younger scouts about woodwork without nails. OK-9102.

Photograph of Left, Marvin Tucker, Scout Master of Troop 104, teaching nature studies and growth of black locust trees which are now 2 years old. L to R: Tucker, Max Smith, Jimmie Bowles [?], Billy Holland and Jimmie Young. OK-9103.

Photograph of buffalo grass in the U. S. Field Station nursery.

Photograph of buffalo grass in the U. S. Field Station nursery.

Photograph of buffalo grass in the U. S. Field Station nursery.

Photograph of some of W. H. Septer's cattle.

Photograph of a diversion terrace on Clapp Morgan Mort. Company land.

Photograph of District Supervisor G. G. Goss using a tractor to combine rye and vetch for seed. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Combining rye and vetch for seed. This land has been in cultivation for 41 years. (G. G. Gross on tractor). Per Acre Yield: Unfertilized: 214# Abruzzi Rye Seed, 66# vetch, Fertilized: 224# Abruzzi rye seed, (120# superphosphate), 620# vetch seed, Cost of fertilizer, $1.65 per acre. Green Tonnage: Unfertilized: 3,079# rye, 103# vetch, Fertilized: 3,511# rye, 8,494# vetch. Total: Unfertilized, 1.59 tons per acre, Fertilized, 6.01 tons per acre. (The increase was 432# rye, 8,391# vetch). At 14 cents per lb. for vetch seed and 4 ½ cents per lb. for rye seed, the unfertilized crop amounted to $18.87 per acre. On fertilized land the per acre return was $96.88. The fertilizer made an increase in profit of $76.46 per acre.”

Photograph of a panoramic view of a 640 acre tract. A land utilization [L.U.] project where 206 acres were seeded in June 1948 to Martin Milo for stubble in which to seed side oats grama grass in the spring of 1949. Once cultivated, this land suffered moderate wind erosion during the wind-blown dust bowl years of the 1930s. TX-44, 635.

Photograph of From left to right: buffalo grass seed and trash as it comes from the combine harvester (etc.—text too blurred and faded to read). OK-8888 [?].

Photograph of old vegetation at the Red Plains Experiment Station. The old vegetation, after moving mature grass plants, provided a mulch which reduces erosion. This mulch creates a silt deposit and attention is called to the young grss seedlings which are emerging. This is important on badly eroded abandoned areas which are being revegetated. OK-8349.

Photograph of the US Govt Camera Station 1, near Cheyenne, OK. Observational studies of Shinnery Oak Ranges. The area of the shinnery averages about 20 inches in height with scattered bunches of little bluestem, blue grama and love grass. This 40 acre plot will not be [text very unclear]. Each of the three 40 acre plots will be treated and each plot stocked with 8 steers of equal size and quality. OK-8731.

Photograph of crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum). TX-43, 859.

Photograph of "Class II land. Level ridge-type terraces constructed on gently sloping heavy textured soils to conserve moisture and soil." A barn or house is in the distant background.

Photograph of cultivated sand bluesteam seed increase field.

Photograph of James Doneghy combining seed from 20 acre field of weeping lovegrass planted April 17, 1945, in 42" rows. Yielded 40 seed per acre on July 31, 1945.

Photograph of a homemade weed mower used to mow weeds in citrus orchards. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Home made [sic] weed mower used to mow weeds in citrus orchards. Whirling blades with mower knives on edges cuts weeds at height of about 4" from ground. Power takeoff from tractor – 5 disc blades, about 30" diameter, cuts strip about 12.5 feet wide. No other cultivation practiced in these orchards for last year."

Photograph of a homemade weed mower used to mow weeds in citrus orchards. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Home-made weed mower used to mow weeds in citrus orchards. Whirling blades with mower knives cuts weeds at height of about 4 inches from ground. Power to drive blades comes from the wheels – 3 disc blades, 30 inches wide. Cuts strip about 7.5 wide, pulled with Ford tractor. No cultivation practiced in these orchards in last year."

Photograph of rolling and watering ensilage in a trench silo. 200 ton trench silo laid out by Morrin CCC Camp.

Photograph of Avery Dillard, tractor driver, and W. O. Rachels, on combine, combining rye and vetch seed in peach-pecan orchard. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. W. O. Rachels, 2. Avery Dillard. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Combining rye and vetch seed in peach-pecan orchard (Avery Dillard, tractor driver, and W. O. Rachels, on combine). Mr. Alexander had a total of 112 acres of vetch, 60 acres of which was in orchard. Fourteen acres were saved for seed. Vetch in orchard was planted Sept. 29 and fertilized with superphosphate at rate of 240# per acre. Average green tonnage: 10.1 of which 90% was vetch."

Photograph of Sam C. Lumplin examining black locust on the corn crops.

Photograph of side-oats grama grass in the U. S. Field Station nursery.

Photograph of Vernon clay with wind erosion in the foreground and rough, broken land (Vernon soil material) is in the background, consisting of exposures of “red Buds” shale and are of low value as pasture land. OK-8402

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man on a tractor pulling a stalk cutter used in citrus orchard for chopping sown cover of weeds and grasses. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Stalk cutter used in citrus orchard for chopping sown cover of weeds and grasses. No cultivation is used. Cutter leaves thick cover of dead residue that protects the surface from erosion, increases infiltration of rainfall and reduces surface temperature and evaporation. Shield over part of cutter protects tree branches when working close to trees."