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
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of part of a 30 acre field retired from cultivation and seeded in sorghum stubble to weeping lovegrass the last of March 1945. In July of this year Mr. Burt Yowell harvested 100 pounds of seed from part of the field. The lovegrass was grazed in the winter of 1945 and part of the summer of 1946. OK-90908.
Date: September 11, 1946
Creator: Jenkins, E. W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of grasses. Little bluestem plants to the right; 1 year old, 2 years old, 3 years old. OK-8862.
Date: September 8, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, E. W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of more grass bundles of varying ages. [?] Lovegrass plants left to right: 1 year old, 2 years old, 3 years old. OK-[?]{?] 61.
Date: September 8, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, E. W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of the harvesting of lovegrass. This tract was reseeded in 1947. Mr. 7 Mrs. Alvin Butler, of Reydon, OK, are operating the combine. OK-9789.
Date: September 30, 1948
Creator: Elder, Tom
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Blue Grama. Plants, left to right: 1 year-old, 2 years-old and 3 years-old. OK-8[?]863.
Date: September 8, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Livestock

Photograph of the Observational Studies, Shinnery Oak Range. Right steers that have grazed the 40-acre shinnery burned pasture shown in OK-8734 and OK-8735. OK-8866.
Date: September 8, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Livestock

Photograph of the Observational Studies, Shinnery Oak Range. Four of the eight steers that have grazed (since May 23, 1944) the 40 acre pasture shown on OK-8732.
Date: September 8, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Object Type: Photograph
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
Object Type: Photograph
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
Object Type: Photograph
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
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Hammon Advocate (Hammon, Okla.), Vol. 38, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 25, 1947 (open access)

The Hammon Advocate (Hammon, Okla.), Vol. 38, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 25, 1947

Weekly newspaper from Hammon, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 25, 1947
Creator: Richardson, Eva M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Hammon Advocate (Hammon, Okla.), Vol. 38, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1947 (open access)

The Hammon Advocate (Hammon, Okla.), Vol. 38, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1947

Weekly newspaper from Hammon, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 18, 1947
Creator: Richardson, Eva M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Hammon Advocate (Hammon, Okla.), Vol. 38, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 11, 1947 (open access)

The Hammon Advocate (Hammon, Okla.), Vol. 38, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 11, 1947

Weekly newspaper from Hammon, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 11, 1947
Creator: Richardson, Eva M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Hammon Advocate (Hammon, Okla.), Vol. 38, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 4, 1947 (open access)

The Hammon Advocate (Hammon, Okla.), Vol. 38, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 4, 1947

Weekly newspaper from Hammon, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 4, 1947
Creator: Richardson, Eva M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History