Photograph of a dynamited ditch in Minehart Slough. Only feasible means of opening ditch in this low, wet area to drain water and dry the area out.

Photograph of range and brush control. Shows improvement of range after deferred grazing and mesquite treatment. Live mesquite on the left was missed by the airplane going over highlines. Curtis Willsie is a participant of the Great Plains Conservation Project. OK-983-2.

Photograph of the upper end of a dynamited ditch showing water draining into ditch.

Photograph of a rye cover crop. The original photograph sleeve proclaims, “Agronomy. Rye cover crops sown with broadcast seeded and plowed in with sweep. Rye on north side of cotton is considerably better than on south side on row where the sun was more intense.“

Photograph of Bob Kendall 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. Bob Kendall, 2. Bill Wood. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Bob Kendall, 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.”

Photograph of Range and brush control. Paul Nelson, of the Soil Conservation Service (SCS), with Wayne Willsie observing the improvement of range after deferred grazing and mesquite treatment. Live mesquite on the left was missed by the airplane going over the highline. Willsie is a participant in the Great Plains Conservation Program (GPCP). OK-1006-2-A.

Photograph of one of the farm ponds with little bluestem, switch grass, Indian grass, side oats grama, sand and love grass plants. Cotton hulls were spread over them[?] at the time of seeding in the winter of 1958 - 1959. This unit is a part of the Great Plains Conservation Project. OK-982-4[?].

Photograph of range grass. Great Plains Conservation Project [Much of text too faded].

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."

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man on a John Deere tractor and has a drill with fenders attached sowing rye cover crop in cotton. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Drill with fenders attached for sowing rye cover crop in cotton."

Photograph of S. G. McLaury's Farmall Tractor with Vertical Fenders for Crop Preservation and Protection while seeding Cotton Cover Crop. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Vertical fenders around tractor tires to prevent running over cotton while seeding cover crops. McLaury is a GPCP participant."

Photograph of a close up shot of a "Drill with fenders attached for sowing rye cover crops in cotton."

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."

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man looking at an excellent stand of native grass mixture seeded in 1955 and planned for use as a seed crop. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Native grass mixture seeded in 1955, Excellent stand and seed crop. 70 soil, Class III and IV."