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A. G. Mabry Ranch

Photograph of a scene on the A. G. Mabry Ranch.
Date: July 6, 1955
Creator: Gamble, Maurice D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Inundation Study

Photograph of inundation impoundment basin number 3, showing flood damage.
Date: July 6, 1962
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Inundation Study

Photograph of inundation impoundment basin number 2, showing damage caused by flooding and an early spring.
Date: July 6, 1962
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Inundation Study

Photograph of inundation impoundment basin number 6, showing damage caused by flooding and an early spring.
Date: July 6, 1962
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Inundation Study

Photograph of a panoramic view of six water plots.
Date: July 6, 1962
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Earle Goode and Bill Wood Unloading Bluestem Seed Harvested from the Secrest Ranch Into a Truck

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."
Date: October 6, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Griffin Water and Tool Truck

Photograph of a "Griffin water and tool truck" parked in a field.
Date: December 6, 1957
Creator: Brune, Gunnar M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Tree Stand Improvement

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man looking at deadened hardwood killed in 1950 to give pine trees a chance to grow. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Hardwood deadened in 1950 to give pine a chance to grow."
Date: August 6, 1959
Creator: Hayes, Earl J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

UNIDENTIFED Man Drilling Vetch Cover Crop in Cotton

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."
Date: October 6, 1960
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Irrigation Pumping Installation on Sand Pit

Photograph of an irrigation pumping installation on sand pit, which its' water is used for cotton irrigation. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Irrigation. Pumping installation on sand pit. Water used for irrigation of cotton. Quantity that can be pumped is unlimited."
Date: August 6, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Eight UNIDENTIFED Workers Grouting Working Platform For Prevention/Municipal Structure at Site #22, Wildhorse Creek

Photograph of eight UNIDENTIFIED workers grouting working platform for prevention/municipal structure at Site #22, Wildhorse Creek. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Flood Prevention Structure. Halliburton cementing truck grouting working platform under the municipal structure."
Date: December 6, 1956
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grain Sorghum That was Irrigated from Sandstone Creek

Photograph of "Ruben Potter examining the height of grain sorghum that was irrigated from Sandstone Creek. This feed produced approximately fifteen tons per acre. Where feed in same field was not irrigated it was not worth cutting."
Date: September 6, 1955
Creator: Whittington, F. L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Jim Niece Planting Cheyenne Indiangrass

Photograph of Jim Niece, tractor operator, planting Cheyenne Indiangrass in thirty-six inch rows on Class I land. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Planting Cheyenne Indiangrass in 36" rows on Class I land, soil unit 4H. Jim Niece operating tractor. 2.7 pounds of pure live seed was planted per acre."
Date: May 6, 1958
Creator: McAnally, I. V.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Tivoli Fine Sand, Range Site Deep Sand

Photograph of a field east of Friendship, Oklahoma. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Soil Surveying. Mapping unit 61, Tivoli find [sic] sand. Range site deep sand."
Date: August 6, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

S. G. McLaury's Farmall Tractor with Vertical Fenders for Crop Preservation and Protection While Seeding Cotton Cover Crop

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."
Date: October 6, 1960
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Drill With Fenders Attached for Sowing Rye Cover Crops in Cotton

Photograph of a close up shot of a "Drill with fenders attached for sowing rye cover crops in cotton."
Date: October 6, 1960
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

UNIDENTIFIED Man on Tractor Bermudagrass Sprigging

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man on a tractor preparing the land to sprig it with Bermudagrass roots. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Digging Bermuda grass roots to be sprigged. Spikes are pulled over land twice and side delivery rake is used to complete job."
Date: April 6, 1961
Creator: Fortney, Fred
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

A Plowed Field Showing Both Silting and Scouring Damage/Muskogee Project/Wetumka Camp

Photograph of a plowed field with rows running up and down the hill shows both silting and scouring damage on this field. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Plowed field with rows running up and down the hill show silting in the furrow near bottom of hill scouring out of diret [sic] at top of hill. Contrast this part with Okla-5650 showing no silt movement on contour plowed field which was taken in same area on the same day."
Date: May 6, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soil Erosion of Crop Field

Photograph of small gully in field which is the direct result of improper farming methods. The rows of preceding crops have been planted up and down the slope.
Date: November 6, 1937
Creator: Slack, James N.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Steers on Irrigated Pasture

Photograph of steers on irrigated pasture of smooth brome, perennial rye grass, fescue, and alfalfa. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Steers on irrigated pastuer [sic] of smooth brome, orchardgrass, perennial ryegrass, fescue and alfalfa. Pasture has been heavily manured and sprinkle irrigated, 160 steers on 50 acres have gained about 400 lbs. each in 7 months. Nov. 15 – June 6. Soils are sandy loam – units. 7 and 20."
Date: July 6, 1951
Creator: Rechenthin, C. A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

General View of Bluestem Grass Pasture

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."
Date: October 6, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Tree Felled by Beaver

Photograph of a tree 18 inches in diameter felled by beavers on Crowder Creek.
Date: July 6, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, E. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Quachita Problem Area

Photograph of open range country, Ouachita problem area in soil conservation. There is little hope for a conservaton program on this area so long as it is unfenced and subject to uncontrolled fire and grazing.
Date: July 6, 1955
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Continued Widening of Washita River Channel

Photograph of the present depth of the Washita River Channel. The river is approximately 200 feet wide at this location. Each year the river is taking several acres of good Class I land from adjoining field.
Date: May 6, 1947
Creator: Whittington, Fred L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History