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Irrigation, Transcrete Pipe
Photograph of Transcrete pipe being laid for irrigation on bottomland soil unit 9. Gated pipe will be used from risers on 660' runs.
Date:
July 15, 1961
Creator:
Ball, Lemuel
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Buffalo Grazing on Mt. Scott Pasture
Photograph of buffalo on area o concentration just north of Mt. Scott pasture gate. Buffalo over-use this area attempting to move to other pasture that they have used or grazed in the past.
Date:
April 15, 1960
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Bould Ridge Range Site
Photograph of the Bould Ridge Range Site in excellent condition. Light utilization. Hilly stoney land site in background.
Date:
April 15, 1958
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grama Lake
Photograph of Grama Lake. Fore-ground on right is hilly stony site, on left-loamy prairie site, excellent condition. Back ground-dark areaas with deep soil & tall grass. Light areas have very shallow soil and blue stem grama is dominate. The lake has been lowered to maintain water in streams and lakes in recreaton pasture.
Date:
September 15, 1959
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Hilly Stony Range Site
Photograph of a hilly stony range site that has been protected from grazing by deer for 7 years. Hatchery and Mt. Scott in background.
Date:
April 15, 1960
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Shrubs
Photograph of multiflora rose fence. Multiflora rose fence was planted in 1950 by Haskel Shorter as a boundary between Class VII land on the right and Class III land on the left. It was planted on a diversion terrace.
Date:
May 15, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Shrubs
Photograph of multiforal rose. The multifloral rose planted in 1950 and burned out in 1953. Multiforal rose fence now shows three years of growth. This plant in this area is used as a living fence, windbreak and as a cover for wildlife.
Date:
May 15, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Loamy Slickspot Range Site
Photograph of the Loamy Slickspot range site. On left is slickspot with alkali sacaton, whorled dropseed, and tumblegrass. On right is claypan with meadow dropseed, western ragweed, sideoats grama, and fringeeleaf paspalm, gummy lovegrass and some whorled dropseed.
Date:
July 15, 1958
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Debris Piling Up Under Bridge
Photograph of U.S. Highway 281 bridge shown in Okla-9570. G.C. Gardner, Jr., Soil Conservation Service technician, points to debris piling up under bridge. Note narrow space between bridge floor & silt accumulations.
Date:
April 15, 1948
Creator:
Fox, Lester C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Native Grass on Rough Seed Bed
Photograph of native grass, bluestem mixture, planted spring 1953. Rough seed bed.
Date:
May 15, 1957
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Native Grass Planting
Photograph of eight acre native grass planting with district equipment-combination drill and cultipacker. Well prepared seedbed, mixture of bluestem, grama. Drill pictured is moving.
Date:
May 15, 1957
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Soil Improvement and Seed Harvest
Photograph of Rye and Vetch cover crop, soil improvement and seed harvest. Vetch inoculated and fertilized-rotated over farm each year.
Date:
May 15, 1957
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
District Manager Examining Stand of Native Grass
Photograph of a native grass planting made April 1957. Sixty acres planted on ell prepared seedbed with combination drill. L.C. Haskins, district manager, examining stand. Appears to landowner as failure, some young grass showing, heavy cover of weeds. To be followed up later to check on stand improvement.
Date:
May 15, 1957
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
King Ranch Bluestem Planting
Photograph of King Ranch bluestem planting made in April and May 1957. Pure stand. Picture to be followed up as stand develops.
Date:
May 15, 1957
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cover Crop of Oats and Vetch
Photograph of a cover crop of volunteer oats and vetch following crop of oats and vetch. Soil improvement crop.
Date:
May 15, 1957
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Planting Native Grass with Combo Drill and Cultipacker
Photograph of planting native grass on well prepared seedbed. Mixture of bluestem, grama and sideoat. Using district equipment to plant grass, combination drill and cultipacker, muddy spots in field at planting time. 8 acres.
Date:
May 15, 1957
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Furrow Type Seed Drill
Photograph of a furrow type native grass seed drill developed on Phil Ferguson ranch for overseeding depleted rangelands.
Date:
April 15, 1958
Creator:
Engleman, Jack
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Native Grass Planting 1956
Photograph of 1956 native grass planting bluestem mixture. West side of road across from 1953 planting.
Date:
May 15, 1957
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Back Side of Pond Dam
Photograph of the back side of a pond dam constructed in 1953, 2:1 back slope, showing erosion damage on steep slope with no topsoil or vegetation.
Date:
May 15, 1957
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Old Damaged and eroded Pond
Photograph of an old pond, damaged and eroded due to poor topsoil which prevented development of vegetative cover. Soil mixed and highly dispersed.
Date:
May 15, 1957
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
1957 Grass Planting
Photograph of a 1957 native grass planting-Bluestem and bluestem mixture. Excellent well prepared seedbed-planted in April. Good start up showing. Close-up shot by 3rd highline pole north of east turn in road. Soil Bank Program
Date:
May 15, 1957
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Good Stand of Bluestem Mixture
Photograph of a 1953 planting of bluestem mixture. Good stand-grazed off during past winter-deferred now. East side of road, across from the 1956 planting.
Date:
May 15, 1957
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The "Little Skojer" Ditcher
Photograph of Mr. J.W. Rhoades operates the hydraulic controls and lifts the nose of the "Little Skojer" ditcher. Mr. Rhoades designed and built this original ditcher with parts from old farm equipment, an old electric refrigerator and washing machine and surplus war materials.
Date:
May 15, 1947
Creator:
Jenkins, E. W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Mowing Machine
Photograph of pan attachment on mowing machine cutter bar used in harvesting Blue Grama grass for seed.
Date:
July 15, 1936
Creator:
Williams, Quentin
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History