Photograph of Bob Moore spreading bluestem seed out to dry. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Bob Moore of Edna, Kansas, a temporary employe [sic] of the Soil Conservation Service, spreads bluestem seed out to dry on the floor of the airport hanger [sic] at Coffeyville. All this seed was out in the vicinity of Nowata, Oklahoma. It had to dry several days before it could be stored permanently in sacks."

Photograph of a "Hanger [sic] at Coffeyville being used by the Soil Conservation Service to store seed of bluestem grasses harvested in Northeastern Oklahoma."

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on the Melrose zinc-lead deposits. Methods used in the investigation are listed. The characteristics of the zinc-lead deposits are presented also. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.

Letter from E. L. Elkins from N. D. Gallagher Clay Products Corp. in regards to their complete change in management. They desire to eliminate all the backorders they currently have, and want to have that stop in the future. The letter also includes a page filled with their product and prices for all of them.

Letter from Carl S. Mundinger, speaking of the need for parish workers and pastors and asking for names of potential students to be sent to him.

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to the National Turkey Institute requesting information on turkey raising.

Letter from Sadie Darby to Perry functioning to return the interpretation for the baptistry painting made for the church in Lewis, Kansas.

Narrative describing an attack on Adobe Walls led by Chief Quanah Parker, followed by the U.S. army's eventual retaliation.

Report discussing the U.S. Geological Survey's investigation of the radioactivity of sedimentary rocks in Oklahoma and Kansas.

Revised edition. "Strawberries can be grown in those parts of the western Untied States in which ordinary farm crops are irrigated as well as in western Oregon and Washington, where irrigation is not essential but may be profitable. The principles of irrigating strawberries are essentially the same as those for other crops. Because strawberries are sensitive to the alkali salts that irrigation brings to the surface, such salts must be washed out or skimmed off. The strawberry grower, after choosing a suitable site and preparing the soil carefully, should select varieties adapted to his district and needs. He should use plants that are disease-free. In California, southern Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas the plants should have undergone a rest period. Usually the growers plant during the period of greatest rainfall. By using the recommended systems of training and care before, during, and after setting of the plants and the suggested methods of decreasing diseases and insect pests, he should obtain better yields. A grower can furnish consumers a better product by using good methods of harvesting and shipment. He can prolong the fresh-fruit season only a little by the use of cold storage, but he can extend his market by …

Photograph of a train engine and attached car on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. Part of another train can be seen in the back left. Handwritten text below the image says, "Kansas City, Kansas Nov 23rd 1948 (ex T&P #552)."