Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of individual plants of Weeping lovegrass. TX-42, 743.
Date: May 6, 1946
Creator: Rhode, C. G.
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 in Class I land for seed production. 2.7 pounds pure live seed per acre. Seed for this planting was grown by SCS Nursery at Manhattan, Kansas."
Date: May 6, 1958
Creator: McAnally, I. V.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Elmer Hein Contour Ridged Pasture/Stillwater Project/Garber Camp

Photograph of a "General view of a pasture which was contour ridged about two years ago. Furrows were built in early spring of this year to bring about more uniform moisture distribution. Grazing was controlled and good stands of buffalo and other native grasses have become reestablished." A few buildings/homes are barely visible in the distant background of the photograph.
Date: May 6, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Two UNIDENTIFED Farmers Cultivating A Cotton Field

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED farmers with one crossing shallow gullies with a small cultivator and the other planting cotton with one row planter. A house and cars are in the immediate background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Farmer crossing shallow gullies with small cultivator in cotton field. Another farmer is also shown planting cotton with one row planter."
Date: May 6, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Boley Camp Garden

Photograph of the Boley Camp cooperative garden.
Date: May 6, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim.
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

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

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

Buffalograss With Numerous Male Flowers/Stillwater Project

Photograph of a heavy stand of buffalograss with numerous male flowers. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Heavy stand of buffalo grass with numerous male flowers. This grass is becoming well reestablished in a pasture which has been contour ridged and grazing controlled."
Date: May 6, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Elmer Hein Contour Ridged Pasture/Stillwater Project

Photograph of a "General view of a pasture which was contour ridged about two years ago. Furrows were built in early spring of this year to bring about more uniform moisture distribution. Grazing was controlled and good stands of buffalo and other native grasses have become reestablished." A few buildings/homes are barely visible in the distant background of the photograph.
Date: May 6, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Dan Yahola Estate Drilling Sudan Grass on the Contour and Terraces/ Muskogee Project

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFIED CCC workers on the Dan Yahola Estate drilling Sudan grass on the contour and terraces with horse drawn equipment. The back of the photograph proclaims, "CCC boys drilling Sudan grass on the contour and on the terraces with small drill for hay and erosion resistant crop."
Date: May 6, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

A. W. Steglich

Photograph of A. W. Steglich watching his cattle graze in a Bermuda pasture.
Date: May 6, 1942
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History