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Shortleaf Pine, Mulberry, Black Locust, Cottonwood, Blackberry and Weeds Growing on Strip Pit and Spoils Bank

Photograph of a Strip pit and spoils bank covered by multiple kinds of vegetation. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Strip pit and spoils bank planted in shortleaf pine, mulberry and black locust on raw banks. Also cottonwood, blackberry and weeds volunteering. Used for wildlife cover – song birds, quail, rabbit and crows.”
Date: November 15, 1955
Creator: Hurd & Moreland
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grover Thomas Contour Pasture Ridges/Chickasha Project

Photograph of a field, which the contour pasture ridges have become vegetated. An UNIDENTIFIED town, possibly Ninnekah, is visible in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Contour pasture ridges which have become well vegetated.”
Date: November 20, 1937
Creator: Hufnagle, R. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fescue Lodino Clover Pasture

Photograph of a Fescue-Ladino clover pasture planted in fall of 1956. Upland soil-5% slope, has produces and still producing excellent pasture. Lime-fertilized-managed.
Date: November 4, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Oklahoma State Capital Building

Photograph of south view of Oklahoma State Capital.
Date: November 1972
Creator: Conradi, Al
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Edgerock Range Site

Photograph of Edgerock Range Site in excellent condition.
Date: November 14, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wet Spots in a Spinach Field

Photograph of wet spots in a spinach field. Soil unit 9H. Drowning out due to plow pan and surface crusting. Approx. 5 acres lost in a 40 acre field. Crop residue and land leveling would correct this.
Date: November 4, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Howard Nix combining native bluestem mixture on the farm of Alva Tims. Proper range management and rotation grazing permitted the harvest of 1500 pounds of bluestem mixture from approximately 35 acres. OK-190-1.
Date: November 4, 1955
Creator: Martin, J. Vernon
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a grass seed harvest. Ed Rowley, Soil Conservation Service [SCS] business manager and assistant sacking and weighing grass seed on the District warehouse. OK-575-3.
Date: November 1, 1957
Creator: Elder, Tom
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of the hammermilling of blue grama seed harvested with a drum type seed stripper. About 11,000 pounds of blue grama seed (uncleaned) were harvested on the H. D. Cornell ranch this fall [i.e., 1950]. Cornell will use part of the seed on his ranch to reseed denuded areas and has purchased a drill. TX-47-380.
Date: November 2, 1950
Creator: Rechenthin, C. A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Switch grass doing good on a turned out field. Naturally reseeded. No Assistance. TX, 42-392.
Date: November 16, 1945
Creator: Bill, F. Lewis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a grass root study. Woodward Sand Bluestem, Indiangrass and Caddo switchgrass. Showing the results of : A.) No use; B.) Proper use; C.) Over use on root growth and density. Cross referenced with OK-1349-6.
Date: November 2, 1961
Creator: Trissell, Alvie
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Timber and Lumber Treatment

Photograph of a creosoting plant. Cylinder is 80 feet and 6 feet deep, has a capacity over 1,000 cubic feet of wood. This plant would cost $100,000 if purchased. OK-1061-10.
Date: November 2, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of Mesquite control. Herbert Oran observing growth of Side-oats grama, Blue grama, and Buffalo grass where Mesquite brush was sprayed in June 1959. This pasture has had deferred grazing during the last two (2) growing seasons. Mesquite, which has not been treated can be seen in the background. This is being carried out as part of the Great Plains Conservation Program. OK-1064-1.
Date: November 9, 1959
Creator: Nelson, P. I.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a view looking up a concrete spillway and across the spillway crest showing the rocky point in the background--which affects the entrance condition. OK-8439.
Date: November 20, 1942
Creator: Jenkins, E. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

H. D. Cornell Ranch

Photograph of two men hammermilling blue grama seed with a drum type seed seedstripper on the H. D. Cornell Ranch.
Date: November 2, 1950
Creator: Rechenthin, C. A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Delbert Inman

Photograph of Delbert Inman watching his cattle graze in a Bermuda pasture.
Date: November 1, 1955
Creator: Gamble, Maurice D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Ouachita River Bottom Land

Photograph of Ouachita River Bottom Land seeded with Bermuda grass.
Date: November 13, 1952
Creator: Hodson, Edgar A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cattle

Photograph of cattle on the Dowdy and Clauswitz Farm.
Date: November 2, 1955
Creator: Gamble, Maurice D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cattle

Photograph of cattle on the Dowdy and Clauswitz Farm.
Date: November 2, 1955
Creator: Gamble, Maurice D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Four Six Inch Siphons Watering Conservation Irrigation System

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man inspecting and watching a six-inch siphon starting to run, watering conservation irrigation system. The back of the photograph proclaims, “6 inch siphon starting to run, watering conservation irrigation system.”
Date: November 14, 1952
Creator: Griffin, Jack A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Neil Johnson Ranch Channel Type Terraces Creation

Photograph of an UNIDENTFIED man on the Neil Johnson Ranch “striking off the backslopes of a channel type terrace built entirely with a bulldozer.” The back of the photograph proclaims, “Striking off the backslopes of a channel type terrace built entirely with a bulldozer. See Okla-190-12 for the first pass made with bulldozer in starting construction.”
Date: November 15, 1955
Creator: Martin, J. Vernon
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Blue Panicum planting, Mountain View Soil Conservation District. Planted on May 21, 1951 at a rate of two pounds per acre. Picture taken on November 2, 1951.
Date: November 2, 1951
Creator: Murrell, Ray C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Wildhorse Creek Site # 126. Damage done to the concrete flume on WH-126 after a heavy rain of approximately 11 inches on Oct. 8, 1970. This flume is on the east side of the structure. OK-4028-13.
Date: November 3, 1970
Creator: Brooks, Bruce
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a huge roadside gulley caused by water run-off from an improperly constructed terrace and unprotected outlets and outlet channels. OK-8673.
Date: November 13, 1943
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History