Photograph of the Fields Brothers Farm contour furrowed field holding windblown snow. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Newly constructed contour furrows in native pasture holding windblown snow in furrows. These furrows were constructed with long wing terracing plow.“

Photograph of Windrowing hubam clover with a combine. Clover was planted on the contour in a terraced field. After it has cured 4 to 5 days in the windrow it will be thrashed by a combine with a pick-up attachment. TX-42, 136.

Photograph of Madrid Clover and Johnsongrass as an excellent mixture for hay. The clover was planted on Johnsongrass land in March 1951, and was harvested for hay in that year. The clover was harvested for seed in 1992 and yielded around 300 pounds per acre where the photo was made. Soil Unit # 4, Class I. TX-48-123.

Photograph of Mr. J. B. Eberheart, who is running a combine rye and vetch seed material through a small portable seed cleaner. Following this operation the seed will be run through a spiral separator to separate the rye from the vetch and eliminate most of the unwanted unsound, cracked seeds. TX-42, 825.

Photograph of Weeping Lovegrass. The switchgrass was planted on March 27, 1956. There was no moisture to germinate the seed until April 28. The fertilized part receive 100 pounds of 16-20-0 per acre. OK-395-5.

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.

Photograph of a pasture gully in a natural draw. Runoff water has been eliminated from the channel by a two pond dams, one above and one below this area. Mr. Harold Atkins is a District Supervisor. OK-8850.

Photograph of a scene on the Marion Bryant farm.

Photograph of S. F. Nixon next to an eight foot overfall at the lower end of a terrace outlet channel.

Photograph of blue grama grass, in the U. S. Field Station nursery, from Mexican Springs, NM.

Photograph of a homemade two row grass sprigger.

Photograph of J. A. Brown's Bermuda grass pasture.

Photograph of J. E. Butler's Bermuda grass pasture.

Photograph of cotton rows growing on the contour on the side of the hill, while alfalfa grows at the bottom of the slope on the Marion Bryant Farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, “The cotton rows are on the contour on the side of the hill, while the alfalfa is at the bottom of the slope. In former years when the cotton was farmed in straight rows up the slope, there was a great deal of washing in the sandy soil of the cotton field and the silt was deposited in the alfalfa, threatening to destroy it. The cotton field was then contoured and since then there has been no damage to the alfalfa below.”

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man standing in a gully, which will be flumed and sodded to Bermudagrass to control gully erosion and protect the endangered cropland. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Gully Erosion. Gully that is endangering cropland. This gully will be flumed and sodded to Bermudagrass in order to get water to the base grade and control the gully. See Ok-724-5 for view farther up the gully.”

Photograph of Sam Prewitt, polled hereford breeder, and Soil Conservation Service (SCS) technician [name unclear], left, look over an area of alkali-sacaton range on Mr. Prewit's ranch. The range is flood irrigated and has not been irrigated this year (1946). TX-42-632.

Photographic follow-up of OK-941-12. Grass gauge on ridge top at the west end of Mt. Scott pasture. This is located 1/4 mile north of the scenic highway. The enclosure is photographed before clipping. Heavy concentration area for game. Clipped plots showed 80% use. Taken during annual Soil Conservation Service cooperative grazing use check. OK_1583-1.

Photograph of the Bradley Pigg ranch. Treated mesquite stumps in the foreground. Untreated mesquite in the background. OK-1415-6.

Photograph of Stubble Mulching. Melva Rose Kimble (4-H) and her brother, Woody, (FFA--Future Farmers of America), get tips from Guy Schroder in preparation for Stubble Mulch Jamboree at Enid, OK, August 15 - 16, 1961. The sweep machine, a necessary type of equipment for stubble mulch tillage, is manufactured at the LeRoy Kimble Machine Shop in Hydro, OK. OK-1384-9.

Photograph of erosion control. Tilling of the 2:1 back slope of dam to prepare it for the sprigging of Bermudagrass. This dam is at Site # 22, Big Wewoka Creek watershed and was built as a joint project between the State Game and Fish Commission and the Soil Conservation Service. OK-639-1.

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFIED men standing in the orchard of W. H. Smith and looking at the fields vetch and Abruzzi rye which provides it with seed production and soil improvement. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Vetch in bloom and Abruzzi rye in orchard for seed and soil improvement. This is the second year that vetch has been used in the 400 acre orchard. Last year Smith seeded 85 acres and harvested seed on 45 acres, using the seed in the orchard this year. He brought additional land last year & put vetch on a badly eroded, clay hill. It was turned under & followed with peanuts which made 60 bu. per acre. Smith said "Peanuts were fertilized with about 70 to 100# per acre of 4-12-4, but I don't figure we would have made any peanuts there at all without the humus the vetch added to the soil." He will harvest about 120 acres for seed this year, and turn under about 280 acres. This year all the vetch was fertilized with 150# per acre of phosphate. One clipping test showed that the vetch was returning 10 tons per acre of green matter to the soil. In late …

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man inspecting a field of Abruzzi rye and hairy vetch cultivated by J. Doss Miller in Comanche county, Texas. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Abruzzi rye and hairy vetch on 30 acre old, cultivated field. Crop planted about Nov. 15, 1945, fertilized with 100# superphosphate (0-20-0) per acre. This field is badly sheet eroded (deep blow sand) and contains some bad washes. Last year it yielded about 20 bushels of peanuts per acre, while average yields on same type of soil in the county ran about 35 to 40 bushels. Crop will be harvested for seed. An additional 70 acres were "onewayed" by Mr. Miller for soil improvement to be followed with peanuts. Clipping test yielded 1.6 tons of rye and 4.4 tons of vetch per acre."

Photograph of Fred Jackson, owner, standing by side of irrigated Atlas Sorgo. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Fred Jackson, owner, standing by side of irrigated Atlas Sorgo. Crop is making 18 tons of silage per acre. Irrigation system was designed and staked by SCS personnel in the Greer Co. SCD."

Photograph of sand bluestem and sideoats grama growing on Nash-Quinlan soil. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Soil Profile. Area associated with Nash-Quinlan mapping unit. Sand bluestem and sideoats grama are dominant."