Photograph of John Bateman tree farm within Ouachita National Forest. Complete woodland conservation applied to his 140 acre tract.

Photograph of in the background is the Okla. State fish hatchery. In the foregroundis Mrs. Jones and Mr. Hollander of SCS. Photo was submitted for possible use in the Water for America Exhibit.

Photograph of a hilly stony range site that has been protected from grazing by deer for 7 years. Hatchery and Mt. Scott in background.

Photograph of the Okla. State Fish Hatchery No. 1. In the foreground is Mrs. Jones and Mr. Hollander of SCS. Photo was submitted for possible use in the Water for America Exhibit.

Photograph of pasture planting. 1959 planting of Indian grass, switch, sand and love and Big bluestem. OK-979-6.

Photograph of range and brush control. Shows improvement of range after deferred grazing and mesquite treatment. Live mesquite on the left was missed by the airplane going over highlines. Curtis Willsie is a participant of the Great Plains Conservation Project. OK-983-2.

Photograph of pasture. Midland bermuda sprigged in 1959. 65 head grazed on 65 acres and fertilized with 100 pounds of 33% nitrogen per acre in the spring of 1960. Overseeded to sweet clover in the fall of 1960. OK-979-2.

Photograph of a soil profile. Vernon clay loam. OK-1069-6.

Photograph of a landscape. Landscape: Lucien-Vernon complex soil type, Loamy Prairie--Excellent condition. Range site on either side of natural drain. Sandstone outcropping typical of this soil type--Class VI land. Little bluestem is the dominant vegetation. OK-1071-11.

Photograph of a stockwater ponds constructed in cooperation with County Commissioners. County road put across dam so to eliminate bridge. OK-1205-3.

Photograph of Doak Bird using his new coastal digger on his beef and chicken farm.

Photograph of a flood prevention structure, flood prevention domestic water supply, and recreational area on Chickasha Lake. A UNIDENTIFED man is standing on the boat dock. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Flood prevention domestic water supply and recreational area. Looking northeast from dam showing window for drawdown pipe.”

Photograph of a landscape view of a Red Clay Flats range on Treadway soils. The vegetation on this range includes blue grama, tall dropseed, buffalograss, and mesquite. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Landscape view showing Treadway soils, Red Clay Flats range site in foreground. Vegetation invaded by mesquite. Dominant grasses blue grama, tall dropseed, buffalo grass. Background shows Breaks site of Vernon soil, broken phase.”

Photograph of Fred Kimball and SCS technician Elza Bullen, examining a road after the removal of the top 4-feet of soil from the highway at the top of the hill. The photograph does not provide the left to right positions of Kimball and Bullen. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Fred Kimball and SCS technician Elza Bullen, examining road after the top 4-feet of soil had been removed from the highway at the top of the hill. Kimball said, “The road is now much safer and I can view my fields on either side of the road without danger of being run into by another motorist or running into another car.” Kimball said about 300 cubic yards of soil was moved. The “borrowed soil” was placed in a low spot on the highway that runs between Kimball’s farm and in front of his house.”

Photograph of loamy bottomland and slickspot range sites in excellent condition. There was little if any use during the growing season. Lower left corner is inland saltgrass. Lower right corner is alkali sacaton grass on an elevated area. The short grass is whorled dropseed. Spots of mid grass is alkali sacaton. The tall vegetation is abig sedge and eastern gama, switchgrass growing in an area of loamy soil. Some rhombopod grass is growing on alkali spots. The soil is (3Ø). Fort slickspot complex. OK-1175-6.

Photograph of a diagram showing a section of a typical floodwater retarding structure.

Photograph of a flood. Fill was washed out. Flood cost the railroad money. OK-970-9.

Photograph of Stamford Pasture--one of the pastures on 920 acre ranch planted in 1960 to NK-37 Bermuda grass. OK-1222-10 [?].

Photograph of the seeding of a detention dam. Seeding native grass hay on the cut slope of the spillway detention dam, of Site # 14, Calvary Creek, 2 mi. W and 5 mi. S of Cordell, OK. A three point hitch Brillion Seeder is being used to place the seed and is being anchored to the 1 1/2 cut slope by cable from the upper tractor. OK-951-6.

Photograph of the SW Poultry and Livestock Company. Showing egg production as an important agricultural enterprise in Grady County. Much of the poultry feed is produced from locally grown grain and alfalfa. OK-1157-9.

Photograph of the SW Poultry and Livestock Company. Collecting caged eggs. The eggs are immediately taken to a plant where they are washed, graded and cooled. These eggs are marketed in nearby towns and cities. OK-1157-10.

Photograph of registered angus cows in Kingfisher County. Rye and vetch on 70-B soil unit. June 1960. OK-1137-4.

Photograph taken at Site # 18, Salt Creek Watershed. Equipment at work on the site. The first work done on Salt Creek Watershed. OK-1178-9.

Photograph of the Muddy Boggy Creek inundating State Highway 31 for 3 days, halting traffic. Adjacent farm land floods several times a year, making cropping and pasture hazardous. Application submitted for PL-566 assistance in Upstream Prevention. OK-1123-1.