Photograph of a Cypress tree 42 feet in circumference at its base. Borings made by the U.S. Forestry Service show this tree, said to be the oldest in Oklahoma, to be 2,000 years old. Left to right: Earl J. Hayes, Robert Stiles (owner) and Z.T. Morgan. Hayes and Morgan are Soil Conservation Service technicians. OK-9230.

Photograph of part of a 30 acre planting of loblolly pine trees on an old, cultivated field. Planted 5 years earlier. OK-9232.

Photograph of a Cypress tree 42 feet in circumference at its base. Borings made by the U.S. Forestry Service show this tree, said to be the oldest in Oklahoma, to be 2,000 years old. Left to right: Earl J. Hayes, Robert Stiles (owner) and Z.T. Morgan. Hayes & Morgan are Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technicians. Okla-9231.

Photograph of the R. Marlow Tract in Idabel, Oklahoma. Part of the 100 acre planting of shortleaf and loblolly pine trees., 5 years old. Okla-9275.

Photograph of part of a 30 acre planting of lobally pine on old cultivated field. Planted 5 years ago. Okla-9232.

Photograph of woodland near Haworth, Oklahoma. Tract 310. One acre release plot where hardwood trees have benn circled. Young pine trees were planted 5 years ago. OK-9233.

Photograph of Earl J. Hayes, Soil Conservation Service technician, on the left, and L.O. CAvenuender examining a vegetation field. The field is part of a 60 acre tract that was cleared of weeds in 1945.

Photograph of: Four years ago when the Canant brothers bought a 400 acre farm, most of it was a worthless, wooded area & would not carry more than 25 head of cattle. They cleared this 12 acres, seeded it to Dallis grass, yelow hop, black medic & white Dutch clover & improvement increased carrying capacity to 2 cows per acre. Additional pasture work has been done and the farm now carries 100 head of cows.

Photograph of the Canant brothers’ farm, Idabel, Oklahoma. Four years ago when the Canant brothers bought a 400 acre farm, most of it was a worthless, wooded area that would not carry more than 25 head of cattle. They cleared 12 acres seeded it to Dallis grass, yellow hop, black medick and white Dutch clover. This improvement increased the land’s carrying capacity to two cows per acre. Additional pasture work has been done and the farm now carries 100 head of cattle. OK-9204.

Photograph of the Canant brothers’ farm, Idabel, Oklahoma. Four years ago when the Canant brothers bought a 400 acre farm, most of it was a worthless, wooded area that would not carry more than 25 head of cattle. They cleared 12 acres seeded it to Dallis grass, yellow hop, black medick and white Dutch clover. This improvement increased the land’s carrying capacity to two cows per acre. Additional pasture work has been done and the farm now carries 100 head of cattle. OK-9202.

Photograph of an old cultivated field that had lain idle, overgrown with brush and sprouts. It has been flat broken [i.e., When land is broken by continuous lapping of furrows], disked and fertilized, then in the spring of 1945 it was seeded to carpet and Dallis grasses, yellow hop, burr black medic, white Dutch clover and Kobe and Korean lespedeza. OK-9206.

Photograph of Pasture Development. Region of worthless, wooded area (as in background) that was cleared last spring and seeded to Dallis grass, yellow hop and black medic clover. When Wayman and Julius Canant started their pasture program their original 400 acre farm had sufficient pasture for only about 25 head of livestock. Now it carries 100 heads. OK-9207.

Photograph of hereford and nurse cows grazing on 60 acres of old 160 acre field seeded spring of 1945 to Kobe and Korean lespedeza and overseeded to big hop and black medic clover. Mr. Cavender bought this 560 acre farm from his father in 1944. With assistance of the Little River Soil Conservation Districkt the farm wa planned as a livestock unit. Sixty acres of native grass went to meadow, 100 acres to sericea lespedesa. In 1946, 40 additional acres were planted to sericea. Old pastures were improved, overseeded to clover mixtures and area now kept mowed. A 60 acre old field, fertilized, limed and planted with Korean laspadeza in 1945 was overseeded to hop & black medic clover shis summer, 600# carpet grass this spring. Weeds were kept mowed & this year Cavender grazed 22 registered polled Herefords, 2 horses & 6 grade cows on the old "field".

Photograph of a part of 12 acres of brushy pasture that has been cleared with a power saw since January 1946. Additional trees will be cut and sprouts will be controlled by mowing. The land has been seeded to carpet grass and will be overseeded to clovers and lespedeza next spring [1947]. The worthless, wooded area in the right background also will be cleared. Camera Station: in the 120 acre pasture. Facing the southeast from the side of the road at point 468 feet south of the farmstead gate. OK-9208.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.