Deteriorated Manhole on Main Sewer Line

Photograph of "A manhole on main sewer line that has deteriorated and fallen apart, and is letting raw sewage run over pasture land."
Date: January 31, 1973
Creator: Wood, Calvin L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a tractor and hay mulcher being used on a roadside cut. OK-4172-6.
Date: March 31, 1971
Creator: Dossett, David J
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of watershed, aerial view looking south in Okmulgee. Severe erosion caused by salt water and oil well polution. Waterways have been constructed on each side to divert overhead runoff. The area will be fenced in, smoothed, tilled, mulched and seeded with tall wheatgrass and other salt tolerant grasses. OK-4081-14.
Date: January 31, 1971
Creator: Worthy, John P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Owl Creek Site No. 3

Photograph of site no. 3 - Owl Creek spillway barn. SCS technician, Marshal E. Boyd standing on line between Elken bluestem, left and sand bluestem, right. Good stand were established on both but sand bluestem was removed by grazing. Planted June 14, 1957.
Date: August 31, 1969
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Boyd and Glenn Jones Farm Tame Pasture Regulation and Flood Prevention

Photograph of “Glenn Jones, left, and his father, Boyd Jones, regulate grazing on the upstream flood prevention structure located on their farm. The reservoir is a part of the Delaware Creek watershed project.” People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Glenn Jones, 2. Boyd Jones.
Date: October 31, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cattle Grazing on Tame Pasture Consisting of Ladino and Fescue

Photograph of eighteen Purebred Hereford cattle grazing on fescue and ladino in former timber covered land northwest of Atoka. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Purebred Hereford cattle grazing fescue and ladino on land formerly in timber."
Date: October 31, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cattle Grazing on Tame Pasture Consisting of Ladino and Fescue

Photograph of five Purebred Hereford cattle grazing on fescue and ladino in former timber covered land northwest of Atoka. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Purebred Hereford cattle grazing fescue and ladino on land formerly in timber."
Date: October 31, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fescue and Ladino Clover Mixed Pasture on the Boyd and Glenn Jones Farm

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFIED men standing in a fescue and ladino clover mixed pasture that proved highly productive on the Boyd and Glenn Jones farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Fescue and ladino clover mixed pastures prove highly productive on the Boyd and Glenn Jones farm. Grass shown is resulting from the season's growth under moderate grazing."
Date: October 31, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of Soil Conservation Service (SCS) employees and Mrs. Elsie Bates at a meeting of contractors, suppliers, equipment dealers and SCS people. The theme of the meeting "Quality Inspection in Watershed Construction Work."
Date: October 31, 1967
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Eufaula Fine Sand Soil Profile

Photograph of Eufaula fine sand, rolling profile taken 3 miles north Cement on Section Corner in Caddo County. A measuring stick is on the right side of the photo. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Eufaula fine sand, rolling. Notice the bands below 5 feet."
Date: July 31, 1967
Creator: Moffatt, H. H.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lead-Zinc Mining--Evaluation of Plantings

Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, with slimes pond evaluation of plantings in Picher, Oklahoma. View facing west in Field no. 2, series 9, haygrazer planted on 05-12-1967 unmulched. 2 check rows without fertilizers, 2 rows with 200 pounds of 10-20-16 fertilizer, 2 rows with 400 pounds of 10-20-10 with 50% nitrogen top dressed on the eastern half. Raymond Magnass holds the pole upright between rows 3 & 4--top dressed on 06-24-1967. OK-2879-20.
Date: July 31, 1967
Creator: Bennett, K. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lead-Zinc Mining--Evaluation of Plantings

Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, with slimes pond evaluation of plantings in Picher, Oklahoma. View facing north in field no. 3, near the center of the field. Raymond Magness holds the rod by the sycamore tree planted on 02-03-1967. No ferilizer used, but prairie hay mulch used. OK-2879-16.
Date: July 31, 1967
Creator: Bennett, K. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lead-Zinc Mining--Evaluation of Plantings

Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, with slimes pond evaluation of plantings in Picher, Oklahoma. View facing northwest in Field no. 4, series 6. German millet planted on 05-12-1967. Rows 1 and 2 were not fertilized. Rows 3 and 4 were with 200 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer. Rows 5 and 6 were fertilized using 400 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer and 150 pounds of 33-0-0 at the east end. Rows 7 and 8 used 200 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer and 150 pounds of 33-0-0. Raymond Magness in the photo. OK-2879-4.
Date: July 31, 1967
Creator: Bennett, K. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lead-Zinc Mining--Evaluation of Plantings

Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, with slimes pond evaluation of plantings in Picher, Oklahoma. View facing west in Field No. 4, series 5. English rye grass was seeded on 09-19-1966 unmulched and fertilized at the rate of [unclear]. with rows using either 200 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer or 400 pounds of the same. The Road is held by Raymond Magness in the 400 pound row. OK-2878-5.
Date: July 31, 1967
Creator: Bennett, K. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lead-Zinc Mining--Evaluation of Plantings

Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, with slimes pond evaluation of plantings in Picher, Oklahoma. View facing west toward Field no. 2, series 10. Planted sumac. The check rows are unfertilized; 2 rows are fertilized with 200 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer; 2 rows with 400 pounds of 10-20-10; 2 rows with 200 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer and 50 pounds of nitrogen top-dressed; and, 2 rows with 400 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer and 50 pounds of nitrogen top-dressed. Seeded on 05-12-1967; top-dressed on 06-24-1967, unmulched. OK-2879-11.
Date: July 31, 1967
Creator: Bennett, K. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lead-Zinc Mining--Evaluation of Plantings

Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, Picher, Oklahoma. Slimes Pond Evaluation of plantings in Commerce, Oklahoma. View facing north in central portion of Field no. 6. Black Locust trees planted on 02-03-1967 without fertilizer nor mulch. OK-2878-26.
Date: July 31, 1967
Creator: Bennett, K. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lead-Zinc Mining--Evaluation of Plantings

Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, with slimes pond evaluation of plantings in Picher, Oklahoma. View facing west in Field no. 2, series 6, with broom corn, the summer cover crop planted on 05-12-1967. Unmulched. 2 check rowws without fertilizer, 2 rows with 200 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer, 2 rows with 400 pounds of 10-20-10, 2 rows of 10-20-10 fertilizer with 50% nitrogen top-dressed and 2 rows with 400 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer with 50% fertilizer top-dressed. Raymond Magness holds the rod between rows 4 and five. OK-2879-7.
Date: July 31, 1967
Creator: Bennett, K. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lead-Zinc Mining--Evaluation of Plantings

Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, with slimes pond evaluation of plantings in Picher, Oklahoma. View facing northwest in fertilized and mulched portion of Field no. 5. Shows growth of volunteer cottonwood trees in area planted to native grasses. Grass planted and fertilizer applied in prairie hay mulch on MArch 15 - 16, 1967. OK-2879-2.
Date: July 31, 1967
Creator: Bennett, K. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lead-Zinc Mining--Evaluation of Plantings

Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, with slimes pond evaluation of plantings in Picher, Oklahoma. View facing north in Field no. 1. Native grass plantings seeded into prairie hay mulch. View, and Raymond Magness, is near the center of the plot. OK-2879-15.
Date: July 31, 1967
Creator: Bennett, K. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lead-Zinc Mining--Evaluation of Plantings

Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, with slimes pond evaluation of plantings in Picher, Oklahoma. View facing northwest in mulched border north of Field no. 3. Seeded to a mixture of weeping and sand love grass and mixed bluestem. Seeded on 03-15-1967 and fertilized with 400 pounds of 10-20-10. OK-2879-12.
Date: July 31, 1967
Creator: Bennett, K. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of H.D. “Ham” Allen, Soil Conservation Service technician, Port Gibson, Mississippi, points out the dramatic difference between “trusted” bank on the Natchez Trace. Note the small mills and gullies developing on the “untreated” area, at left. Area at right was sodded with Bermuda grass. The Johnson grass “volunteered.” MI-1119-9. Camera settings: F-16, 1/200 sec.
Date: October 31, 1962
Creator: Zary, J. V.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Greenhill farms. Looamy bottomland with foregraound in Bermudagrass. Savannah [text unclear] condition. OK-1629-9.
Date: July 31, 1962
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Midland Bermudagrass Pasture and Cattle on Honey Creek Ranch

Photograph of four heads of cattle and a midland Bermuda pasture planted in 1955 on the Honey Creek Ranch. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Proper use of midland Bermuda that was planted in 55."
Date: July 31, 1962
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Proper Range Use on the Honey Creek Ranch

Photograph of four heads of cattle on a properly used range consisting of big bluestem grass, little bluestem grass, switch grass, and Indiangrass. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Proper range use. Big bluestem, switch grass, Indian grass and little bluestem grass.”
Date: July 31, 1962
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History