Photograph of Buffalo grass (Bouteloua dactyloides). A perennial, stoloniferous*, generally dioecious‡, highly palatable, drought-resistant pasture grass. Used for grazing, lawns, erosion control, outlet channels and pasture outlets. Widely adapted to soils where climatically adapted. Best on clay and loam types. Will survive on shallow soils too droughty for Bermuda grass. It is best adapted to regions having between 15 and 30 inches of rainfall. Other pasture plants may it out in high rainfall belt. Plant when harvested or during the fall and winter to February. Good moisture and low temperature conditions are necessary for the best germination. Although it will survive overgrazing during most seasons, best results are obtained by deferred or rotated grazing of this grass. OK-79, 444. * Stoloniferous = i.e., producing shoots, ‡ Dioecious = i.e., male and female reproductive organs on separate plants of the same species rather than different parts of the same plant.

Photograph of GPCP participant Vernon Breckenridge checking one-year growth of midland bermuda. Breckenridge has sprigged 20 acres of bermuda grass for each of the last three years.

Photograph of Site No. 54, Barnitz Creek. 18 inch reinforced concrete pipe with a 15 degree elbow fitting at Station 1+76 centerline of structure in place and ready for placement of Class B Concrete cradle. Pipe made by Thomas Concrete Pipe Company. OK-399-10.

Photograph of a Galleta plant. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Galleta (Hilaria Jamesii) – Sometimes and unfortunately referred to in older literature as black grama, is an erect perennial. It grows on mesas, plains, and deserts from Wyoming and Nevada to California, Western Texas, and South in Mexico, but is probably most common in New Mexico and Arizona. The abundance of Galleta and its capacity for heavy forage production make it a very important species on many southwestern ranges. It is of highest palatability (up to good or very good) during the summer rainy growing season, and has the reputation among stockmen of being nutritious for all classes of livestock. The tough, woody rootstocks, sometimes as much as 6 feet long, are it surest means of reproduction, fortify it against trampling and heavy grazing, and increase its effectiveness as a soil binder."

Photograph of a seriously gullied area just after fencing for wildlife. Trees are planted above gullies. No other treatment given.

Photograph of timberlands. Pine released by girdling culled hardwood. Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technicians Norman Smola and Charlie Burke examine results of this TSI [= timber stand improvement] work. Senator Kerr practices good management on his timberlands. OK-1454-4.

Photograph of WUC Harold Welch and GPCP participant Vernon Breckenridge discuss GPCP contract on the Breckenridge farm. They are shown in a 20-acre field of midland bermudagrass sprigged in the spring of 1968.

Photograph of Vernon Breckenridge, left, a GPCP participant, shows WUC Harold Welch, Okeene, a set of stock racks he built in his farm shop.

Photograph of the new home of A.L. Wilkerson financed by the Farmers Home Administration

Photograph of a good planting of Rhodes grass. This plant has received some irrigation. TX. 43, 896.

Photograph of Boer lovegrass under irrigation. TX-43-895.

Photograph of a Galleta plant. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Galleta (Hilaria Jamesii) – Sometimes and unfortunately referred to in older literature as black grama, is an erect perennial. It grows on mesas, plains, and deserts from Wyoming and Nevada to California, Western Texas, and South in Mexico, but is probably most common in New Mexico and Arizona. The abundance of Galleta and its capacity for heavy forage production make it a very important species on many southwestern ranges. It is of highest palatability (up to good or very good) during the summer rainy growing season, and has the reputation among stockmen of being nutritious for all classes of livestock. The tough, woody rootstocks, sometimes as much as 6 feet long, are it surest means of reproduction, fortify it against trampling and heavy grazing, and increase its effectiveness as a soil binder."