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Soil Conditions
Photograph of SCS Technician A. T. Elder shows part of long taproot of this 3 year old alfalfa. Moisture was found in soil at depth of 2 inches. Elder dug down 17 inches to get plant out and moisture was still present. Area has had less than 2 inches of rain since November 1952.
Date:
April 21, 1953
Creator:
Fox, Lester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management
Photograph showing a close-up of the cloddy condition of the soil. Soil Conservation Service technicians Ted Lehman (left) and A.T. Elder hold the clods. (See OK-10, 700). III RR 2. This photo OK-10, 701.
Date:
April 21, 1953
Creator:
Fox, Lester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A. T. Elder and Ted Lehman, SCS Technicians, Looking Over This Good Field of Wheat While Behind Them, the Wheat Crop has Taken a Beating From Wind Erosion
Photograph of A. T. Elder, left, and Ted Lehman, SCS Technicians, looking over this good field of wheat while behind them, the wheat crop has taken a beating from wind erosion. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. A. T. Elder, 2. Ted Lehman. The back of the photograph proclaims, "SCS Technicians A. T. Elder (left) and Ted Lehman looking over this good field of wheat while behind them wheat crop has taken a beating from wind erosion. Effective tillage: leaves wheat stubble alone until spring of next year. Then uses sweeps that leave residue in surface and cover weed seeds. Sweeps twice before using rod weeder when weeds emerge. Rod weeds last of August to catch volunteer wheat and weeds, seeds after September 20 with chisel-type drill that leaves surface rough and puts seed down deep where moisture is, covering seed at normal depth. The land soil is III RR 2-X. (See Okla-10-710.)"
Date:
April 21, 1953
Creator:
Fox, Lester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Ted Lehman and A. T. Elder Showing Alfalfa and its' Root System on Blow Land
Photograph of Ted Lehman, SCS Technician, left, digs up alfalfa plant so that A. T. Elder, SCS Technician, can show long taproot. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Ted Lehman, SCS Technician, 2. A. T. Elder SCS Technician. The back of the photograph proclaims, "This 3-year old alfalfa sends roots far down to open up the soil for maximum water intake, break up compaction. No wind erosion here. Farmers of area are turning to alfalfa as profitable crop on blow lands. SCS Technicians Ted Lehman (left) digs up alfalfa plant as that Technician A. T. Elder can show long tap root. II RR 6-0."
Date:
April 21, 1953
Creator:
Fox, Lester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0356.0006]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "T. L. Lemmons is servicing a car at the station where he started a general store in a tar paper shack 21 years ago. He has, in recent years, accepted the name Slapout for the village he originally hoped would be called Nye. (Located on U. S. 270 in Panhandle)"
Date:
May 10, 1953
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0297B.0282]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Beaver county's new 36-bed hospital, left, is the newest building in the county seat, Beaver City."
Date:
1954
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0370.0315]
Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. Bell Lemons of Slapout, Oklahoma ... 53 grandchildren, and 58 great-grandchildren."
Date:
April 28, 1954
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B1092.0372]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "The Beaver River, at Beaver, in May of 1955. The muddy flood rolling down the river is raising hopes for water-rationing Oklahoma City citizens, as the flow will move down the Beaver River, into the North Canadian, past Woodward, and toward OKC. View is taken from railroad bridge looking toward town of Beaver, and was taken as the crest lapped at the railroad ties."
Date:
May 17, 1955
Creator:
Campbell, Clyde
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B1092.0373]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The Beaver River, at Beaver, in May of 1955. The muddy flood rolling down the river is raising hopes for water-rationing Oklahoma City citizens, as the flow will move down the Beaver River, into the North Canadian, past Woodward, and toward OKC. View is taken from railroad bridge looking toward town of Beaver, and was taken as the crest lapped at the railroad ties."
Date:
May 17, 1955
Creator:
Campbell, Clyde
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Bindweed Control
Photograph of Ted Lehman, WJC, and Bill Storm, County Agent, examining an area treated for bindweed. Farmer applied Boroacu at the rate of 2300 pounds per acre in the Spring of 1953. A good kill was received except around the edges. Note size of area that has been out of production for three years. Bindweed is considered a serious problem in some areas of the High Plains. OK-138-4.
Date:
August 25, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of land plowed in preparation for fall seeding. This operation of pulling a section harrow over land further reduces the size of clods, increasing the wind erosion hazards. Too much tillage is a problem that must be overcome in combatting wind erosion. Ted Lehman, WUC [Water Usage and Conservation] of Beaver, Oklahoma, says this is the "powder keg for blowing." OK-138-5.
Date:
August 25, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of land plowed in preparation for fall seeding. This operation of pulling a section harrow over land further reduces the size of clods, increasing the wind erosion hazards. Too much tillage is a problem that must be overcome in combatting wind erosion. Ted Lehman, WUC [Water Usage and Conservation] of Beaver, Oklahoma, says this is the "powder keg for blowing." OK-138-5.
Date:
August 25, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of land plowed in preparation for fall seeding. This operation of pulling a section harrow over land further reduces the size of clods, increasing the wind erosion hazards. Too much tillage is a problem that must be overcome in combatting wind erosion. Ted Lehman, WUC [Water Usage and Conservation] of Beaver, Oklahoma, says this is the "powder keg for blowing." OK-138-5.
Date:
August 25, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Field Preparation for Fall Seeding
Photograph of tractor plowing the land for fall seeding in Beaver County. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Land plowed in preparation for fall seeding. This operation of pulling a section harrow over land further reduces the size of clods, increasing the wind erosion hazard. Too much tillage is a problem that must be overcome in combating wind erosion. Ted Lehman, WUC Beaver City, says this is a "powder ker [sic] for blowing."
Date:
August 25, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Guar Trial Planting
Photograph of Bill Storm, County Agent, and Ted Lahman, WUC, examine a trial planting of Guar. Six to eight pounds of seed planted per acre, in 36 inch rows. A good stand was received and indications are that a good seed harvest will be made. However, some drought damage was present. Guar shows promise as a catch crop in this area of Oklahoma. More observations are needed to see if stubble will control wind erosion and if sub-soil moisture is lowered to the point of affecting the following year's crop.
Date:
August 25, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of weed control. Ted Lehman, Work Unit Conservationist [WUC] and Bill Storm, County Agent, examine an area treated for bindweed. The farmer applied Borascu, a boron-oxygen based weed killer, at the rate of 2300 pounds per acre in the spring of 1953. A good kill resulted except around the edges. Note the size of the area that has been out of production for three years. Bindweed is considered a serious problem in some areas of the High Plains. OK-138-4.
Date:
August 25, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of weed control. Ted Lehman, Work Unit Conservationist [WUC], Beaver, Oklahoma, examines regrowth of bindweed around the edges of an area treated with 2300 pounds of Borascu weed killer per acre in the spring of 1953. Bindweed is considered a serious problem in some areas of the High Plains. Persistent work is required to control this weed. Note the size of the area where grain sorghum is not growing. OK-138-3.
Date:
August 25, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0904.0060]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Forgan farmer Bryan Miller, left, shows his home-made power sprayer to Beaver County agent Bill Strom, explaining the contraption is one of the handiest and most inexpensive pieces of equipment on his farm. Miller built the device to combat grasshoppers."
Date:
October 21, 1955
Creator:
Cunningham, Mrs. Roy
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
BASEMENT BOX 67.0156
Photograph taken during daylight of a building engulfed in flames and billowing black smoke. Caption: "Smith Motor Co. & Hardware - Turpin, Okla."
Date:
May 25, 1956
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
BASEMENT BOX 67.0157
Photograph taken during daylight of man spraying water from a hose onto a gas pump. The charred wreckage of a building burns in the background. Caption: "Turpin, Okla., April 19 - Firemen from Liberal, Kan., 10 miles north, arrived in time to prevent only the explosion of gasoline pumps and storage tanks in front of the Smith Motor Co. & Hardware which burned to the ground."
Date:
May 25, 1956
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Close-up picture of Sealed Soil on field being Terraced on the Caleb Harper Farm
Photograph of a "Close-up picture of the field being terraced on Caleb Harper farm, under the supervision of SCS technicians. Soil seems to run together and seal thereby restricting the rate of intake; therefore erosion appears even on gentle slopes."
Date:
August 1, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Irrigation Ditch
Photograph of a field of Milo being prepared for irrigation in February 1956; grade of rows was .1 foot per 100 feet; canvas dams used in main ditch to make ponds from which to siphon from.
Date:
August 1, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Irrigation Ditch
Photograph of an irrigation ditch one mile west of Turpin. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Irrigation Ditch. Field of milo prepared for irrigation in February of 1956; grade of rows was .1 foot per 100 feet; canvas dams used in main ditch to make ponds from which to siphon from."
Date:
August 1, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Row Irrigation
Photograph of Milo planted in 38" rows being watered from irrigation ditch; land prepared for row irrigation February 1956 survey made some 2 months earlier; note a slight low spot near ditch constitutes additional work to make water start going; Mr. Wheeler with shovel.
Date:
August 1, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History