Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Roger Ferris, 17 year old Wilburton Future Farmer, has been an exhibitor in the Oklahoma 4-H and FFA livestock show for the past 5 years and is still in doubt as to which breed of beef cattle is superior. This year he fed out 3 steers-- one from each of the popular breeds-- and entered them in the Oklahoma City show. He hopes his lifelong question will be answered by the show judge. Roger is a purebred Hereford breeder."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Claude Briggs"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Fred James of Wilburton looks beat after running the mile in the Class A state track meet Saturday."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Wilburton fire"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Services for Jack Bradley, who served as county judge and county attorney in Oklahoma for several years, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Burke-Jones Chapel."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Wilburton fire"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "No music will come out of this upright piano."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This wet weary goat little worth nibbling on in a pile of wreckage left by the devastating tornado that swept into Wilburton Thursday night."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Aftermath of Wilburton's tornado: A kitten pokes her head out its rubble-strewn shelter to see if all is safe."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "On guard in natural, as well as man-made disasters, 45th Division solder stands atop tornado rubble."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Lying forlorn in the debris is a doll some little girl left behind."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "We don't have anyplace else to go," said P.A. Southhard as he pointed out the debris that had been his house."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Phil Warford, 14, stands in the window of his home and surveys the damage."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Alonzo "Lon" Poling, pioneer Oklahoma peace officer, living on Spanish-American War Veterans' reservation in Kiamichi Mountains south of Wilburton."

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

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Ruins of new home litter North Hill the morning after Wilburton tornado May 5, 1960."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Clyde Miller carefully rolls a bedraggled flag that survived the tornado at Wilburton."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Storms, Tornado, State, 1960, Wilburton"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Storms, Tornado, State, 1960, Wilburton"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Ed Owens pauses from clean-up chores at Wilburton for a sandwich and milk."

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

Photograph of a 26 acre field of common Bermuda grass established by planting 2 lbs. of hulled Bermuda grass seed with 100 lbs 10-20-10 fertilizer per acre in shallow furrows on a well prepared cultipacked seedbed (7-OH-B-3-III). Two months after seeding date, Mr. Mabry reports 26 head of 2 and 3 year-old white face cows are grazing this new Bermuda planting at this date and it is carrying them. Mr. Mabry plans to overseed the field in the fall of 1955 with big hop clover when the field is well established with underground root stolons. He plans to overseed fall swon vetch and small grain to maintain soil fertility and for supplemental pasture. One ton of lime per acre was applied to improve legume growth.

Photograph of planted May 2, 1955. 26 acre field of common bermuda grass established by planting 2 lobs of hulled bermuda grass seed with 100 lbs 10-20-10 fertilizer per acre in shallow furrows on a well prepared cultipacked seedbed (7-OH-B-3-III). Two months after seeding date, Mr. Mabry reports 26 head of 2 and 3 year-old white face cows are grazing this new bermuda planting at this date and it is carrying them. Mr. Mabry plans to overseed the field in the fall of 1955 with big hop clover. When the field is well established with underground root stolons he plans to overseed fall sown vetch and small grain to maintain soil fertility and for supplemental pasture. One ton of lime per acre was applied to improve legume growth.

Photograph of open range country, Quachita problem area in soil conservation. There is little hope for a conservation program for this area so long as it is unfenced and subject to uncontrolled fire and grazing. OK_72-11.