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Diamond Bar Ranch Calves and Pasture Management

Photograph of numerous calves on the Diamond Bar Ranch waiting in pens. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Calves being weighed on the Diamond Bar Ranch before being shipped to feed lots.”
Date: August 4, 1972
Creator: Price, Neil M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Burn Recovery Area

Photograph of increased growth of switchgrass compared to earlier photos. This area was burned in August 1963. Switchgrass which spreads by rhyzomes was less damaged than bunch type grasses.
Date: April 4, 1968
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wood Products

Photograph of charcoaled wood from culled hardwoods. Many acres of LeFlore county soils are covered with cull hardwoods. Where the soil is well suited to tame pasture production, many land owners are removing the cull hardwoods in order to establish the area to improve pasture plants. By charcoaling the cull hardwoods a usable product is secured and a help in the cost of pasture development is realized.
Date: February 4, 1966
Creator: Ball, Lemuel
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Recovery From Fire

Photograph of grass recovery from August, 1963 fire. An increase in little bluestem, sand dropseed and fingedleaf paspalum is noted. Area north of cedar grove east of Meers Gate.
Date: April 4, 1968
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

SCS Staff Photo, Seminole SCD

Photograph of the SCS Staff, names unknown.
Date: May 4, 1955
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Improved Range

Photograph of a heavily timbered area that was in poor range condition. Early June 1955 tow pounds of Kuron (propionic acid) per acre was applied by aero plane. All vegetative growth of shrubs and trees was controlled on 90 % of the shrubs and trees. A definitive percentage of tree kill could not be determined at this time but a tremendous growth of primarily little bluestem can be observed even directly underneath the trees. An excellent seed crop was produced by this area which was completely deferred from grazing during 1955. Soil Unit 12-RP is the prevailing soil type.
Date: November 4, 1955
Creator: Martin, J. Vernon
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Red Shale Hills Site in Poor Condition

Photograph of the Red Shale Hills site (soil unit 24-RR) in poor condition, cover mainly of threeawn and weeds amounting to 1800 lb. per acre. The grass clumps are conspicuously tussocked by erosion of the exposed areas between.
Date: November 4, 1949
Creator: Osborn, Ben O.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Detention Reservoir Runoff

Photograph of Permanent pool 23 acres surface area takin 1. 6 inches of runoff. Flood poll 77 acres surface are taking 5. 7 inches runoff. Discharge 10 cubic feet per second per square mile of drainage area. Reservoir is shown here nearing completion. This is a view of the up-stream face of the dam upper Washita.
Date: October 4, 1950
Creator: Davis, David O.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Gully at Sandstone Creek

Photograph of head of active gully typical of many that dreain into Sandstone Creek. Note mass of earth that slipped into the gully a day or so before the picture was taken. Gullies like this contribute tremendous amounts of sediment and flood water to the streams below.
Date: October 4, 1950
Creator: Davis, David O.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita Watershed Wildhorse Creek Sub-Watershed

Photograph of flood prevention structure. Placing crushed stone around 18' corr. sh. mt. pipe in preparation for grouting to form working platform under municipal structure.
Date: December 4, 1956
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita Watershed Wildhorse Creek Sub-Watershed

Photograph of flood prevention structure. Placing crushed stone around 18' corr. sh. mt. pipe in preparation for grouting working platform under the municipal structure.
Date: December 4, 1956
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wildhorse Watershed Waterway

Photograph of waterway. This gully was a critical silt source area on the flood plain of Wildhorse Watershed. Gully was shaped into a watersay and a pond was built at the head of it with a pipe in it (Ok-14131-3 & 4). Waterway will be needed this fall and sprigged with rows 18' apart, and fertilized. Soil is 7s-C-13.
Date: August 4, 1961
Creator: Cummins, Patrick L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita Watershed

Photograph of people fishing from McCubbins Creek bridge which is on the county road onnorth side of Lake Humphreys. This bridge is across a reach of the lake.
Date: July 4, 1962
Creator: Brown, Bob R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita Watershed

Photograph of people fishing from McCubbins Creek bridge which is on the county road onnorth side of Lake Humphreys. This bridge is across a reach of the lake.
Date: July 4, 1962
Creator: Brown, Bob R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sandstone Creek Upper Washita

Photograph of permant pool 23 acres surface area taking 1. 6 inches of runoff. Flood pool 77 acres surface area taking 5. 7 inches runoff. Discharge 10 cubic fee per second per square mile of drainage area. Reservoir is shown here nearing completion. This is a view of the downstream face of the dam. Discharge pipe is being laid at right, below the dam.
Date: October 4, 1950
Creator: Davis, David O.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Irrigation

Photograph of a 24" steel pipe to deliver water from Cache Creek to large elevated ditch on SCD Cooperators, Elmer Graham's 700 acres of irrigated land near Temple, Oklahoma. Pipe will carry 10,000 GPM.
Date: May 4, 1956
Creator: Woodward, Grant
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fescue Lodino Clover Pasture

Photograph of a Fescue-Ladino clover pasture planted in fall of 1956. Upland soil-5% slope, has produces and still producing excellent pasture. Lime-fertilized-managed.
Date: November 4, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Aerial Spraying

Photograph of a helicopter moving across a field. Note spray coming from the machine. Mr. Jack Castator started conservation program with the District in 1945. This field of alfalfa was fertilized according to recommendations made by Soil Conservation Service personnel.
Date: April 4, 1956
Creator: Hindman, F. G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of flood damage caused by overflow waters of Cottonwood Creek. Over 5 blocks of Highway # 33 in Guthrie, Oklahoma were covered by water for 12 hours, causing approx. 100 families to leave their houses. Enormous damage was done to crops, soils, highways and bridges and other public and private property. Buildings on the left belong to the Mid-Continental Petroleum Company and tracks of the railroad spur and yards in the background. OK-8327.
Date: May 4, 1941
Creator: Elwell, H. M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of an alfalfa-sweet clover drill. Front view of a specially-designed alfalfa-sweet clover drill. Push-type double disk openers (International) are spaced at 8 inches on a strong angle-iron frame. Small seed boxes (Planter Jr. Type) are used, which permits a much lower and controlled seeding rates. In this area much land is subject to blowing and it is necessary to seed in a trashy cover. This type of equipment gives excellent performance with excellent stands almost guaranteed. The cost of this type of drill is approximately $700. It is furnished to the District Cooperators on a rental basis of 50 cents per acre. The Greer County SCD has two of these drills available. They seeded over 1,000 acres each last planting season. OK-979-10.
Date: October 4, 1960
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a specially-constructed grader made from an old road maintainer. It has no front wheels and hitches to the tractor for frontal support. The grader and tractor are equipped with lights and is now working three eight-hour shifts a day. The graderfixed up in this way is very efficient. OK-5167.
Date: May 4, 1936
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of harvesting hay from sericea lespedeza planted April 16, 1942. First cutting made June 4, 1943, realizing 15 tons from 16 acres. OK-8566
Date: July 4, 1943
Creator: Smith, Byron T.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of workers hired to plant Bermuda grass. [Photo text too faded for legibility]. OK-5674.
Date: May 4, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of an unidentified man engaged in contour and terrace plowing. OK-8698.
Date: February 4, 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History