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UNIDENTIFIED Man Mowing Contoured Pasture For Weed Control/Pryor Project
Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man with horse drawn equipment mowing a contour ridged pasture for weed control. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Mowing in a contour ridged pasture for weed control.”
Date:
July 1, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Contour Pasture
Photograph of contour pasture ridges with Bermuda grass on the ridges.
Date:
July 1, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Tree Planting
Photograph of Catalpa, locust, Osage, and mulberry trees on contour rows below a terraced field. These trees were planted in the spring of 1938 and have been cultivated twice. To be followed with later pictures.
Date:
July 1, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oil and Gasoline Safety
Photograph of a gasoline pump shed of the Wetumka African-American Soil Conservation Service Camp. The picture documents the safety measures taken by this particular camp for a special report. Note the various safety precautions that have been taken to make the storage of oil and gasoline safe: 1. Sand barrel with lid for fighting fires. 2. Shovel painted red hanging on the wall. 3. Breather pipe for gasoline tank extending through the roof. 4. Fire extinguisher available at all times 5. Warning signs. [OK ID # illegible].
Date:
November 1, 1937
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of a farm pond with a riprapped dam completely full of water, the excess of which is being carried off slowly by a solidly sodded Bermuda grass outlet. OK-6577.
Date:
July 1, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fence Row and Field Border
Photograph of a fence row and field border of sassafras, Rhus ambrosia, ulmus and chenopodium prior to winter grazing by farmer's livestock.
Date:
November 1, 1938
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Silting and Farm Pond
Photograph of a silting and farm pond. Both have rock riprapped earth dams.
Date:
July 1, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Shocked Barley
Photograph of shocked barley on the contour so that the strip can be planted to cowpeas.
Date:
July 1, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fence Row and Field Border
Photograph of a fence row and field border of sassafras, Rhus ambrosia, ulmus and chenopodium prior to winter grazing by farmer's livestock.
Date:
November 1, 1938
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of enrolles at a Watumka SCS camp reading a poster put up on the camp grounds in the interest of safety. It has been brought out that this type of reminder (that of placing them singly instead of in groups) helps promote safety to a greater degree. OK-5868.
Date:
November 1, 1937
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of a Civilian Conservation Corps [CCC] foreman using a copy of the Soil Conservation Service [SCS] cooperative agreement for on-the-job instruction to his enrollees. OK-6981.
Date:
December 1, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of contour pasture ridges planted with Bermuda grass. OK-6570.
Date:
July 1, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Civilian Conservation Corps
Photograph of the Soil Conservation Services Camp [SCS] in Wetumka, Oklahoma. All the trucks at the Wetumka SCS camp are equipped with steps made out of the side boards for loading and unloading. This picture was taken to illustrate the safety report telling of the various safety devices put into effect at the camp. OK-5872.
Date:
November 1, 1937
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Long View of Stripped Crop Area
Photograph of a long view of stripped crop area. Oats and wheat planted in rows.
Date:
July 1, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Strip Cropping
Photograph of a strip cropped area with wheat, oats, and sweet clover
Date:
July 1, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Newly Constructed Water Outlet
Photograph of a newly constructed terrace and outlet channel. Outlet has been planted with Bermuda roots for four weeks and handles excess from fifty acres.
Date:
July 1, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Bluestem Meadow Broken Out Into 100-foot Width Contour Strips For Cultivation/Pryor Project
Photograph of bluestem meadow broken out into 100-foot width contour strips for cultivation. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Bluestem meadow broken out into 100-foot width contour strips for cultivation. Ends were left in meadow for turn rows."
Date:
July 1, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of the Red Plains Experiment Station, Guthrie, OK. East farm gully control studies. 4 1/2 miles south of Guthrie, OK. Clumps or pedestals of soil held from ending by bluestream grass. OK-6915.
Date:
November 1, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Old Wooden Bridge to be Replaced by Fill and Drop Inlet/Elk City Project
Photograph of an old wooden bridge to be replaced by fill and drop inlet two miles south and 2 miles west of Elk City, Oklahoma. The back of the photograph proclaims, “2 miles south, 2 west of Elk City. County cooperative highway erosion control project. Old wood bridge is to be replaced by a fill and drop inlet. To be followed with later pictures.”
Date:
April 1, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Old Wooden Bridge to be Replaced by Fill and Drop Inlet/Elk City Project
Photograph of an old wooden bridge to be replaced by fill and drop inlet two miles south and 2 miles west of Elk City, Oklahoma. The back of the photograph proclaims, "2 miles south, 2 west of Elk City. County cooperative highway erosion control project. Old wood bridge is to be replaced by a fill and drop inlet. To be followed with later pictures."
Date:
April 1, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Future Drop Inlet Site Constructed By Country Cooperative Highway Control Project/Elk City Project
Photograph of a country cooperative highway control project, which two bridges, one in the foreground, and one hidden in the center background, replaced with a drop inlet structure. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Country cooperative highway erosion control project. These two bridges are to be replaced by a drop inlet structure. To be followed with later picture."
Date:
April 1, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
UNIDENTIFIED Man Mowing Contoured Pasture For Weed Control/Pryor Project
Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man with horse drawn equipment mowing a contour ridged pasture for weed control. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Mowing in a contour ridged pasture for weed control."
Date:
July 1, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History