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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

Clean Tilled Field, No Snow

Photograph of a clean tilled field that did not hold blowing snow.
Date: April 1, 1968
Creator: Mathiews, Jerry
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Bailing Native Grass Hay

Photograph of bailing native grass hay on A. A. Walker farm. Cutting native grass around last of June and first of July to improve native grass.
Date: July 1, 1955
Creator: unknown
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

Checking Tall Corn

Photograph of Nolan Denton, WUC, Muskogee, Oklahoma, checking "tall corn" - Class I land, Soil Unit 4 BO. This corn following 2 years of fescue, soil is in excellent physical condition.
Date: July 1, 1955
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pasture Improvement

Photograph of cattle grazing in areas that have been harvested for seed. These pastures were deferred during summer, harvested for grass seed, and now will be utilized for wintering purposes.
Date: November 1, 1957
Creator: Elder, Arthur T.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Seed Harvest (2)

Photograph of a district employee turning grass seed as part of the curing process. This area is located beneath the grandstand at the City Park and one of the many such areas leased by the District for this purpose.
Date: November 1, 1957
Creator: Elder, Arthur T.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Seed Harvest Cleaning Switchgrass

Photograph of District employee cleaning Switchgrass seed in District warehouse. Also shown is part of the many thousands of pounds of Switchgrass already cleaned and sacked ready for distribution.
Date: November 1, 1957
Creator: Elder, Arthur T.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Damage to Site 26 Wildhorse Creek

Photograph of Washita watershed, damage to front slope of Site 26 Wildhorse Creek Watershed. Dam runs almost due east and west. Part of slope was rip-rapped with rock from spillway but rock lacked about 6 feet being high enough to prevent this damage. SCS plans to repair this damage.
Date: July 1, 1961
Creator: Brown, Bob R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Gowan Clay Loam

Photograph of Gowan Clay Loam, small bottom showing the size of many of these areas of soil. Pecan tree is typical.
Date: November 1, 1960
Creator: Maxwell, A. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fishing in Sandstone Watershed

Photograph of Clarence Fowler and Warren Whittington fishing in one of the 24 detention reservoirs on Sandstone Watershed.
Date: September 1, 1955
Creator: Whittington, Fred L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Owl Creek Watershed Site 1

Photograph of placing dirt with dozer. Repairing wave action damage. Earl Bachman contractor.
Date: July 1, 1956
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Tall Corn Field

Photograph of Nolan Benton, WUC, Muskogee, Oklahoma, checking "tall corn" Class I land, Soil Unit is 4 BO. This corn following 2 years of fescue, soil is in excellent physical condition.
Date: July 1, 1955
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass Seed Harvest

Photograph of Ed Rowley, SCS business manager, and assistant sacking and weighing grass seed in the District warehouse.
Date: November 1, 1957
Creator: Elder, Arthur T.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Inundation Studies

Photograph of the east view of site where water impoundment plots will be constucted to study inundation tolerance of selected vegetation as related to watershed treatment. Location-southesat of Lake Chickasha; Sec. 22, R9W, T8N, Soil-Reddish Prairie, virgin rangeland, Noble loam, slope 7%, erosion 1, Class IV. This study is in response to SCS research needs. Work is under the supervision of Edd D. Rhoades, Agricultural Engineer, ARS-SWC.
Date: April 1, 1960
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stubble Mulch Tillage

Photograph of Mr. Watson checking heavy stubble following drilling operations with a 12" spaced semi-deep furrow drill.
Date: December 1, 1971
Creator: Searcy, William R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Seed Harvest Grandstand Storage

Photograph of a district employee turning grass seed as part of the curing process. This area is located beneath the grandstand at the City Park and one of the many such areas leased by the District for this purpose.
Date: November 1, 1957
Creator: Elder, A. T.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Four Mile Creek, El Reno

Photograph of Four Mile Creek, side drain of Frank Knight Park--Woodson Street to Rogers Street before construction. OK-4422-4.
Date: October 1, 1971
Creator: Bullen, Elza C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of harvesting little bluestem. Tract reseeded in 1944. Wendell Campbell operating his combine. OK-9790.
Date: October 1, 1948
Creator: Elder, Tom
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Education Information--Displays

Photograph of Oklahoma small watershed display. OK-3972-15.
Date: October 1, 1970
Creator: Croom, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of overhead water that has caused severe erosion in the nature drain on this farm. It will be shaped into a waterway and sprigged to bermuda grass. When the grass becomes established it will also serve as outlets for terraces to be constructed later. OK-1224-5.
Date: November 1, 1960
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a view of VII-25c-Oh land which was changed from a non-productive pasture to a lush pasture within 120 days. Brush was removed, pond constructed, and NK-37 Bermuda grass was seeded, fertilized and overseeded with Kobe longgrass. Floyd Ramsey, SCS aide and W.J. Fowler are discussing the conservation practices applied. Ramsey is ranch manager. OK-928-10.
Date: September 1, 1959
Creator: Eaton, J. L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Photograph of tree planting. Jim Thompson, Le Flore County Soil Conservation District [SCD] employee, planting Black Locust trees with dibble bar. Bill Mccain, left, Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Department, furnished plantings for wildlife cover. Parks Harlan constructed the fences and furrowed the rows. OK-1072-11.
Date: February 1, 1960
Creator: Turney, Douglas
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History