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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
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
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
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
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of a John Bean power sprayer equipped to make basal-bark applications on brush and trees. The person in the picture is Harry M. Elwell, Research Agronomist for Field Crop Research, US Department of Agriculture [USDA], located at the Red Plains Conservation Experiment Station, Guthrie, OK. OK-11-10.
Date:
March 1, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of a typical view of brush and tree cover often occupying the site that will produce good grass with proper herbicidal treatment. OK-11-9.
Date:
March 1, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fruit and Vegetable Cultivation
Photograph of Nolan Denton, Work Unit Conservationist [WUC], Muskogee, Oklahoma, checking “tall corn” on Class I land, Soil Unit 4 BO. This corn following 2 years of fescues, has soil in excellent physical condition. OK-70-10.
Date:
July 1, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fruit and Vegetable Cultivation
Photograph of Nolan Denton, Work Unit Conservationist [WUC], Muskogee, Oklahoma, checking “tall corn” on Class I land, Soil Unit 4 BO. This corn following 2 years of fescues, has soil in excellent physical condition. OK-70-10.
Date:
July 1, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fruit and Vegetable Cultivation
Photograph of Nolan Denton, WUC, discusses soil management program with Fred Metzger for Soil Unit 8H BO, Class I. Early hybrid corn following soybeans for seed. Rotation includes alfalfa, corn, soybeans, cotton, wheat and vetch. It looked like up to a 50 to 60 bushel yield at hard roasting ear stage after a very dry season. Metzger is a strong believer in soil improving crops. OK-70-9.
Date:
July 1, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of Dr. J.O. Lynd (left), Agronomy Department, Oklahoma A&M College [i.e., Oklahoma State University] and George N. Lowe, Work Unit Conservationist {WUC], discussing 8 weeks growth of Bermuda grass from seed. This field was native grass in the stand. A clean, firm seedbed was prepared by plowing, discing and harrowing, then with the roots planted with an automatic planter followed by section harrow. 100 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer was applied with the roots. Roots were planted in May and June. On July 8, 9 and 10, Bermuda grass seed was planted at the rate of 2 pounds per acre, with an EZ-Flow plow, using attachment and press whells. The field was not pastured prior to making the picture on 9-1-1955. OK-139-7.
Date:
September 1, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of basal-bark application using 2-3/4 gallons of a low volatile 2-4-5-T herbicide ester (4 pounds acid per gallon of material used) in 100 gallons of diesel oil. The spray is being applied so as to completely encircle and wet to the point of creating run-off onto the soil the lower 12 inches of each plant. The equipment used was a John Bean power sprayer. The brush and trees were blackjack, post and white oak, hickory, elm, persimmon and dogwood.
Date:
March 1, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Livestock
Photograph of a mule. This beast of burden, although scarce in most sections of Oklahoma, still figures in the economy of the hill country. In the application of a conservation program, a farm planner often must change his thinking from a tractor-operated farm to one in which this animal and his offspring will be used. OK-139-9.
Date:
September 1, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of a typical view of brush and tree cover often occupying a site that will produce good grass with proper herbicidal treatment. OK-11-9.
Date:
March 1, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of basal-bark application using 2¾ gallon of a low-volatile 2-4-5T ester (4 pounds acid per gallon of material used) in 100 gallons of diesel oil. The spray is applied so as to completely encircle and wet the lower 12 inches of each plant even to the point of run-off onto the soil. The equipment used was a John Bean-powered sprayer. The brush and trees were blackjack, post and white oak, hickory, elm, persimmon and dogwood. OK-11-7.
Date:
March 1, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Delbert Inman
Photograph of Delbert Inman watching his cattle graze in a Bermuda pasture.
Date:
November 1, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, Maurice D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Ross Faudree, Dr. C. Q. Lynd and Bo McAlister
Photograph of land owner Ross Faudree (left), Dr. C. Q. Lynd, Agronomy Department, Oklahoma A & M College, and Bo McAlister, WUC Atoka, OK (right) inspecting Bermuda grass.
Date:
September 1, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, Maurice D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cordis Martin and Dr. C. Q. Lynd
Photograph of ranch owner Cordis Martin (left) and Dr. C. Q. Lynd, Agronomy Department, Oklahoma A & M College (left inspecting Bermuda grass.
Date:
September 1, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, Maurice D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fishing on Sandstone Creek Watershed Detention Reservoirs
Photograph of Chris Fowler fishing in one of the 24 detention reservoirs in the Sandstone Creek Watershed area. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Clarence Fowler, rancher on Sandstone fishing in one of the 24 detention reservoirs on Sandstone. Prior to construction of the detention reservoirs it was several miles to good fishing waters."
Date:
September 1, 1955
Creator:
Whittington, Fred L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Clarence Fowler with Fish Caught From One of the Twenty-four Detention Reservoirs
Photograph of "Clarence Fowler, rancher, Cheyenne, Oklahoma, with string of fish caught out of one of the 24 detention reservoirs on Sandstone Watershed."
Date:
September 1, 1955
Creator:
Whittington, Fred L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of a farmstead windbreak at Clarence Baden Farm. The windbreak was set out in the Spring of 1955. OK-122-10.
Date:
August 1, 1955
Creator:
Pyron, Thurman
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of the H.C. Wright Farm with a John Bean power sprayer equipped to make basal bark applications on brush and trees. The person shown is Harry M. Elwell, Research Agronomist for Field Crop Research, USDA, located at the Red Plains Conservation Experiment Station, Guthrie, Oklahoma. OK-11-10.
Date:
March 1, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of basal-bark application using 2¾ gallon of a low-volatile 2-4-5T ester (4 pounds acid per gallon of material used) in 100 gallons of diesel oil. The spray is applied so as to completely encircle and wet the lower 12 inches of each plant even to the point of run-off onto the soil. The equipment used was a John Bean-powered sprayer. The brush and trees were blackjack, post and white oak, hickory, elm, persimmon and dogwood. OK-11-8.
Date:
March 1, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of basal-bark application using 2¾ gallon of a low-volatile 2-4-5T ester (consisting of 4 pounds acid per gallon of material used) in a solution of 100 gallons of diesel oil. The spray is being applied so as to completely encircle the lower 12 inches of each plant and wet them to the point of runoff onto the soil. The equipment used was a John Bean-powered sprayer. The brush and trees were blackjack, post, white oak, hickory, elm, persimmon and dogwood. OK-11-7.
Date:
March 1, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
New Field of Bermuda Grass
Photograph of a field of Bermuda grass planted March 12, 1955. 125 lbs per acre of 16-20-0 used at time of planting. Excellent stand and growth.
Date:
July 1, 1955
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History