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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
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
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
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
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
Wind, Wind Erosion, Sand Storms and Dunes
Photograph of wind erosion and revegetation range. Part of a 20 acre area of edward L. Brewer's ranch that was plowed and then blown out during the thirties, before Brewer owned the land. Cane will be planted left to grow until blowing area is stablized enough to plant grass. Will take from five to ten years. Left to right is Edward Brewer, his son, Glenn Brewer and John Bailey, Work Unit Conservationist [WUC] and the Soil Conservation Service [SCS], Guymon, Oklahoma. OK-607-11.
Date:
July 1, 1957
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of District-owned tree planter O.H. Raby and son, Paul Raby in the photo. Tree planter is used for planting field shelterbelts, home windbreaks in Greer County, Kiowa County, Johnson County, Harmon County, Tillman County, Beckham County, Washita County and Roger Mills County. OK-258-7.
Date:
May 1, 1956
Creator:
McBride, J. B.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of deep plowing for shinnery oak control. The right half of this picture shows the infestation of shinnery oak. The left half shows the result after being plowed 20 inches deep. Shinnery oak is completely turned under. The field is to be seeded to sudan grass in 1958 and rye in the fall for winter cover. Sorghum, cover will be established in 1959 for grass seeding. OK-658-7.
Date:
April 1, 1958
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of shinnery oak infested pasture. This pasture will be deep plowed in the spring of 1958. Established to native grasses. Shinnery oak has completely choked out native grasses. OK-658-10.
Date:
April 1, 1958
Creator:
unknown
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
Fruit and Vegetable Cultivation
Photograph of roots, leaves and seed heads of red plantains {USDA: redseed plantains*], one of several small plants called tallow weed. TX-46, 888. *https://plants.usda.gov/factsheet/pdf/fs_plrh.pdf
Date:
July 1, 1950
Creator:
Hart, James
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of a follow-up from photo TX 49-126A. The picture shows a homemade range pitter made from a one-way and mounted or a power lift [sic] of an Allis Chalmers tractor. The one-way had a 22 inch disc spruced 10 inches apart. Five inches were cut off one side. See pictures A, B, C, D, E, F and H. TX-49-126-G
Date:
May 1, 1954
Creator:
Reynolds, Franklin
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fruit and Vegetable Cultivation
Photograph of roots, leaves and seedheads of a red plantain, one of several small plants called tallow weed. TX-46, 888.
Date:
July 1, 1950
Creator:
Hart, James
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of native grasses that are properly managed on the Troy Maddox farm. Maddox says having more grass in his pasture than he needs is good security. He buys when the market is down and sells when the market is up because he always has plenty of grass. Its moisture is adequate; he always has plenty of small grain pasture also. OK-776-2.
Date:
November 1, 1958
Creator:
Rowlett, Olen
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of cows in a field; pasture improvement. Cattle grazing in areas that have been harvested for seed. These pastures were deferred during summer, harvested for grass seed, and will now be utilized for wintering purposes. OK-575-11.
Date:
November 1, 1957
Creator:
Elder, Arthur T.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of Glen Brewer overseeding badly depleted Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control under his Great Plains Conservation Program contract. The sagebrush has been treated with a one-way plow prior to seeding. An estimated 70-80% of the sagebrush was killed by the one-way plowing, leaving ample residue to protect the land from blowing and provide a firm seedbed for seeding grasses. OK-680-6.
Date:
May 1, 1958
Creator:
Elder, Arthur T.
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