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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

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

Kenneth Yoakum and Bill Byman Discussing Sweetclover as a Soil Preservation Crop

Photograph of SCS technician Kenneth Yoakum and Bill Byman standing in a field and discussing sweetclover as a soil preservation crop. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Bill Byman, 2. Kenneth Yoakum. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Kenneth Yoakum, SCS technician, & Bill Byman discussing sweetclover as a soil preservation crop. There were no breaks in the 30 ac. of clover – all other terraces broke where land was clean tilled. 5” rain. Clover seed 1948. 1200 lbs. 20% superphosphate applied. Seed […]. Plans to harvest seed crop & row remainder of farm.”
Date: July 1, 1949
Creator: Lowe, S. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Field of Suiter Fescue

Photograph of “Suiter fescue (Kentucky 31 fescue) planted at 15 lbs. per acre with 5 lbs. alfalfa and 4 lbs. red clover in Oct. 1949.” A small farmstead and windmills are visible in the distant background.
Date: July 1, 1950
Creator: Rechenthin, C. A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

George Lowe and Dr. C. Q. Lynd

Photograph of Dr. C. Q. Lynd, Agronomy Department, Oklahoma A & M College (left) and George Lowe, WUC McAlester, OK (right) inspecting Bermuda grass on the Dowdy and Clauswitz Farm.
Date: September 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

Dr. C. Q. Lynd and Vincent Garner

Photograph of Dr. C. Q. Lynd, Agronomy Department, Oklahoma A & M College (left) and Vincent Garner, WUC Antlers, OK (right) inspecting Bermuda grass.
Date: September 1, 1955
Creator: Gamble, Maurice D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

George Lowe, Dr. C. Q. Lynd and Bo McAlister

Photograph of George Lowe, WUC McAlester, OK (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

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

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

Fescue

Photograph of fescue plants.
Date: April 1, 1951
Creator: Hodson, Edgar A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Suitor fescue. Planting made during the latter part of September 1947. Fifty pounds of seed were furnished by the Soil Conservation Service with five acres planted. No. 6 soil. About 200 pounds of 3-9-18 fertilizer were used on the five acres. Approximately 200 pounds of seed were harvested in the summer of 1948. It is believed that twice as much seed would have been harvested had it not been for a heavy rain two days before the harvest. AR-61-224.
Date: May 1, 1905
Creator: Hodson, Edgar A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a grass seed harvest. Ed Rowley, Soil Conservation Service [SCS] business manager and assistant sacking and weighing grass seed on the District warehouse. OK-575-3.
Date: November 1, 1957
Creator: Elder, Tom
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a seed harvest. A district employee is 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. OK-575-6.
Date: November 1, 1957
Creator: Elder, Tom
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a seed harvest. District employee cleaning switchgrass seed in a District warehouse. Also shown is part of the many thousands of pounds of switchgrass already cleaned and sacked ready for distribution. OK-575-2.
Date: November 1, 1957
Creator: Elder, Tom
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of King Ranch Bluestem planted in April 1947. Harvest second seed crop October 22, 1948; first harvest took place on June 1, 1948. 35 acre block. TX-44, 826.
Date: May 1, 1905
Creator: Grazier, Phil.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of floods. The flooding of hundreds of acres of farmland and houses in the lowland. OK-910-9.
Date: 1959-10-01/1959-10-03
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Fred Wunderlich observing his [unclear] that was fertilized, sprayed 6 times and defoliated. Member of the Board of Supervisors. OK-1495-8.
Date: November 1, 1961
Creator: Wall, R. N.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of floods. Hundreds of acres of farmland and homes in the lowland are flooded. OK-910-9.
Date: 1959-10-01/1959-10-03
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Barnitz Creek Watershed, Site # 52. Paul R. Moody, contractor cutting ditch for toe lateral drain. Into the ditch will go gravel filter and perforated pipe for maintaining a low water table at the bank toe of the dam. Shown: 1. Backhoe used in ditiching; 2. Checking grade; 3. Spillway in background.Paul R. Moody on backhoe; Mr. Baker with rod; Paul G. Moody with hand level. OK-66-9.
Date: September 1, 1955
Creator: Matthews, James
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

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of hybrid field corn growing on Minco silt loam soil type nearly level Class I land. For use in Jefferson County Soil Survey Report. OK-1466-3.
Date: August 1, 1961
Creator: Hager, P. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of [unclear] field. Erosion on freshly plowed field after a 3-inch rain. OK-892-2.
Date: July 1, 1959
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History