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Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of a spreader ditch with masonry spreaders torn out by flood waters. Picture taken shortly after six inch rain fell in one night. Notice gullying in spreader and how the water flows out of the banks fo the ditch. OK-5142.
Date:
May 3, 1936
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of flood damage to a spreader ditch. Shows some bermuda grass stripping still in place and shows overfall at masonry spreader. Taken shortly aftersix inch rain fall in one night. OK-5136.
Date:
May 3, 1936
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of Soil Conservation Service technician Vernon Horn discusses planting native grass seed with Tom Knapp. OK-9916.
Date:
March 3, 1949
Creator:
Lowe, Sam D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of the fertilizing of a contour-cultivated field with the application of barnyard manure. OK-8705.
Date:
February 3, 1944
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of gully erosion. Seen here is waterway construction at the Sunshine Ranch, northwest of Sayre. OK-3469-6.
Date:
July 3, 1969
Creator:
Connally, B. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of Soil and Water Conservation Department [SWCD] equipement used in planting land to Sericea meadow. Soil and Conservation Service technicians aided the land owner to see the need for permanent cover on this soil. OK-1382-4.
Date:
July 3, 1961
Creator:
Ball, Lemuel
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of a water facilities pond that supplies water for the farmstead and livestock. The owner has hereford cattle. Basic grasses are midland Bermuda and cotton Bermuda. The pond is also stocked with fish. OK-1632-3.
Date:
March 3, 1962
Creator:
Bryan, Hugo
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of school forest girls peeling pine posts as part of the School Forest Harvest at Beachton, Oklahoma. The students pealed over 300 posts in the 1956 harvest, with some help from parents. OK-238-2.
Date:
April 3, 1965
Creator:
Hayes, Earl J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of heavy disc cutting clearing land to kill sprouts. Charley Connelly farm. OK-137-10.
Date:
August 3, 1955
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of a track tractor pulling a heavy plow. This is the second time over cleared land as a seed bed preparation. 7 inch disc cost $4.20 per acre. OK-137-9.
Date:
August 3, 1955
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Photograph of the Mount Pinchot Pasture. Apparent deer browsing has held the growth of a wild plum tree in check and permitted the increase in density of native mid- and tall grasses. South end of the Fullingim Flat. Arthur F. Halloran, Wildlife Management Biologist is shown in the photograph. OK-1899-11.
Date:
April 3, 1963
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of grasses. Follow-up of OK-1000-12. Native grass seeding on complex. OK-1467-2.
Date:
September 3, 1961
Creator:
Hager, P. E.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of land clearance and shrub control. Follow-up of OK-1002-3. Land cleared with a saw and later sprayed. OK-1467-7.
Date:
September 3, 1961
Creator:
Hager, P. E.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of land clearance and brush control. Follow up of 1002-2. Brush sprayed with 2-4-5T herbicide in 1954. OK-1467-6.
Date:
September 3, 1961
Creator:
Hager, P. E.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of grasses. Follow-up of OK-1000-9. Native grass seeding made in 1954. This is the first year out of a CR [cost reimbursement] contract. OK-1466-11.
Date:
September 3, 1961
Creator:
Hager, P. E.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of land clearing. Frilly and treating the large trees with 2-4-5-T herbicide (Basal Bark Treatment) as a part of the land clearing job on approximately 100 acres of Loamy Bottomland Site in poor condition. The smaller brush will be cleared with a bulldozer and then sprigged to Bermudagrass. OK-1263-5.
Date:
February 3, 1961
Creator:
Chance, R. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of trees for wind protection. Cross-sectional view of two year-old planting of Chinese Elm and Red Cedar. Shows staggered setting of trees to prevent wind from blowing through shelter belt. When trees mature the wind in its entirety will be sealed out. OK-306-8.
Date:
July 3, 1956
Creator:
Baggett, Beryl
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of tree planting for the protection of farm building. This is a two-year-old tree planting. Trees are adequately spaced and rows are spaced to give sufficient distance for cultivation for three years. Species used are Chinese Elm and Red Cedar, the latter planted on the north side. OK-306-9.
Date:
July 3, 1956
Creator:
Baggett, Beryl
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of bundled pine posts which have been peeled and are now ready to go to the treating [unclear]. OK-1748-12.
Date:
July 3, 1962
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of a stack of wood ready to be made into charcoal. Many farmers are clearing pastures and woodlands and getting paid for the undesirable hardwoods they remove from their land. OK-1748-4.
Date:
July 3, 1962
Creator:
Smola, Norman
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of crop residue management. Discing down crop stubble and incorporating it into the top soil to reduce evaporation and runoff. Soil Conservation program began in 1948. OK-308-3.
Date:
July 3, 1956
Creator:
Baggett, Beryl
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of a grassed waterway. This waterway was constructed in February, 1956 and was sprigged to Bermuda grass on March 14, 1956. A very successful stand of Bermuda was established. Fanchier was assisted by the Soil Conservation Service’s in-planning program. OK-306-7.
Date:
July 3, 1956
Creator:
Baggett, Beryl
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of a track tractor pulling a heavy disc plow. Second time over cleared land as a seed bed preparation. 7 inch disc cost $4.20 per acre. OK-137-9.
Date:
August 3, 1955
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of brush control by chemicals. Where selective chemicals are properly used the land cover is not destroyed and erosion is controlled. Leaves, twigs and stems of Black-jack and other oak brush is sprayed with a mixture of 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T herbicide all accumulated in a mulch on the soil. There was an average of 7,593 pounds per acre of litter two years after the treatment. This mulch conserves the water and makes conditions ideal for the growth of grass. The area on the left was not treated while the area on the right was. The grass is more effective for erosion and flood control than the original cover of brush and grass. There was a 45% reduction in water run off annually from good grass on the altered land than from the adjacent area of brushland. OK-79, 441.
Date:
September 3, 1949
Creator:
Postlethwaite, Hermann
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History