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Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of Art Hanes, member of the Board of supervisors of Rogers Soil Conservation District with Brillion cultipacker seeder. OK-197-8.
Date:
December 6, 1955
Creator:
Moreland, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of Griffin water and tool truck. OK-584-7.
Date:
December 6, 1957
Creator:
Brune, Gunner M.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wind, Wind Erosion, Sand Storms and Dunes
Photograph showing wind carrying silt onto a clean, cultivated field. Notice how the wind picks up the soil and carries it higher the further it travels. Also notice that the soil is not picked up until the wind has had a chance to gather momentum close to the ground. The soil in the foreground is not being carried as the end of the field is near, and the fence and vegetation act as a windbreak. This wind erosion is a serious problem in western Oklahoma, Kansas and southwestern Nebraska. OK-5123.
Date:
May 6, 1936
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of detail and working views of a contour furrowing plow developed at Garber Camp. The first moldboard opens a shallow furrow which is deepened by the following moldboard. OK-6456.
Date:
May 6, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wind, Wind Erosion, Sand Storms and Dunes
Photograph of wind carrying silt on a clean, cultivated field. Notice how the wind picks up the soil and carries it higher the farther it goes. Also notice that the soil is not picked up until the wind has a chance to gather momentum close to the ground. The soil in the foreground is not being carried as the end of the field is near, and the fence and vagetation act as a windbreak. This wind erosion is aserious problem in western Oklahoma, Kansas and Southwestern Nebraska. OK-5123.
Date:
March 6, 1936
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Lead-Zinc Mining--Wind Erosion
Photograph of the Eagle-Pichers Mine area, at Picher, Oklahoma. Showing slimes ponds and chat piles. North view from roadway showing well-established vagetation on active slimes pond dam in Commerce, Oklahoma.. The principal grass is Bermuda. Chat pile in the background. OK-2769-7.
Date:
July 6, 1967
Creator:
Bennett, K. C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of improvement cutting. In any improvement cut on abused pineland numerous hardwood trees must be eliminated. Cross ties are common hardwood products. Eagletown has been a forest community for over 130 years. It is Oklahoma's oldest commonly operated post office. OK-775-2.
Date:
October 6, 1958
Creator:
Hayes, Earl J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of Sargeant Major Creek and watershed area. Site 3, showing rock core. Station 0+00 [unclear] dam. OK-217-7.
Date:
March 6, 1956
Creator:
Ritchey & Blackletter.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Lead-Zinc Mining--Slimes Pond and Chat Piles
Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, Picher, Oklahoma. North view from roadway showing well-established vegetation on active slimes pond dam. The principal grass grown is Bermuda. A chat pile [i.e., waste rock from lead-zinc mining containing lead-contaminated dust] is in the background. OK-2769-7.
Date:
July 6, 1967
Creator:
Bennett, K. C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of bulldozer attachment—a saw blade. From the K. P. Larsh Ranch-owned saw-dozer, with the blade operated at ground level. OK-2474-5.
Date:
January 6, 1966
Creator:
Stidham, Neal
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of brush control. Conservation aid, Jesse Nail, showing the fins on a root plow. These fins are set at a 45 degree angle to the blade to pull up roots of brush and to produce the turbulence necessary for seedbed preparation. The fins have a large share of the effectiveness of the operation. TX-602-9.
Date:
December 6, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of sprinkler irrigation. The sprinkler irrigation system in operation on pre-irrigated land for cotton growing. This farm is in a low rainfall area and some irrigation is needed to work out a good soil and water conservation plan for most types of farming. Class II land, 2% slope, Soil Unit # 7. TX-273-10.
Date:
February 6, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph ofa loblolly pine tree 26 inches in diameter and [illegible] high. It's the "mother tree" to 6 area pines on this farm. In 1955, the surounding seedlings were about post [?] size. OK-[?]29-4
Date:
August 6, 1959
Creator:
M. H. Conine
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of 4 rows of crotolaria for wind erosion control and soil improvement alternating with 8 rows of peanuts. Mr. J.R. Grydor, father of J.W. Grydor, examines the crotolaria seed crop. TX-41-307.
Date:
October 6, 1943
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of the harvesting of little bluestem grass seed on land sprayed for shinnery oak [i.e., Quercus havardii, a low-growing, thicket-forming shrub with livestock-toxic leaves and buds]in 1958-1959. Not sprayed in 1960 due to late killing frost. 1959 seed yield was 70 pounds per acre. Dr. Sneed is a participant of the GPCP [= Great Plains Conservation Project]. OK-983-3.
Date:
October 6, 1960
Creator:
Bryan, Hugo
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of open range country, Quachita problem area in soil conservation. There is little hope for a conservation program for this area so long as it is unfenced and subject to uncontrolled fire and grazing. OK_72-11.
Date:
July 6, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Contour Farming
Photograph of wind and water erosion control on peanut field. Contour strip crops of soy beans (4 rows wide) with 8 rows of peanuts in intervals. Peanuts have been dug and lay in shanks for curing. TX-41, 844.
Date:
October 6, 1944
Creator:
Webb, Gordon
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of Big Bend National Park, showing a part of the Tornillo Flats, where pitting was done last winter in strips. Where the pits are, they caught 2.4 inches of rain and was absorbed into the ground. A thick cover of annuals resulted, mostly 6-week grama, with some seedlings of perennials that were seeded following pitting. The strips not pitted are badly crusted and almost no water penetrated the soil. The area is almost bare. TX-48-176.
Date:
August 6, 1952
Creator:
Rechenthin, C. A.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of Bermuda grass at the A.G. Mabry Ranch. Planted on May 2, 1955. A 26 acre field of common Bermuda grass established by planting 2 pounds of hulled Bermuda grass seed with 100 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer per acre in shallow furrows on a wall prepared cultipacked** seedbed (See 7-OH-B-3-III). Two months after seeding date, Mr. Mabry reports 26 head of 2 and 3 year-old white face cows are grazing this new Bermuda planting at this date and it is carrying them. Mr. Mabry plans to overseed the field in the fall of 1955 with big hop clover. When the field is well established with underground root stolons, he plans to overseed fall-sown vetch and small grain to maintain soil fertility and for supplemental pasture. One ton of lime per acre was applied to improve legume growth. OK-72-5. **referring to the use of a cultipacker, that roller-comprised piece of agricultural equipment that establishes a smooth seedbed for planting by breaking down dirt clods, air bubbles and small stones.
Date:
July 6, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of tame pastures improvement. Abandoned cropland field being planted to Bermuda grass using a two-automatic planter. Fertilizer is applied at the time of planting. The Bermuda grass will be overseeded with legumes. OK-540-3.
Date:
August 6, 1957
Creator:
Lowe, George
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of the A.G. Mabry Ranch. Planted on May 2, 1955, a 26 acre field of common Bermuda grass established by planting 2 pounds of hulled Bermuda grass seed with 100 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer per acre in shallow furrows on a well-prepared cultipacked seedbed (7-OH-B-3-III). Two months after seeding date, Mr. Mabry reports 26 head of 2- and 3-year old white face cows are grazing this new Bermuda planting at this date and it is carrying them. Mr. Mabry plans to overseed the field in the fall of 1955 with big hop clover. When the field is well established with underground root stolons, he plans to overseed fall sown vetch and small grain to maintain soil fertility and for supplemental pasture. One ton of line per acre was applied to improve legume growth. OK-72-5.
Date:
July 6, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of pasture improvement. After sodding to Bermuda grass and seeding in between and furrows with Biennial White Sweet Clover for temporary pasture. Bell Clay soil. 5% slope. More than 75% of the topsoil was removed. Frequent gullies. TX-50, 078-D.
Date:
May 6, 1938
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of the Renner Research Station, Renner, Texas [now a part of Dallas, annexed in the 1970s]. B. D. Blakely, Head Agronomist, Washington D.C. and D. G. Craig, Southern Great Plains Agronomist, Fort Worth, Texas, in an oat field on the Renner Research Station. TX-307-2.
Date:
March 6, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of the seeding of native pasture. A group of southern Great Plains agronomists on a tour of the Renner Research Station, reviewing results of a seeding of native pasture of El Reno Sideoats Grama and King Ranch Bluestem. Cost of fertilizer, seed and planting was $30.00 per acre. This pasture was two-years old at the time of the photo. TX-306-8.
Date:
March 6, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History