Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Photograph of hardwood control. Notice that hardwood has disappeared. Pine is 10 feet tall from just 2 feet two years ago in Picture A. Dugan followd plan of SCS technicians on 1700 acres of similar hardwood infested pine. OK-10-888A1
Date: July 6, 1956
Creator: Hayes, Earl J.
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

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

Kudzu

Photograph of Kudzu at roadside. Planted by CCC boys in 1939. This Japanese plant is famous in the south for controlling gullies and steep land. It High in protein it is excellent forage.
Date: August 6, 1959
Creator: Hayes, Earl J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Recreation and Wildlife, String of Largemouth Bass

Photograph of Nickey J. Lambeth with a string of Largemouth Black Bass caught in less than three hours from an upstream flood control structure. Largest three weighed 16 3/4 pounds.
Date: October 6, 1971
Creator: Foster, Dean
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fishpond Management

Photograph of channel catfish fingerlings being delivered to Little River Conservation District cooperators through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Date: June 6, 1971
Creator: Lambeth, Nickey J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soils

Photograph of a young pine planting on Kullit fine sandy loam.
Date: January 6, 1971
Creator: Smola, Norman
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pine Planting Operation

Photograph of a pine planting operation. Don Coffey (left) and Larry Williamson (right) doing the planting.
Date: December 6, 1972
Creator: Mathiews, Jerry W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soils, Harvesting Cotton

Photograph of harvesting cotton on the Tom Deberry farm. Soil is 9x Idabell very fine sandy loam.
Date: November 6, 1969
Creator: Reasoner, Robert C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pine Seedling Planting

Photograph of Curtis Cowell and Don Pritchett planting pine seedlings.
Date: January 6, 1972
Creator: Potter, James H.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History