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Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Bob Moore of Edna, Kansas, a temporary Employee of the Soil Conservation Service, spreads bluestem seed out to dry on the floor of the airport hanger in Coffeyville, Kansas. All this seed was cut in the vicinity of Nowata, Oklahoma. It had to dry several days before it could be stored permanently in sacks. OK-9735.
Date: October 8, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of Darrell Grissom, left, of Waurika, Oklahoma, Soil Conservation service agronomist in charge of the bluestem harvest near Nomata, Oklahoma, works with Bob Moore of Edna, Kansas, temporary Soil Conservation Service employee, to spread bluestorm grass seed out to dry. A hanger at the Coffeyville Airport, Coffeyville, Kansas, was used as a drying space. OK-9735.
Date: October 8, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Coffeyville, Kansas Airplane Hangar Used For Bluestem Grass Seed Storage

Photograph of a "Hanger [sic] at Coffeyville being used by the Soil Conservation Service to store seed of bluestem grasses harvested in Northeastern Oklahoma."
Date: October 8, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Bob Moore Spreading Bluestem Seeds to Dry

Photograph of Bob Moore spreading bluestem seed out to dry. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Bob Moore of Edna, Kansas, a temporary employe [sic] of the Soil Conservation Service, spreads bluestem seed out to dry on the floor of the airport hanger [sic] at Coffeyville. All this seed was out in the vicinity of Nowata, Oklahoma. It had to dry several days before it could be stored permanently in sacks."
Date: October 8, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History