Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of three self-propelled combines operating under contract to the Soil Conservation Service cutting Big and Little Bluestem and Indiangrass. Yields have run around 150 pounds of the mixture to the acre, with Big Bluestem predominant. John Diehm of Redrock is the owner-operator of the machines. OK-9732.
Date: October 8, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Jack Blue of Red Rock operates a combine harvesting bluestem grass seed. The sack of seed falling off the combine has been pushed by a second man who can't be seen in the picture because he stands immediately behind the sack. OK-9750.
Date: October 8, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Self-Propelled Combine Harvesting Big Bluestem on the T. J. Stockton Ranch

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man on a Massey-Harris self-propelled combine harvesting tall big bluestem grass. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Self-propelled combine going through tall big bluestem grass. Yields from this stand averaged better than 150 pounds to the acre. John Diehm of Red Rock is the owner of the machine. He operated under contract with the Soil Conservation Service."
Date: October 8, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History