Aerial Shot of Large Area Which Adopted Soil Conservation Practices/Muskogee Project

Photograph of an aerial shot of a large area of land which Soil Conservation practices have been adopted. The back of the photograph proclaims, "3000 feet altitude in airplane. View of large areas of treated land upon which Soil Conservation practices have been adopted."
Date: May 8, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Aerial Shot of Large Area Which Adopted Soil Conservation Practices/Muskogee Project

Photograph of an aerial shot of treated land in which Soil Conservation practices have been adopted. Note the numerous houses and barns in the lower portion of the photograph and the various shelterbelts throughout this photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, "3000 feet altitude in airplane. Views of large areas of treated land upon which Soil Conservation practices have been adopted."
Date: May 8, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Dwight Howell 4-H Club Member with Wheat

Photograph of Dwight Howell, a 4-H Club member, Kay County, Okla. Standing in a field of contour drilled wheat. In 1937 Dwight make $90.00 from 2.5 acres of wheat planted on the contour. Stillwater Project, Blackwell Camp.
Date: May 8, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Erosion Control

Photograph of Perry Howell and son Dwight standing in a field of contour-drilled grain on an Oklahoma School land farm which is under a 5-year cooperative agreement with the Soil Conservation Service. Howell and his son have instituted a complete program of erosion control on the farm where Howell has lived as a tenant for more than 30 years. OK-6470.
Date: May 8, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of Percy Howell and son, Dwight, standing in a field of contour-drilled grain on an Oklahoma School Land farm which is under a 5-year cooperative agreement with the Soil Conservation Service. Howell and his son have instituted a complete program of erosion control on the farm where Howell has lived as a tenant for more than 30 years. OK-6470.
Date: May 8, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Legumes

Photograph of the Austrian winter peas crop on the School Land Farm operated by Perry Howell near Blackwell, Oklahoma. The use of winter cover crops is helping Howell to put into effect a complete program of erosion control on the farm he has leased for more than three decades. OK-6469.
Date: May 8, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soil Conservation Practices Adoption

Photograph of large areas of treated land upon which Soil Conservation practices have been adopted. Photo taken from 3,000 feet altitude in an airplane. Muskogee Project.
Date: May 8, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Standing in a Field of Contour Drilled Grain

Photograph of Perry Howell and son Dwight, standing in a field of contour drilled grain on an Oklahoma School Land farm which is under 5-year cooperative agreement with the Soil Conservation Service. Howell and his son have instituted a complete program of erosion control on the farm where Howell has lived as a tenant for more than 30 years. Blackwell Camp, Stillwater Project.
Date: May 8, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Terraces & Contour Ridges on and Near the J. I. Morris Estate/Muskogee Project

Photograph of an aerial shot of the J. I. Morris Estate and the surrounding area taking from an altitude of 3000 feet showing treated land upon which Soil Conservation practices have been applied. The back of the photograph proclaims, “3000 feet alitiude [sic] in airplane. Views of large areas of treated land upon which Soil Conservation practices have been adopted."
Date: May 8, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Terraces & Contour Ridges on and Near the J. I. Morris Estate/Muskogee Project

Photograph of an aerial shot of the J. I. Morris Estate and the surrounding area taking from an altitude of 3000 feet showing treated land upon which Soil Conservation practices have been applied. The back of the photograph proclaims, "3000 feet altitude in airplane. Views of large areas of treated land upon which Soil Conservation practices have been adopted."
Date: May 8, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Perry howell and son Dwight, standing in a field of contour drilled grain on an Oklahoma School Land farm which is under a 5-year cooperative agreement with the Soil Conservation Service. Howell and his son have instituted a complete program of erosion control on the farm where Howell has lived as a tenant for more than 30 years. OK-1938-05-08.
Date: May 8, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History