Hereford Cattle Grazing

Photograph of grade Hereford grazing on rye and vetch class III 12 cross timbers soil. Mr. Keller has found it very profitable to buy cattle in the fall, winter on this type of pasture and sell on spring market.
Date: March 11, 1933
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Hereford Cattle Grazing

Photograph of grade Hereford grazing on rye and vetch class III 12 cross timbers soil. Mr. Keller has found it very profitable to buy cattle in the fall, winter on this type of pasture and sell on spring market.
Date: March 11, 1933
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wildhorse Creek Washita River

Photograph of site 22, Wildhorse Creek placing concrete in base of SCS inlet tower.
Date: October 11, 1956
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wildhorse Creek Washita River

Photograph of reinforcing steel and forms for base of SCS inlet structure on site 22, Wildhorse Creek.
Date: October 11, 1956
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Willow Creek Flood Damage to Structure

Photograph of view near Willow Creek after flood of May 10, 1950.
Date: May 11, 1950
Creator: Terbush, L. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Willow Creek Flood Damage to Structure

Photograph of view near Willow Creek after flood of May 10, 1950.
Date: May 11, 1950
Creator: Terbush, L. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sprinkler irrigation from Peavine Creek

Photograph of sprinkler irrigating green beans from portable pump on Peavine Creek.
Date: October 11, 1961
Creator: Warth, Peter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita Watershed Wildhorse Creek Sub-Watershed

Photograph of Site 22, Wildhorse Creek two sack concrete mixing plant used for mixing concrete on job.
Date: October 11, 1956
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Long Branch Field Trial

Photograph of Jerome Sykora sodding Prairie Cordgrass on shore line as field trial to determine effect it will have on reducing erosion caused from wave action.
Date: May 11, 1960
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Willow Creek Flood Damage

Photograph of homes damaged near Willow Creek after the flood of May 10, 1950.
Date: May 11, 1950
Creator: Terbush, L. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Flood Damage on Willow Creek

Photograph of Willow Creek looking south from bridge on Main Street, after flood of May 10, 1950.
Date: May 11, 1950
Creator: Terbush, L. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Planting Bermuda grass with Automatic Sprigging Machine

Photograph of an automatic sprigging machine planting Bermuda grass roots on the 2:1 back slope of dam at Site 22 Big Wewoka Creek watershed. The tractor and sprigger are held in place by a caterpillar on top of dam. This grass is being planted to prevent erosion on the dam. It is being fertilized at time of planting and will be irrigated to get it established.
Date: September 11, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Planting Bermuda grass For Erosion Control

Photograph of an automatic sprigging machine planting common Bermuda grass roots on the 2:1 back slope of dam at Site 22 Big Wewoka Creek watershed. The tractor and sprigger are held in place by a caterpillar on top of dam. This grass is being planted to prevent erosion on the dam. It is being fertilized at time of planting and will be irrigated to get it established.
Date: September 11, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Rural Beautification

Photograph of a good example of rural home constructed in a scenic area of Latimer County.
Date: May 11, 1970
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cabin at Robbers Cave State Park

Photograph of one of the many excellent cabins for rent in the Robbers Cave State Park located near Wilburton, Oklahoma.
Date: May 11, 1970
Creator: Smith, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of brush control. Eldred Sasseen, Chair of the Washita County Soil Conservation District [SCD], shows shrub oak and skunk brush on his pasture. OK-705-8.
Date: July 11, 1958
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of brush control. Rotary brush mower being used to clear large brush. Eldred Sasseen exhibits the size of brush the mower cuts. OK-705-11.
Date: July 11, 1958
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of brush control. Eldred Sasseen, Washita County Soil Conservation District [SCD] co-operator, makes a first round in shrub-oak and skunk brush infested pasture with a rotary mower. Pasture in present condition is worthless. OK-705-9 shows brush removed and the grass left. OK-705-10.
Date: July 11, 1958
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of surplus wheat. Bountiful crop of 1958 in the Washita Soil Conservation District was too much for local elevators and 250,000 bushels had to be piled on the ground. All this crop was produced from land where good soil conservation practices are carried out. OK-708-5.
Date: July 11, 1958
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a Mr. McLaughlin, work Unit Conservationist [WUC] for the Soil Conservation Service [SCS] at Farmerville, Texas, inspecting Indiangrass planted in 3 foot rows in April, 1950 for seed production. The grass was side-dressed with 100 pounds of ammonium nitrate per acre in August, 1950. TX-47, 357.
Date: October 11, 1950
Creator: Brook, C. G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a Threadleaf groundsel (Senecio longilobus) along a roadside. These are poisonous plants invasive on poor range. TX-45, 452.
Date: May 11, 1949
Creator: Rechenthin, C. A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of Don Fulton, Soil Conservation Service [SCS], Work Unit Conservationist of Ozona, Texas, shows the depth of the pits on rangeland. The pits were made with two discs on a one-way disc plow with about 3 inches cut off on one side of the discs. It was pulled with a jeep. The pits are about 3 inches deep and 4 to 5 feet long. TX-48-433.
Date: March 11, 1953
Creator: Rechenthin, C. A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a solid field of Austrian winter peas for cover and soil improvement (Soil Types: 7x.). TX 42, 020.
Date: May 11, 1945
Creator: Mika, F. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph showing a rear view of a 30 inch sweep machine. This machine is a Dampster No. 101 which has been worked over by the station. The sweeps are Ra-dex made by I. F. Reed at the Alabama machinery laboratory. TX-45, 883.
Date: August 11, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History