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Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of loamy bottomland and slickspot range sites in excellent condition. There was little if any use during the growing season. Lower left corner is inland saltgrass. Lower right corner is alkali sacaton grass on an elevated area. The short grass is whorled dropseed. Spots of mid grass is alkali sacaton. The tall vegetation is abig sedge and eastern gama, switchgrass growing in an area of loamy soil. Some rhombopod grass is growing on alkali spots. The soil is (3Ø). Fort slickspot complex. OK-1175-6.
Date: August 11, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sheep Grazing on Contour Furrowed Buffalograss Pasture/Duncan Project

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED men in a contoured furrowed buffalograss pasture with a herd of sheep. A house and a barn are in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Sheep grazing on native buffalo pasture which has been contour furrowed."
Date: April 11, 1938
Creator: Slack, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History