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.

Photograph of Lee Brown, operator, is plowing under mature cover of rye after it has been grazed about 5 months by livestock. Knie uses this field, approximately 100 acres of Class I, II, and III land, exclusively for grazing. He says the cattle gained about 2 lbs. per day and this utilization of the land produces considerable more than harvest crops by machine.

Photograph of Kidred Sasseen, Chairman of the Washita County Soil Conservation District, shows shrub oak and skunk brush in his pasture. OK-705-8.

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.

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.

Photograph of newly set Coastal Bermuda. To be followed when each step in establishment is made. Note furrows made by furrow attachment. Also on contour. Planting made May 6, 1958.

Photograph of the Shallow Range Site. Clumps of bushes are wild plum, and skunkbrush sumac. Dominant grasses are sideoats grama and hairy grama, tall dropseed, little bluestem, with big bluestem and Indiangrass in deeper soil pockets. Legumes are sensitive briar, yellow neptunia, prairie clover, dalea. Other forbs (sp) are western ragweed and broomweed. Other woody plants are prickley pear and other cactus.

Photograph of erosion control. Automatic sprigging machine planting common Bermudagrass roots on the 2:1 back slope of the dam at Site # 22 of the Big Wewoka Creek watershed. The tractor and the sprigger are held in place by a catepillar tractor on top of dam. This grass is being planted to prevent erosion on the dam. It is being fertilized at the time of planting and will be irrigated to get it established. OK-640-4.

Photograph of a 1958 surplus wheat crop from the Washita County Soil Conservation District that was too much for local elevators to hold and 250,000 bushels had to be piled on the ground. An UNIDENTIFIED individual is using a tractor to push the wheat. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Bountiful crop of 1958 in Washita County Soil Conservation District that was too much for local elevators and 250,000 bushels had to be piled on the ground. This entire crop was produced from land where good soil conservation practices are carried out."

Photograph of a line of trucks waiting to unload their wheat payload into an elevator located in Cordell. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Wheat harvest. Wheat trucking waiting to be unloaded into Cordell elevator. Wheat yields have been good in county since adoption of conservation practices such as terraces, waterways, legume rotation, and crop residue management."

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED men standing next to a strip pit spoils covered in Kudzu. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Kudzu growing on strip pit spoils. Clay subsoil, soil unit 6. Unfit for use except as wildlife habitat. Planned and supervised by SCS technicians."

Photograph of Austrian winter peas are used for legume rotation. Nelson, in photo, practices complete soil conservation program of legume rotation, terraces, waterays, and crop residue management.

Photograph of Austrian winter peas growing in rotation with small grain. Nelson has been cooperating with the Washita County Soil Conservation District for several years. He stands between wheat and Austrian peas.

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.

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.

Photograph of a close-up of a typical section of range that has been cleared of blackjack timber and seeded to a mixture of native tall grasses in 1955. The brush on the land was aerial sprayed with 2-4-5T at the rate of 2 pounds per acre in May of 1958. This range has been controlled grazed to allow the grasses to become established. OK-624-3.

Photograph of a rotary brush mower being used to clear large brush. Kidred Sasseen, standing in the picture, exhibits the size of the brush that the mower cuts. OK-705-11.

Photograph of Kidred Sasseen, Washita County Soil Conservation District cooperator, makes the first round in shrub-oak and skunk brush infected pasture with a rotary mower. Pasture in present condition is worthless. OK-705-9 shows brush removed with grass left. OK-705-10.

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.

Photograph of Herb Nelson showing his field consisting of wheat and Austrian Winter peas mixed with small grain. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Legume Rotation. Austrian winter peas growing in rotation with small grain. Nelson has been cooperation with the Washita County Soil Conservation District for several years. He stands between wheat and Austrian peas."

Photograph of erosion control. Automatic sprigging machine planting common Bermudagrass roots on the 2:1 back slope of the dam at Site # 22 of the Big Wewoka Creek watershed. The tractor and the sprigger are held in place by a catepillar tractor on top of dam. This grass is being planted to prevent erosion on the dam. It is being fertilized at the time of planting and will be irrigated to get it established. OK-640-2.

Photograph of newly set costal Bermuda planted on contoured furrows. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Coastal Bermuda. Newly set. To be followed when each step in establishment is made. Note furrows mad by furrow attachment. Also on contour. Planting made May 6, 1958."

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man using a tractor and automatic sprigging machine to plant common Bermudagrass roots on the backslope of dam at Site 22 Big Wewoka Creek Watershed. A UNIDENTIFED man follows behind the tractor, while two more UNIDENTIFED individuals drive heavy equipment on the road below. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Erosion Control. Automatic sprigging machine planting common Bermudagrass roots on the 2:1 back slope [sic] of dam at Site 22 Big Wasoka [sic] 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."

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man inspecting wheat grown on Nelson farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Conservation wheat farming. Wheat grown on Nelson farm, which complete conservation program, produced 44.5 bushels per acre. Nelson has waterways, terraces and Austrian peas in small grain rotation."