Photograph of “Strip cropping on the contour with cotton, corn, and alfalfa from left to right.”

Photograph of Joe Wash's farm stock pond and sodded spillway near Chickasha. The owner sodded and riprapped the dam seen in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Stock pond, sodded spillway [with] dam sodded and riprapped.”

Photograph of a Redwing Blackbird nest and young in cattails along edge of fish rearing pond. The Elk City reservoir grounds are under agreement with SCS and are being developed as a wildlife habitat.

Photograph of a close up of side oats grama on retired land seeded in 1944 to a mixture of side-oats, blue grama, bluestem and hairy grama. The overseeding was done on land following the planting of Sudan grass [Sorghum × drummondii]. TX-42, 901.

Photograph of a field of irrigated cotton being watered. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Irrigated cotton. Stop made on field tour near Fort Cobb, Okla."

Photograph of a 14-acre alfalfa crop ready for a second cutting on the Choska Drainage District. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Ready for second cutting as this 14–acre crop of alfalfa yielded two tons first cutting. Formerly too wet to be productive, field produced five tons of alfalfa in 1950 per acre. Drainage ditch on the right is just out of camera range. 18-acre field on other side of ditch that never produced anything before drainage yielded fifty bushels of corn in 1950. Other acres are also benefiting by drainage."

Photograph of a field of corn on the Choska Drainage District. Note, both this field and a nearby road both receive adequate water drainage into a nearby ditch, seen in the extreme foreground, as at one time the field was too wet to grow crops and the waters made the nearby road impassible after heavy rains. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Once too wet to be dependably productive, this land is now producing a fine crop of corn. This picture was taken immediately after a very heavy storm. Note water in ditch along road. Impassible during storm, bottom roads drained off quickly and could be traveled hour after rain stopped. Water used to block roads for week or more before drainage system was installed."

Photograph of water now has unobstructed flow. New bridge replace old one which washed out. Making observations from bridge are Ovid Neal (eft), ag. Engineer and J.A. Killough, DC. Camera facing W by N. Beyond bridge on north is Herbert Moodyy farm, on south is R.M. Punkett farm, now both in dependable production as result of drainage.

Photograph of Ovid Neal and J. A. Killough, SCS Technicians, examining a field of corn and soybeans in the Choska Drainage District that at one point could not produce and grow crops until adequate drainage was installed, as the land was too wet. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Ovid Neal, 2. J. A. Killough. The back of the photograph proclaims, “SCS Technicians Ovid Neal (left) and J. A. Killough look over fine crop of corn growing on land too wet to produce before drainage was installed. Soybeans are growing in background. Camera facing north on west side of lateral 1-A-1.”

Photograph of Agricultural Engineer Ovid Neal and DC J. A. Killough, standing on a brand new bridge in the Choska Drainage District, which replaced the old, washed out bridge. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Ovid Neal, 2. J. A. Killough. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Water now has unobstructed flow. New bridge replaces old one which washed out. Making observations from bridge are Ovid Neal (left), agri. engineer, and J. A. Killough, DC. Camera facing W by N. Beyond bridge on north is Herbert Moody farm, on south is R. M. Plunkett farm, now both in dependable production as result of drainage.”

Photograph of the hand of Dock J. Polome, SCS Soil Scientist, using device he designed and built to show speed water and soil move on different land slopes. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Dock J. Polome, SCS Soil Scientist using device he designed and built to show speed water and soil move on different land slopes. Speed the marble travels on 1 degree and 10 degree slopes shows effect of slope."

Photograph of a field drainage ditch in Fourche Maline creek bottom constructed in the spring of 1956. Ditch is 2 feet deep, 16 feet wide and 3700 feet in length. It was constructed to drain a 80 acre field to make it useful for cropland. Ditch was designed, laid out, and staked by SCS Technicians. It was constructed to planned specifications.

Photograph of Second year sweet clover in rotation with wheat. Oats and sweet clover then (rotated) with 4 years of wheat. OK-297-12.

Photograph of tame pasture. Dallisgrass pasture being rested. Note cover, growth and seed development. TX-484-3.

Photograph of a nursery plot of Greenfield Bermuda grass planted July 1, 1955. First crop of roots was harvested and used to plant 100 acres in 1956. Fertilizer was applied to grass at the rate of 150 pounds of 10-20-10 per acre. This grass has been grazed since it was planted and it is preferred by cattle over the other types of Bermuda grass.

Photograph of J. D. Thornburg inspecting Bermuda grass.

Photograph of Curt Murphy showing Bob Wright and "T-Bone" McDonald a loose-rock structure on the Curtis Murphy Ranch installed by the CCC in 1936. The photograph does not identify the left to right positions of Murphy, Wright, and McDonald. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Curtis Murphy showing Bob Wright and "T-Bone" McDonald a loose-rock structure that was installed by CCC boys in 1936. Note the good grass in the channel above the structure."

Photograph of a nursury plot of Greenfield bermuda grass planted July 1, 1955. First crop of roots was harvested and used to plant 100 acres in 1956. Fertilizer was applied to grass at the rate of 150 pounds of 10-20-10 per acre. This grass has been grazed since it was planted and is preferred by cattle to other types of bermudagrass.

Photograph of a plot o land was cleared of brush and trees in the fall of 1955 and sprigged to Greenfield Bermuda grass in May of 1956. It was fertilized with 150 pounds of 10-20-10 per acre. Heavy trees and brush were cleared with a bulldozer as recommended by the SCS as a proper land use practice.

Photograph of a pasture of common Bermuda grass sprigged in the spring of 1952. It was given no fertilizer at planting time. Bermuda grass was over seeded with big hop and White Dutch clover in the fall of 1952. Pasture has been fertilized with 100 pounds of 0-2-0 each fall since it was established. Class V land. Permanent pasture was established on this land as a correct land use practice.

Photograph of Brazil Creek bottomland hand cleared of trees and brush in the winter of 1955 and seeded to common Bermuda grass n May 1956 and fertilized with 200 pounds of 5-10-5 using Soil Conservation District equipment. Eighteen head of cattle grazing on this plot in preference to other and older plots.

Photograph of pine forest improving cut was made in this stand in 1955. Bad trees as well as some trees for pulp wood and saw logs removed to make room for other trees to grow and also make room for natural reproduction. Useless hardwood trees in this stand have been controlled.

Photograph of pine seedling planted in the spring of 1955. Hardwoods in this plantation have been partially controlled. All larger trees have been girdled. This area was burned over before seedlings were set in 1955.

Photograph of a second year sweet clover crop in rotation with wheat. Oats and sweet clover then 4 years wheat.