Flood Control

Photograph of principal spillway of Site 35, Barnitz Creek.
Date: April 13, 1955
Creator: Matthews, J. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Gully Control

Photograph of part of head cut or overall on large gully, Sec. 17, T9N, R8W. Overfall is 73 feet deep, 270 feet wide, and advanced at an average rate of 70 feet per year from 1937 to 1955. This produced 31. 7 acre-feet of sediment annually.
Date: July 13, 1955
Creator: Sparwasser, W. A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Native Bluestem Being Combined

Photograph of native bluestem grass being combined by R.B. French. Hay harvested in early June, 1955, mostly cheat. Fertilized with 2 tons agre. Limestone and 160 lbs. 0-20-0 per acre in 1951. This field yielded approximately 200 lbs. dry seed per acre. 55 acres.
Date: October 13, 1955
Creator: Shapley, Robert F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Graden Teeters, a District Supervisor, looking at the growth of weeping love grass planted for crop rotation as seeded in April 1955. OK-98-3
Date: July 13, 1955
Creator: Judge, Earl R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Ionine Creek Site 3 Gully

Photograph of a part of head cut on a large, deep gully on Ionine Creek Site 3. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Part of head cut or overfall on large gully, Sec. 17, T9N, R8W. Overfall is 73 feet deep, 270 feet wide, and advancing 70 feet per year from 1937 to 1955. This produced 31.7 acre-feet of sediment annually."
Date: July 13, 1955
Creator: Sparwasser, W. A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Ionine Creek Site 3 Gully

Photograph of a large gully near Ionine Creek site 3. The trees in the background obscure the gully. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Large gully, Sec. 17, T9N, R8W. The main gully has moved upstream at the rate of 70 feet per year for the past 18 years. It has a depth of 73 feet and a width of 270 feet at the head. Gully is 90 feet deep at deepest point. This gully system produced sediment at the rate of 72 acre-feet per year for the period 1937 to 1955."
Date: July 13, 1955
Creator: Sparwasser, W. A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Paul Fauchier Pulling a Rotary Subsoiler in Waterway Via Tractor

Photograph of Paul Fauchier on tractor and three UNIDENTIFED men watching him pull a rotary subsoiler in a waterway. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1.UNIDENTIFIED, 2. UNIDENTIFED, 3. UNIDENTIFED, 4. Paul Fauchier. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Paul Fauchier on the tractor pulling a rotary sub-soiler [sic] in a waterway. This is on a Soil Unit 5."
Date: December 13, 1955
Creator: Baggett, Beryl G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

A Rotary Sub-Soiled Field

Photograph of a rotary sub-soiled field. The back of the photograph proclaims, "A field which has been gone over with a rotary subsoiler. The soil is a Tabler silt loam."
Date: December 13, 1955
Creator: Baggett, Beryl G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Native bluestem being combined by R. B. French. Hay harvested in early June, 1955, mostly cheat grass. Fertilized with 2 tons of agricultural limestone and 160 pounds of 0-20-0 fertilizer per acre in 1951. This field yielded approximately 200 pounds dry seed per acre. 55 acres. OK-165-3.
Date: October 13, 1955
Creator: Shaplay, Robert, F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Flood Control

Photograph of hill site picture of principle spillway Site 33, Barnitz Creek.
Date: May 13, 1955
Creator: Beecham, Glenn A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Core Drill Auger Sample

Photograph of core drill augar taking a sample of Barnitz Creek. Crew members Mobley, Akins, Hall.
Date: May 13, 1955
Creator: Graham, E. O.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Terrace Construction

Photograph of upside down terraces. Demonstrator and operator is Ed Roberts. Upside down terraces being constructed in background.
Date: July 13, 1955
Creator: Hedges
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soil Improvement

Photograph of Vetch being plowed under for soil improvement.
Date: May 13, 1955
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of weeping love grass planted on the contour. Seeded in April 1955. OK-98-1.
Date: July 13, 1955
Creator: Judge, Earl R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of weeping Lovegrass seeded in May 1955. Sprayed to kill weeds in June. Picture should show a narrow strip that the spray missed. OK-98-2.
Date: July 13, 1955
Creator: Judge, Earl R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soil Unit 5 Land Condition after Using Rotary Subsoiler

Photograph of "Condition of land after using a rotary sub-soiler [sic]. This is on a Soil Unit 5."
Date: December 13, 1955
Creator: Baggett, Beryl G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Paul Fauchier Pulling a Rotary Subsoiler in Waterway Via Tractor

Photograph of "Paul Fauchier on tractor, pulling a rotary subsoiler in waterway on Soil Unit 5." The back of the photograph proclaims, "Photograph of "Paul Fauchier on tractor, pulling a rotary sub-soiler [sic] in waterway on Soil Unit 5."
Date: December 13, 1955
Creator: Baggett, Beryl G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Ionine Creek Site 3 Gully

Photograph of a part of the head cut or overfall of a large gully near Ionine Creek Site 3. The back of photograph proclaims, "Part of head cut or overfall on large gully, Sec. 17, T9N, R8W. Overfall is 73 feet deep, 270 feet wide, and advanced at an average rate of 70 feet per year from 1937 to 1955. This produced 31.7 acre-feet of sediment annually."
Date: July 13, 1955
Creator: Sparwasser, W. A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Plow Pan Effect on Rotary Subsoiler Run Over Tabler Silt Loam Field

Photograph of the hand of an UNIDENTIFED man pointing out plow pan after field was run over by a rotary subsoiler. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Soil that has had a rotary sub-soiler [sic] run over, and a plow pan condition being pointed out. The soil is a tabler silt loam."
Date: December 13, 1955
Creator: Baggett, Beryl G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Plowed Vetch for Soil Improvement

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man on a tractor-plowing vetch under for soil improvement. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Vetch being plowed under for soil improvement."
Date: May 13, 1955
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Ionine Creek Site 3 Gully

Photograph of a large, deep gully on Ionine Creek Site 3. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Upper end of large gully, Sec. 17, T9N, R8W. Gully is 73 feet deep and 270 feet wide at upper end and is 90 feet deep at deepest point."
Date: July 13, 1955
Creator: Sparwasser, W. A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Ionine Creek Site 3 Gully

Photograph of a part of the head cut or overfall of a large gully near Ionine Creek Site 3. The back of photograph proclaims, "Part of head cut or overfall on large gully, Sec. 17, T9N, R8W. Overfall is 73 feet deep, 270 feet wide, and advanced at an average rate of 70 feet per year from 1937 to 1955. This produced 31.7 acre-feet of sediment annually."
Date: July 13, 1955
Creator: Sparwasser, W. A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Ionine Creek Site 3 Gully

Photograph of a large gully near Ionine Creek site 3. The trees in the background obscure the gully. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Large gully, Sec. 17, T9N, R8W. The main gully has moved upstream at the rate of 70 feet per year for the past 18 years. It has a depth of 73 feet and a width of 270 feet at the head. Gully is 90 feet deep at deepest point. This gully system produced sediment at the rate of 72 acre-feet per year for the period 1937 to 1955."
Date: July 13, 1955
Creator: Sparwasser, W. A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History