Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of planned treatment for a gully by sloping banks and sodding to Bermuda grass with fertilizer and legumes. Headwater to be diverted temporarily to another gully. OK-652-4.
Date: March 14, 1958
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of planned treatment for a gully by sloping banks and sodding to Bermuda grass with fertilizer and legumes. Headwater to be diverted temporarily to another gully. OK-652-5.
Date: March 14, 1958
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Conservation Crop Rotation

Photograph of 40 acres of sweetclover in rotation on 1195 acres cropland.
Date: May 14, 1958
Creator: Mackey, Carl E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Planned Gully Treatment

Photograph of Gully treatment planned, sloping of banks and sodding to Bermudagrass with fertilizer and legumes. Headwater to be diverted temporarily to another gully.
Date: March 14, 1958
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Gully to be Treated

Photograph of a gully to be shaped and sodded. Black locust and Catalpa trees growing in gully.
Date: March 14, 1958
Creator: Collins, F. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Three UNIDENTIFIED Workers Using A Hydro Seeder on Backslope of Detention Site, No. 4, Sgt. Major Creek, to Mixture of Native Grasses

Photograph of three UNIDENTIFED workers using a hydro seeder to seed backslope of Detention site, No. 4, Sgt. Major Creek, to mixture of native grasses. Bermuda sprigging crew is seen on the bottom left and a fencing crew is located in the center right of photo. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Hydro seeder seeding back slope [sic] of Detention site, No. 4, Sgt. Major Creek, to mixture of native grasses. Men in lower left corner is Bermuda springing crew. Fencing crew is busy also."
Date: July 14, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Gully to be Treated

Photograph of a gully to be shaped and sodded. Note washed out structure with old pipe in bottom of gully.
Date: March 14, 1958
Creator: Collins, F. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Gully Treatment Planned

Photograph of Gully treatment planned, sloping of banks and sodding to Bermudagrass with fertilizer and legumes. Headwater to be diverted temporarily to another gully.
Date: March 14, 1958
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of planned treatment for a gully by sloping banks and sodding to Bermuda grass with fertilizer and legumes. Headwater to be diverted temporarily to another gully. OK-652-5.
Date: March 14, 1958
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of a gully to be treated. Gully to be shaped and sodded. Note washed out structure with old pipe at the bottom of the gully. OK-652-10.
Date: March 14, 1958
Creator: Collins, F. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of a gully to be treated. Gully to be shaped and sodded. Black locust and Catalpa trees growing in gully. OK-652-11.
Date: March 14, 1958
Creator: Collins, F. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Gully Near Marietta and Gully Treatment Planned

Photograph of a gully with water flowing through its center. In order to help heal this gully, the gully treatment plan involves sloping banks, sodding Bermudagrass with fertilizer and legumes, and diverting temporarily the headwater to another gully. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Gully treatment planned, sloping banks and sodding to Bermudagrass with fertilizer and legumes. Headwater to be diverted temporarily to another gully."
Date: March 14, 1958
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Bermudagrass Used For Erosion Control on Bottom of Gully

Photograph of the bottom of a gully covered in Bermudagrass to control erosion. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Erosion Control. Bermudagrass set in bottom of gully controlling erosion. About 100 acres drainage area."
Date: March 14, 1958
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

.71-Mile Single Field Drain

Photograph of a .71-mile single field drain built in 1957 that drains 60 acres of cropland. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Single field drain built 1957. Drains 60 acres of cropland. It is .71 mile long. Shows good shaping and spoil spreading with farm equipment."
Date: May 14, 1958
Creator: Mackey, Carl E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Shinnery Oak Control on Daisy Dunn Bois D' Arc Ranch

Photograph of a field on the Daisy Dunn Bois D' Arc Ranch which one side (left) was sprayed for shinnery control, while the right side was not. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Spraying for shinnery oak control. Left half picture sprayed in spring of 1958. Right half of picture has not been sprayed."
Date: July 14, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History