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Erosion Control
Photograph of a cotton field with rows running up and down the hill during a 4-inch rain. Note the relatively small amount of water in the rows. It is running down in the hill and emptying into the wash in the background. This wash is cutting directly across the filed and is over 100 feet wide and about 18 inches deep. This picture was taken the same time as picture number Okla. 5837. Contract the pictures for the value of contour farming. This farm is situated directly North across Highway No. 9 of the Thayer farm shown in picture number Okla. 5837.
Date:
July 15, 1937
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Erosion Control
Photograph of cotton planted on the contour in a terraced field, showing lister furrows and terrace channel full of water after a four inch rain. Note small cotton plants in lister furrows. Contrast this picture with Okla-5838, which was taken at the same time showing a cotton field with rows up and down the hill immediately across the road.
Date:
July 15, 1937
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Hobart Camp Wheat Project
Photograph of cutting and threshing wheat on the contour with a combine in a terraced field. The wheat was drilled in with a deep furrowed drill on the contour.
Date:
July 15, 1937
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Hobart Camp Wheat Project
Photograph of cutting and threshing wheat on the contour with a combine in a terraced field. The wheat was drilled in with a deep furrowed drill on the contour.
Date:
July 15, 1937
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Three UNIDENTIFED Men Harvesting Wheat on the Contour With a Combine Cutting An Eight-Foot Swath/Elk City Project
Photograph of three UNIDENTIFED men harvesting wheat on the contour with a combine cutting an eight-foot swath. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Harvesting wheat on the contour with a combine cutting an eight-foot swath. The wheat was drilled in on the contour with a deep furrow drill and the field was terraced."
Date:
July 15, 1937
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Two UNIDENTIFED Men Harvesting Wheat on the Contour on Top of a Terrace With Combine Running Lengthwise of Terrace/Elk City Project
Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED men harvesting wheat on the contour on top of a terrace with combine running lengthwise of terrace. Combine cutting an eight-foot swath. Another UNIDENTIFEID man in a tie stands off to the extreme left. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Harvesting wheat on the contour on top of a terrace with combine running lengthwise of terrace. Combine cutting an eight-foot swath. Wheat drilled in on contour with deep furrowed drill."
Date:
July 15, 1937
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wheat Harvest
Photograph of harvesting wheat on the contour with a combine cutting an eight foot swath. He wheat was drilled in on the contour with a deep furrow drill and the field was terraced.
Date:
July 15, 1937
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Mowing Machine
Photograph of pan attachment on mowing machine cutter bar used in harvesting Blue Grama grass for seed.
Date:
July 15, 1936
Creator:
Williams, Quentin
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Watersheds, Lindsay Lake
Photograph of George A. Brown, Lindsay businessman (left) and District Conservationist Hadley Meinders, Purcell, discuss rules and regulations pertaining to the multipurpose lake located north of Purcell.
Date:
July 15, 1907
Creator:
Croom, Dan F.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of Soil and Water Conservation District [S&WCD] Cooperator's place. Brush thicket being brushed off so that pasture grass, Bermuda, may make a more s successful growth. SCS technicians aid landowners in developing around soil and water conservation plans. The landowners make use of S&WCD equipment to aid in completing needed program. OK-1754-9.
Date:
May 15, 1905
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of a wheat field where water concentrates. Waterway is to be shaped in the near future and sprigged to bermuda. This is a continuation of a waterway starting on the joining Irwin Curby farm on the north. Keith residence in the background. OK-1575-5.
Date:
May 15, 1905
Creator:
Morris, D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation [?].
Photograph of Thomas Mabry, district cooperator, on a field where he used a Grassland Drill to plant vetch and small grain for winter pasture. OK-1525-10.
Date:
May 15, 1905
Creator:
Long, J. R., Jr.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of the Whitegrass-Waterhold Project. A.A. Boren, member of the Conservancy District Board, checking the bridge to be enlarged on Main Channel No. 1, the Whitegrass-Waterhold Project. Area in the background is inundated by approximately 4 inches of water on the Borem Ranch will be cleared and developed to improved pasture as soon as the channel is completed on the project. OK-1563-11.
Date:
May 15, 1905
Creator:
McCollum, W. C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History