Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of the contrast between two pastures. On the left, it has been heavily grazed. On the right it has had one year of protected grazing. OK-5945.
Date: November 17, 1937
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Two-Row Fox Ensilage Cutter

Photograph of Ervin Thurman operating a 2-row Fox ensilage cutter. The Thurmans operate a dairy and plant most of their land for ensilage production.
Date: December 17, 1971
Creator: Connally, B. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Bermuda Grass Terraced System

Photograph of follow-up of Okla 5135 & Okla 5136, terrace outlet channel well vegetated with Bermuda grass.
Date: November 17, 1937
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

UNIDENTIFED farmer and an UNIDIENTIFED Soil Conservation Service Conservationist Examining Modular Development on Roots of Sweetclover Plants/Elk City Project

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED farmer and an UNIDIENTIFED Soil Conservation Service Conservationist examining modular development on roots of sweetclover plants. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Shows cooperating farmers and Soil Conservation Service Conservationist examining modular development on roots of sweet clover plants. This patch – 8 ½ acres sown in fall in a strip on the contour will be utilized as seed and soil building crop."
Date: July 17, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Contour Farming

Photograph of cooperating farmers andSoil Conservation Service Conservationist examining nodular development on roots of sweet clover plants. This patch, 8 1/2 acres sown in fall in a strip on the contour will be utilized as seed and soil building crop.
Date: July 17, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History