Building Channel Type Terrace on U. S. Government Land/LU Project

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED men using a 5' Texas Terracer and farm tractor to build a channel type terrace. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Building channel type terrace with 5' Texas terracer and farm tractor. 5th through. Blade tilted slightly, beginning to form the ridge."
Date: February 18, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, E. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Building Channel Type Terrace on U. S. Government Land/LU Project

Photograph of eight UNIDENTIFED people watching two UNIDENTIFED men using a 5' Texas Terracer and farm tractor to build a channel type terrace. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Building channel type terrace with 5' Texas terracer and farm tractor. 35th through. Finished height of ridge has been al ost [sic] attained. Some dirt remains to be cut from channel and moved into ridge. This was accomplished and terrace completed in 24 rounds. Construction data: 4% slope; good soil condition; length 270 ft.; construction time 2 hrs. 10 min; effective height 15"; channel cross-sectional area 12 sq. ft."
Date: February 18, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, E. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Building Channel Type Terrace on U. S. Government Land/LU Project

Photograph of six UNIDENTIFIED people watching two UNIDENTIFED men on a tractor and plow making 1st through with drag for the construction of a channel type terrace. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Building channel type terrace with plow, 5' Fresno and Farm Tractor. 1st through with drag. Lines marking upper and lower limits of ridge have been plowed out, and a strip 8' wide has been plowed, leaving an undisturbed strip 4' wide above the upper edge of the ridge area."
Date: February 18, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, E. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Building Channel Type Terrace on U. S. Government Land/LU Project

Photograph of eight UNIDENTIFIED people witnessing the construction of a channel type terrace. A UNIDENTIFED man is sitting on the tractor, while another UNIDENTIFED man stands in the middle of the terrace. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Building channel type terrace with plow, 5' Fresno and Farm Tractor. 2nd through with drag. Two trips with the drag are made across each part of the plowed area before it is re-plowed."
Date: February 18, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, E. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Building Channel Type Terrace on U. S. Government Land/LU Project

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED men building channel type terrace with plow, 5' Fresno, and farm tractor. Two other UNIDENTIFIED people are standing in the left and left center of the photographs background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Building channel type terrace with plow, 5' Fresno and Farm Tractor. 4th through with Fresno. The channel has been replowed and two drags have been made across 20" of the terrace, completing that portion."
Date: February 18, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, E. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History