Fertilizing Pond

Photograph of Mr. Lamey fertilizing pond for trhe benefit of the fish population. The fertilizer analysis is 6-12-6.
Date: July 22, 1961
Creator: Blan, K. R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds, Whitegrass Waterhole

Photograph of boys swimming at site #8, Whitegrass Waterhole watershed.
Date: June 22, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of intersecting of main channel # 1 and laterals K and J on Whitegrass Watershed. OK-4319-7.
Date: July 22, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Rob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of the main channel #1 at the intersection with Highway 32 on the Whitegrass-Waterhole watershed. OK-4319-9.
Date: July 22, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Rob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph downstream on main channel #2 at county road south of Iron Stob Road on the Whitegrass-Waterhole watershed constructed in 1963. OK-4319-14.
Date: July 22, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Rob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph looking upstream on main channel # 1 on county road east of lateral C. houston Bridges fishing at Whitegrass-Waterhole watershed. OK-4320-6B.
Date: July 22, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Rob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of looking upstream at lower end of main channel # 1, Whitegrass-Waterhole watershed, Jerry Mathiews, district conservationist at Valliant. OK-4320-14B.
Date: July 22, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Rob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph looking downstream on main channel # 1 on county road east of lateral C. houston Bridges fishing at Whitegrass-Waterhole watershed. Jerry Mathiews, disrict conservationist at Valliant. OK-4320-4D.
Date: July 22, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Rob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of Houston Bridges fishing from a bridge over the main channel # 1 near county road east of lateral C, Whitegrass-Waterhole watershed. OK-4320-12B.
Date: July 22, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Rob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of lateral K on Whitegrass-Waterhole watershed view downstream. OK-4319-5.
Date: July 22, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Rob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of the drain below site #2, Whitegrass-Waterhole watershed. The drain has not been shaped. OK-4319-3.
Date: July 22, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Rob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph upstream on main channel #2, the country road south of Iron Stob Road on the Whitegrass-Waterhole watershed constructed in 1963. OK-4319-12.
Date: July 22, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Rob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph downstream on main channel #1 intersecting county road south of Iron Stob Road. OK-4319-16.
Date: July 22, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Rob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of looking upstream on main channel # 1 intersecting country road south of Iron Stob Road. Whitegrass-Waterhole watershed, Jerry Mathiews, district conservationist at Valliant. OK-4320-1B.
Date: July 22, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Rob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of looking upstream at lower end of main channel # 1, Whitegrass-Waterhole watershed, Jerry Mathiews, district conservationist at Valliant. OK-4320-13B.
Date: July 22, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Rob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of Houston Bridges fishing from a bridge over the main channel # 1 near county road east of lateral C, Whitegrass-Waterhole watershed. OK-4320-8B.
Date: July 22, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Rob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fish Pond Improvement

Photograph of John C. Craft looking on and John V. Chelf and James B. Lowe measure fish from the Federal Fish Hatchery to be used to stock farm ponds in connection with the Soil Conservation Service Program.
Date: August 22, 1956
Creator: Clark, Floyd W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Pasture planting. William H. Tompkins, Soil Conservation Service Aid, holding runners of Bermuda grass on heavily fertilized side of the field. Notice difference in the stand of grass due to the fertilization. OK-350-2.
Date: August 22, 1956
Creator: Clark, Floyd W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of pasture planting. Dairy cattle grazing on improved Bermuda grass pasture. Clovers have been overseeded according to Soil Conservation Service {SCS] recommendations. One cutting of hay has already been harvested from this pasture. OK-350-10.
Date: August 22, 1956
Creator: Clark, Floyd W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of brush control. Aerial spray applied in 1956 – 1957. Picture shows dead trees and rapid recovery of grass (picture taken from the top of a large rock on east side of Highway 31).
Date: May 22, 1958
Creator: Cluff, John C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Emergency Tilling

Photograph of emergency tlling just prior to seeding to protect the field from wind erosion. This is a good practice that could have been delayed or prevented by minimum tillage and a good system of residue management. Note the lack of vegetation on the field and the recent deposits of topsoil in the fence row.
Date: August 22, 1961
Creator: Cole, E. L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wind Eroded Field

Photograph of a field that is barren of crop residue just prior to seeding. This fiedl is being wind eroded, which could have been prevented under a good system of residue management.
Date: August 22, 1961
Creator: Cole, E. L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Tame Pasture Planting

Photograph of Quarter horses grazing on a 10-acre field of bermuda grass.
Date: August 22, 1969
Creator: Conradi, Al
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Youth Range Camp

Photograph of Charles Grimes, Work Unit Conservationist [WUC], and Henry and Duane Harrell examining a watering facility. OK-3170-11.
Date: August 22, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History