Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of hand harvesting send bluestem (Andropogon hallii). OK-8894.
Date: September 23, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of Camera Station IV (SW corner of NW ¼ of Shinnery Range). Observational studies of Shinnery Oak Ranges. The area is heavily infested with shinnery oak 20 to 24 inches in height with scattered bunches of little bluestem, blue grama and sand love grasses. This 40 acre plot is being burned. Note the difference of native grasses and the heavy stand of shinnery that remains. OK-8734-B.
Date: March 23, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of U.S. Government, Camera Station IV (Southwest corner of Northwest ¼ Shinnery Range). Observational studies of Shinnery Oak Ranges. Area is heavily infested with shinnery oak shrubs 20 to 24 inches in height with scattered bunches of little bluestem, blue grama and sand love grass. This 40 acre plot will be burned around March 15 of each year for a number of years. One 40 acre plot will be mowed, another only grazed. All three 40 acre plots will be stocked with 8 steers of equal size and quality. OK-8734-A.
Date: March 23, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of From left to right: buffalo grass seed and trash as it comes from the combine harvester (etc.—text too blurred and faded to read). OK-8888 [?].
Date: September 23, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of the constructing of a dam with a bulldozer on a Cheyenne, OK Land Utilization [L.U.] Project. Pond will be utilized for stock water and will be stocked with fish. OK-8726.
Date: March 23, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of U.S. Government, Camera Station V (Southeast ¼ Shinnery Range. 25 rods north of fence between two pastures and 25 rods east of fence along the road). Observational studies of Shinnery Oak Ranges. Area is heavily infested with shinnery oak shrubs 20 to 24 inches in height with scattered bunches of little bluestem, blue grama and sand love grass. This 40 acre plot will be burned around March 15 of each year for a number of years. One 40 acre plot will be mowed, another only grazed. All three 40 acre plots will be stocked with 8 steers of equal size and quality. OK-8735-A.
Date: March 23, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of U.S. Government, Camera Station III (Southwest corner of Southeast ¼ Shinnery Range). Observational studies of Shinnery Oak Ranges. Area is heavily infested with shinnery oak shrubs 20 to 24 inches in height with scattered bunches of little bluestem, blue grama and sand love grass. This 40 acre plot will only be stocked with 8 steers and will receive no treatment other than grazing. One 40 acre plot will be burned, another mowed and all three will be stocked with 8 steers of equal size and quality. OK-8733.
Date: March 23, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a female buffalo grass plant bearing a good seed crop. Note the burrs showing between the hands of the seed scout who is investigating the crop's prospects. This seed can be harvested with adapted combines. OK-8879.
Date: September 23, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of the US Govt Camera Station 1, near Cheyenne, OK. Observational studies of Shinnery Oak Ranges. The area of the shinnery averages about 20 inches in height with scattered bunches of little bluestem, blue grama and love grass. This 40 acre plot will not be [text very unclear]. Each of the three 40 acre plots will be treated and each plot stocked with 8 steers of equal size and quality. OK-8731.
Date: March 23, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History