Wheat from Storage Bins

Photograph of GPCP participant Dean Newman and DC Wes Oneth examine wheat from storage bins on the Newman farm. Wheat is used in beef cattle feedlot rations.
Date: February 23, 1972
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Gullies

Photograph of C.L. Satterwhite in gully before shaping.
Date: April 23, 1970
Creator: Duncan, Lindell
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Great Plains Conservation Program. Sileage Quality

Photograph of Corn sileage makes up an important part of beef cattle ration on Dean Newman farm. DC Wes Onath (L) and Newman check sileage for quality.
Date: February 23, 1972
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fish Distributor

Photograph of a closeup of the fish distributor pouring fish inot container for one of the District Cooperators.
Date: June 23, 1961
Creator: K.R. Blan, DC, Claremore
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Great Plains Conservation Program

Photograph of GPCP participant Dean Newman ® and his foreman examine ration being fed cattle in feedlot located on the farm.
Date: February 23, 1972
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Erosion

Photograph of gully erosion on Minco silt loam, 1-3% slopes, following 7-inch rainfall.
Date: September 23, 1907
Creator: Meinders, Hadley C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Agronomy Stubble Mulch

Photograph of Stubble mulch. Wheat seeded in about 1500 pounds of stubble and residue will be excellent conservation farming.
Date: January 23, 1962
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Green Bean Harvest

Photograph of Green bean harvest on Bodine stony silt loam (7Xc-BE). This is an excessively well drained soil of the Ozark Highlands, formerly coverred with hardwood timber and used extensively for strawberry production. Slopes are very strong to steep. Field had previously been cleared of timber and had been producing strawberies for 3 years.
Date: July 23, 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Green Bean Harvest

Photograph of a green bean harvest on Peck silt loam (7w.B). Three to four tons per acre is average production with occasional yeilds under favorable conditions of 6 to 7 tons per acre. Returns from beans to farmers in Adair County about $600 thousand in 1959.
Date: June 23, 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Strawberries

Photograph of typical sample of strawberry land. This land is mostly rock and gravel. It will grow strawberries for 3 to 6 years before it should be put into bermudagrass and clovers to conserve the soil from further depletion from erosion and leaching. Strawberries can be grown onthos land again in about 20 years.
Date: May 23, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Strawberries

Photograph of a packing shed where strawberries are taken by the pickers. The pickers are paid as they bring the berries to the shed. The berries are packed in crates and are prepared to be shipped to market or the freezing plant. Berries are picked and handled quickly to conserve loss from spoilage.
Date: May 23, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Poultry

Photograph of the interior of a 48,000 capacity broiler house which is 30' x 300' in size. The yearly output of broilers on the Edds Farm is approximately 98,000.
Date: May 23, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Severe Gully Erosion

Photograph of severe gully erosion on Stephensville fire sandy loam (#39). Washita River Conservation Survey, W-20.
Date: September 23, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Ardmore Fair Exhibit

Photograph of an Ardmore (Carter County) fair exhibits. Ardmore Project.
Date: September 23, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Ardmore Fair Exhibit

Photograph of an Ardmore (Carter County) fair exhibits. Ardmore Project.
Date: September 23, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Level Row Irrigation System

Photograph of a level row irrigation system that has less than 0.2 foot overall grade.
Date: March 23, 1955
Creator: Murray, Hubert J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Level Row Irrigation System

Photograph of a level row irrigation system that has less than 0.2 foot overall grade.
Date: March 23, 1955
Creator: Murray, Hubert J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Irrigation

Photograph of irrigating small grains by using gated pipe and corrugated rows.
Date: September 23, 1959
Creator: Stith, C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Irrigation Riser

Photograph of an 8" pipe leading water from the riser connected to 12" concrete pipe below.
Date: September 23, 1959
Creator: Stith, C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fish Distributor

Photograph of a close-up of the fish distributor pouring fish into container for one of the District Cooperators.
Date: July 23, 1961
Creator: Blan, K. R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Flooded Wheatfield Outside of Blackwell

Photograph of a wheatfield on east side of Blackwell which is flooded by waters from the Chickaskia River. Stillwater Project.
Date: April 23, 1938
Creator: Slack, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Teller Fine Sandy Loam

Photograph of Teller fine sandy loam (#61).
Date: September 23, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Vernon Rough Broken Land

Photograph of Vernon rough broken land protected from grazing in foreground, eroding and unprotected in background.
Date: September 23, 1938
Creator: Taylor, G. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Severe Gully Erosion

Photograph of severe gully erosion where a road formerly was. Road is not abandoned and gullies are active. Stephensville fine sandy loam. Washita River Conservation Survey.
Date: September 23, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History