Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of the planting of Bermuda grass. District owned and operated equipment is planting Midland Bermuda grass on F.R. Dobbs' farm. Class I land. Planted under a plan developed with the Soil Conservation District [SCD] with technicians of the Soil Conservation Service [SCS]. To be over-seeded with Korean Lespedeza. Follow up pictures to be taken. OK-852-7.
Date: April 23, 1959
Creator: McGraw, John L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sam C. Lumplin

Photograph of Sam C. Lumplin examining black locust on the corn crops.
Date: September 23, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Contour Farming

Photograph of well-grassed natural draingae to be used as a terrace outlet channel. OK-5619.
Date: April 23, 1937
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cattle

Photograph of some of W. H. Septer's cattle.
Date: September 23, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

W. H. Septer

Photograph of W. H. Septer standing in burned pasture.
Date: September 23, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

UNIDENTIFIED Farmer Harvesting Certified Midland Bermudagrass Roots on Cooperator Vetus Clarkson’s Farm

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED farmer using District equipment to harvest certified Midland Bermudagrass roots on Cooperator Vetus Clarkson's farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Bermuda Grass Roots. District equipment harvesting certified Midland Bermuda grass roots on Cooperator Vetus Clarkson's farm. Roots are being used by District to sprig on other cooperators farms in the District. Returns to cooperator from half of harvest rights will amount to $35.00 per acre and the District will fertilize to enable another harvest in 1960. This field was sprigged in 1955."
Date: April 23, 1959
Creator: McCraw, John L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Rolling and Watering Ensilage in Trench Silo

Photograph of rolling and watering ensilage in a trench silo. 200 ton trench silo laid out by Morrin CCC Camp.
Date: September 23, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, E. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

UNIDENTIFED Cooperator Farmer Building Contour Ridges Using A Kelly Long Wing Plow/Muskogee Project/Morris Camp

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED cooperator farmer with horse drawn equipment building contour ridges using a Kelly long wing plow and sodding them to Bermudagrass. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cooperator building pasture contour ridges using a Kelly long wing plow. To be spot sodded to Bermuda grass."
Date: April 23, 1937
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History