Photograph of a close-up of the fish distributor pouring fish into container for one of the District Cooperators.

Photograph of conservation of soil and water by planting Bermuda grass and clovers is a requirement on many formerly cropped areas. Soil and water Conservation District [SWCD] Supervisor Dick Allen shows Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technician Tom Curtis the quality hay harvested from such cover. Hay can be sold for cash or fed to Allen's livestock. OK-1492-2.

Photograph of a waterway along the northside of a farm sown in fescue with terrace spilling into the channel sown in wheat. OK-1601-1.

Photograph of a fireguard protects valuable winter forage from outside fires. OK-1600-7.

Photograph of a creek with timber cleared and left bank shaped and sodded in Bermuda grass. OK-1600-10.

Photograph of soil profile of Choteau silt loam soil (N6-A). This loamy prairie range site is a higher producer in Rogers County, OK. OK-1600-4.

Photograph of Grady Meritt with grader owned by Nowata County Soil Conservation District, building terraces. OK-1600-12.

Photograph of A.J. Callins with equipment used in treating mesquite on Pigg ranch. Note barrels of diesel oil in pickup. Each tree is treated form can as shown. Shovel is used to clean out or dig around base of tree as needed. Note; the mesquite in foreground is a rattle-snake hole-up.

Photograph of a closeup of the fish distributor pouring fish inot container for one of the District Cooperators.

Photograph of "Teaching Johnny How To Swim". Demonstration of beginning swimmers with Weatherford City Aquatic Group and Southern Stae College Water Safety Instructor. Students and Instructors. Site 4, Dead Indian Wildhorse Watershed. Flood Prevention Structure constructed by Soil Conservaiton Service on Forest Service land.

Photograph of teams preparing for a water safety demonstration. Weatherford City Aquatic Group and Southern Stae College Water Safety Instructor. Students and Instructors. Site 4, Dead Indian Wildhorse Watershed. Flood Prevention Structure constructed by Soil Conservaiton Service on Forest Service land.

Photograph of a demonstration of Water Safety equipment pole assist. Site 4, Dead Indian Wildhorse Watershed. Flood Prevention Structure constructed by Soil Conservaiton Service on Forest Service land.

Photograph of First Year Swimmers "Teaching John How to Swim". Demonstration of beginning swimmers with Weatherford City Aquatic Group and Southwestern State College Water Safety Instructors. Flood Prevention Structure constructed by Soil Conservation Service on Forest Service Land. Recreational facilities constructed by Forest Service.

Photograph of a fireguard protects valuable winter forage from outside fires. OK-1600-7.

Photograph of native range seeding on an [unclear] clay loam soil (2p-3). Big bluestem, little bluestem, switchgrass and Indiangrass were sown on a clean seedbed in March 1959; in July 1960, 2 tons of hay was cut from the seeded area. OK-1600-5.

Photograph of a drainage ditch with lateral and bermudagrass on a 3 inch OK-1600-8.

Photograph of a waterway sown in the tall fescue. OK-1600-11.

Photograph of a flood gate at the west side of the dyke on 3a soil. OK-1600-9.

Photograph of soil bank lespedeza. [unclear] litter in the left foreground. 3 tons [?] top growth was over 5,750 pounds of litter after three years. OK-1600-2.

Photograph of wooded area cleared for livestock. Caddo Creek Bottom, formerly heavily timbered that was cleared in January 1961. Plowed and sprigged to Bermudagrass in April 1961. Note that the weeds have been sprayed. Randall Spears and his foreman observing cattle on good Bermudagrass pasture. OK-1439-11.

Photograph of Max Kafer sprigging Midland Bermuda on a 16-acre field to be used for root harvest. An UNIDENTIFED man stands near the trucks in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Max Kafer sprigging Bermuda (Midland) on a 16 acre field to be used for root harvest."

Photograph of numerous UNIDENTIFED people gathering at Site 4 Dead Indian-Wildhorse Watershed for water safety show. The original photograph sleeve proclaims, "Crowd gathering for water safety show. Site 4 Dead Indian-Wildhorse Watershed. Flood prevention structure constructed by Soil Conservation Service on Forest Service land."

Photograph of numerous UNIDENTIFED people at the F. P. Structure on Dead Indian-Wildhorse watershed. Several first time swimmers are learning how to swim while a crowd on shore looks onward. The original photograph sleeve proclaims, "First year swimmers. " Teaching Johnnie how to swim." Demonstration of beginning swimmers with Weatherford City Aquatic group and Southwestern State College Water Safety Instructors. Site 4, Dead Indian-Wildhorse Watershed. Flood prevention structure constructed by Soil Conservation Service on Forest Service Land."

Photograph of Mr. VanHorn giving instructions to a crowd on water safety at Site 4, Dead Indian-Wildhorse Watershed. Flood prevention structure constructed by Soil Conservation Service on Forest Service land.