Grass Pasture

Photograph of Carson Millsap, SCS technician, studying ground cover in 4-acre field planted to native grass mixture in 1944. Grass in center foreground is King Ranch bluestem. It was established in native grass pasture from seed blown in from an adjoining 4-acre planting of KR> Grass in background is little bluestem. Shallow soil. Class VIII land.
Date: August 24, 1951
Creator: Tomkins, Gordon
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of twenty-two combination clean and trashy grass seeding drills for delivery to the Soil Conservation Service for use in Washita Flood Control Program. From left ot right: E. Conrad, Earl K. Lowe, C.E. Bunch, & W.T. Wheeler. OK-9293.
Date: March 24, 1947
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of one of 22 combination clean and grassy seeding drills for use in the Washita Flood Control program. Frames were constructed and machines assembled by Chickasha Iron Works. Standing beside the seeder is Mr. A.J. Kennedy, foreman of the job for Iron Works. OK-9299.
Date: March 24, 1947
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of Watershed--Washita, OK. Completed in 1960. The lake is now at the permanent water level. It is stocked with fish. Structure has an excellent cover with Bermuda grass. OK-1346-5.
Date: May 24, 1961
Creator: Leonard, Claude M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of twenty-two combination clean and trashy grass seeding drills for delivery to the Soil Conservation Service for use in Washita Flood Control Program. From left ot right: E. Conrad, Earl K. Lowe, C.E. Bunch, & W.T. Wheeler. Frames were constructed and machines assembled by the Chickasha Iron Works. OK-9291.
Date: March 24, 1947
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Raymond and Frank Frey Revegetation of Pasture

Photograph of "Raymond Frey in 50-acre hillside field seeded to native grasses in mid-April, 1949. Land disked and harrowed ahead of grass planting. Frey says planting cost was less than $4 an acre, including labor, equipment and seed. Seeding rate around 10 lbs. an acre. Switchgrass predominating. This is same field shown in Okla-9935, Okla-9936, and Okla-9937. "Class VII land."
Date: August 24, 1951
Creator: Tompkins, Gordon
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Deep Sand Savannah Range Sites

Photograph of Deep Sand Savannah range site in excellent condition two years after aerial spraying for brush control. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Deep Sand Savannah range site in excellent condition two years after aerial spraying for brush control. The soil is Dougherty-Eufaula loamy fine sands."
Date: July 24, 1966
Creator: Moffatt, H. H.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History