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.

Photograph that follows from Okla-456-A. Shows good pine reproduction in 50-acre area which was release cut in August 1950. Openings were created by girdling all oak six or more inches in diameter and by cutting or deadening smaller hardwood and brush. Pine trees are shortleaf and Loblolly. All pine growth is from natural reseeding. Alvin E. Howard, project conservationist, is examining pine reproduction. Camera postition marked by upright metal pipe painted yellow. Picture taken in center of Unit 360-A. Okla-456-B.

Photograph of pine growth. This picture follows OK-457-A showing good pine reproduction in 50-acre area which was release cut in August 1950. Removal of overstory allowed sufficient light for pine seedling growth. All pine growth is from natural reseeding. Dead brush in foreground is post oak which was deadened or cut in August 1950. Large oaks were girdled. Pines are shortleaf and loblolly. Alvin E. Howard, project conservationist, inspects pine growth. Camera position marked by upright metal pipe painted yellow. Picture taken in center of Unit 360-A.

Photograph of a woodland area to be potentially seeded with pine. This picture follows OK_10-457. Shows good pine reproduction in a 50-acre area which was relaease cut in August, 1950. Removal of overstory allowed sufficient light for pine seedling growth. All pine growth is from natural reseeding. Dead brush in foreground is post oak which was deadened or cut in August, 1950. Large oaks were girdled. Pines are shortleaf and loblolly. Alvin E. Howard, project conservationist, inspects pine growth. Camera postion marked by upright metal pipe painted yellow. Picture taken in center of Unit 560-A, 6FC-II. OK-457-B.

Photograph of Alvin E. Howard, project conservationist, examining slash pine suppression. Slash pines were interplanted into the hardwood area in 1942, but because of the hindering overstory, the pines have attained little growth. Most of them average six feet in height. Yet in an adjacent area on which undesireable hardwoods were eliminated in 1947, the interplanted pines averaged 26 feet in height. They can be seen in OK-10-584. Pines in the area not released out lack sufficient light for adequate growth. 5FC-II. OK-10-565.

Photograph of Alvin E. Howard, project conservationist, examining slash pine suppression. Slash pines were interplanted into hardwood area in 1942, but because of hindering overstory, pines have attained little growth. Most of them average six feet in height. Yet in an adjuacent area on which undesirable hardwoods were wliminated in 1947, the interplanted pines average 26 feet in height. They can be seen in Okla.10.584. Pines in the area not relaease cut lack sufficient light for adequate growth.

Photograph of E. S. Cordell studying peach trees at the Kiamichi Field Station. The back of the photograph proclaims, "E. S. Cordell, SCS technician, studies peach tress grown on the contour at the Kiamichi Field Station, a horticultural experiment farm of Oklahoma A&M College. These peach trees are in their fourth growing season. The field station is under agreement with the Little River SCD. Peaches under study include Redhaven, Golden Jubilee, Nowday, Early Elberta, Redskin, J. H. Hale, Elberta and Fairhaven. The 1951 peach crop was lost by winter freeze. Peach orchard spacing is 24 feet. Soil management system includes clean cultivation through the summer followed by seeding to vetch and Singletary peas in late August or early September. Vetch plowed or disked into the soil the following spring after it has made sufficient growth to contribute considerable organic matter. Superphosphate drilled with vetch at time of planting."

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."

Photograph of showing good pine tree reproduction in 50-acre area which was release cut in Aug, 1950. Openings were created by girdling all oak six or more inches in diameter and by cutting or deadening smaller hardwood and brush. Pine trees are shorleaf and loblolly. All pine growth is from natural reseeding. Alvin E. Howard, project conservationist, examining pine reproduction. Camera position marked by upright metal pipe painted yellow. Picture taken in center of unit 360-A 6 FC - II