Photograph of John Schieber, combine driver, and Dick Whetsell, Soil Conservation Service range conservationist using a John Deere combine to harvest sideoats grama seeds. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. John Schieber, combine driver, 2. Dick Whetsell, Soil Conservation Service range conservationist. The back of the photograph proclaims, “John Schieber, combine driver, and Dick Whetsell, Soil Conservation Service range conservationist. Note the seed heads of sideoats grama grass in front of the combine. The harvest was done under contract with the Soil Conservation Service.”

Photograph of three UNIDENTIFIED men standing near a flood damaged U. S. Highway No. 281, which has washed out, collapsed, and buckled from a 4-inch rain. A barn and a few buildings are visible in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Flood damage on U. S. Highway No. 281 north of Alva, Oklahoma following a 4 inch rain. This highway was also washed out in 1957. This excessive runoff water in Salt Fork is carrying many tons of silt which is a loss to everyone, city and rural people alike.”

Photograph of Captain Creek flooding US Highway 66 just south of Wellston. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Captain Creek is shown flooding U. S. Highway 66 just south of Wellston. The creek was more than a mile wide. The overflow was caused by heavy rains that fell on the watershed on May 26. Captain Creek is a tributary of Deep Fork River.”

Photograph of Raymond Alberson, French Gunn and Ken Locke, Federal Wildlife Service, harvesting Round Stem Bull Rush at the Federal Fish Hatchery near Reagan. The photograph does not identify the left to right positions of Alberson, Gunn, and Locke. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Raymond Alberson, French Gunn and Ken Locke, Federal Wildlife Service, harvesting Round Stem Bull Rush to be planted in sediment pool areas flood prevention structures on Chigley Sandy Watershed. These plants are used primarily for water fowl cover.”

Photograph of a fair grounds building four miles south of Pawhuska used as a place where the Soil Conservation Service is spreading native grass seed to dry during the fall harvest. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Building where the Soil Conservation Service spread native grass seed to dry during the fall harvest.”

Photograph of roots of cotton plant being turned by plow pan.

Photograph of a herd of Fred Burroughs' cattle.

Photograph of a dairy herd.

Photograph of angus cattle.

Photograph of E. J. Kloeckler with one of his sheep.

Photograph of Boyd Hansbro in front of his angus cattle.

Photograph of a scene on the Red River near Durant, OK and Bonham, TX.

Photograph of a scene on the Red River near Durant, OK and Bonham, TX.

Photograph of a scene on the Red River near Durant, OK and Bonham, TX.

Photograph of the Bank of Rocky Farm.

Photograph of Marjorie Carter in a Suiter fescue field.

Photograph of Marjorie Carter holding a Suiter fescue plant.

Photograph of Charley Connelly standing next to his dairy herd.

Photograph of Charley Connelly standing next to his dairy herd.

Photograph of Charley Connelly's dairy herd.

Photograph of two acre Bermuda grass pasture strip developed from a badly gullied draw. The draw was sloped and sodded in 1938 and now provides grazing at the rate of 1 unit per acre and serves as an outlet channel for 70 acres of terraced and cultivated land. Mr. Fred Bunch states that this pasture strip furnishes better grazing than any of his 28 acres of native pasture on this 160 acre farm. He also states that his soil conservation practices have increased by $1,000 the value of this farm. Terraces were built with the assistance of the old Sentinel Civilian Conservation Corps [CCC] Camp. OK-8467. Meadow development. In the spring of 1940 this 60 acre abandoned, cultivated field was planted to sericea lespedeza. There was formerly a shoulder deep gully where the man I standing and numerous smaller ones covered the area. This year Mr. George Stainer has made one cutting for hay that yielded a ton per acre. It has been heavily grazed since then and another hay crop could be cut immediately (the estimated yield is 1 ton per acre). OK-8628.

Photograph of Marjorie Carter examines seed heads of tall (Suitor) fescue planted in September 1948 on poor land. Field had been in rice 12 years. TX-46-878.

Photograph of Ralph Wilson and some of his herds shown in 19 acres of 2 year old fescue. This 19 acres plus 25 acres of oats and vetch pasture and 1000 bales of alfalfa hay with some stubble grazing on small grain furnished pasture for 50 head of shorthorn cattle. OK-120-4.

Photograph of traffic limited to trucks, tractors and horseback riders during the April killing rains (14.57 inches for one month). Push Creek, a tributary of Northwood Creek, has no channel. It spreads from one-half to 2 miles wide. OK-459-9.