Fescue Grass Ladina Clover Pasture

Photograph of Percy Martin examining part of his 48 acres of fescue grass-ladino clover bottonland pasture, He turned 112 head of cattle on this 48 acres in Dec, 1950 and left them there until Apr 1, except during 3 weeks of severe weather inJanuary. "During that three months," Martin says, "the livestock had nothing else to eat, yet they fared better than cows that were on straight ladino and ryegrass and being given a couple of pounds of cake each day." Martin also has fescue-ladino planted on 15 fertil upland acres. 4aBO-III
Date: July 25, 1951
Creator: Tomkins, Gordon
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fescue Grass Ladino Clover Bottomland Pasture

Photograph of Martin examining part of his 48 acres of fescue-ladino clover bottomland pasture. He turned 112 head of cattle on this 48 acres in December 1950, and left there until April 1, except during three weeks of severe weather in January. During that three months Martin says, the livestock had nothing else to eat, yet they fared better than cows that were on straight ladino and ryegrass and being given a couple of pounds of cake each day. Martin also has fescue-ladino planted on 15 fertile upland acres.
Date: July 25, 1951
Creator: Tomkins, Gordon
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Photograph of Dierks Forest [from the lumber company established by the Dierks family beginning in 1903] in Valliant, Oklahoma. Follow-up of OK_656-9. 25c OH soil Class VII. Forest cleared by a D8 crawler tractor. Cut on and planted with pine seedlings on March 1958. OK-1072-3.
Date: November 25, 1959
Creator: Killim, O. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

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.
Date: April 25, 1957
Creator: Hayes, E. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History