Rotation Hay and Pasture

Photograph of alfalfa with rye as nurse crop sown in fall of 1956 on deep sandy soil. Crop of hay to be used for soil improvement and hay crop. Mr. Boyde Cooper, soil Conservationist, in picture.
Date: April 25, 1957
Creator: Murrell, R. C.
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

Washita Watershed Wildhorse Creek Sub-Watershed

Photograph of SCS 36" I. D. concrete pipe trench excavation, grade stakes and better boards.
Date: September 25, 1957
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History