Photograph of a scene in Beaver Bend State Park.

Photograph of Blue River bottom land. Cleared in 1956. Was wet, poorly drained timber land near wortless pasture before clearing and planting to midland bermuda and clover. Planted to bermuda 1957, 500 acre ranch has 200 acres on cultivation. 1959-ran 135 head grown cows and 500 sheep and offsprings. Uses vetch and clover for sown pasture. 10-on hill, 11 on bottom, all was cleared.

Photograph of Blue River bottom land. Cleared in 1956. Was wet, poorly drained timber land near wortless pasture before clearing and planting to midland bermuda and clover. Planted to bermuda 1957, 500 acre ranch has 200 acres on cultivation. 1959-ran 135 head grown cows and 500 sheep and offsprings. Uses vetch and clover for sown pasture. 10-on hill, 11 on bottom, all was cleared.

Photograph of a close up view of Guy Schroder's stubble mulch implement and its series of five 32-inch sweeps. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Stubble Mulching. Stubble mulching on wheatland [sic]. Stubble mulch implement of Guy Schroder's. This implement has a series of five 32-inch sweeps. Schroder is cooperator with the North Caddo SCD and started the Soil Conservation Service program on his farm in 1950."

Photograph of the plowing under of cowpeas as a green manure. Plowing being done on the contour. OK-6881.

Photograph of stubble mulching. Stubble mulching on wheat land. Stubble mulch implement of Guy Schroder’s. This implement has a series of five 32-inch sweeps. Schroder is a cooperator with the North Caddo Soil Conservation District [SCD] and started the Soil Conservation Service program on this farm in 1950.

Photograph of a flock of sheep standing and grazing in a small grain vetch and clover pasture. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Small grain vetch and clover pasture. Companion pictures see Ok-1050-10, Ok-1050-11."

Photograph of a flock of sheep standing and grazing in a small grain vetch and clover pasture. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Small grain vetch and clover pasture. Companion pictures see Ok-1050-10, Ok-1050-11."

Photograph of a grass seed catcher operating in K.R. Bluestem. Note the wiresacross the catcher seems to double the yiled of K.R. seed from the harvester. OK-1827-9.

Photograph of pasture with heavy timber in the background. The grassed area was timbered until 1956. 300 acres were cleared to midland bermuda and clover. 2000 acres make up the ranch. The cleared land after planting Bermuda grass increased the ranch's carrying capacity by 30 to 40%. OK-1050-7.

Photograph of Mr. Tucker's 22 head of hogs which are being fed with supplememtal feed grown bon his land irrigated by water stored up by dam constructed by SCS Water Facilities. The hog between the camera and Mr. Tucker is estimated to weigh 800 lbs.

Photograph of Tenkiller Lake as viewed from the Methodist Boys Ranch from west to east. Cover photo first choice for Cherokee County

Photograph of timber control, showing Mr. R. V. Little demonstrating one of his tree injectors on one of his 800 acre pastures. OK-1050-1.

Photograph of Pasture. Blue River bottom land cleared in 1956. It consisted of wet, poorly drained timber land near worthless pasture before clearing and planting to Midland Bermuda grass and clover. Planted to Bermuda grass in 1957. 500 acre ranch has 200 acres under cultivation. By 1959, it had 135 grown cows and 500 sheep and offspring, using vetch and clover for sown pasture. 10 on hill. 11 on bottom was cleared. OK-1050-10.

Photograph of a large herd of cattle on Blue River bottomland pasture. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Pasture. Blue River bottom land. Cleared in 1956. Was wet, poorly drained timber land near worthless pasture before clearing and planting to midland Bermuda and clover. Planted to Bermuda 1957, 500 acres Ranch has 200 ac. on cultivation. 1959-ran 135 head grown cows and 500 sheep and offsprings [sic], uses vetch and clover for sown pasture. 10 on hill. 11 on bottom. 11 was cleared."

Photograph of Little Blue Stem grass, seeded in 1937 for a meadow.

Photograph of a panorama view of large contour stripped area four miles west and two miles north of Pryor. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Panorama with Okla-6868. Match together for view of large contour strip cropped area."

Photograph of a panorama view of large contour stripped area four miles west and two miles north of Pryor. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Panorama with Okla-6867. Match together for view of large contour strip cropped area."

Photograph of newly constructed drainage ditch. Wet heavy bottom land site, 3a soil. Cleared of timber in 1957. Chunk sodded to Bermuda in 1960. Soil Unit III-3a.

Photograph of a spread of varying soil conservation practices practiced by a non-cooperator. The back of the photograph proclaims, "This is the contour strip cropping of a non-cooperator who decided to install soil-conserving practices after observing his neighbors' work."

Photograph of strip cropping with grain sorghum and alfalfa.

Photograph of sweetclover buffer strip on the contour with wheat sown on the interval 4 miles west and ½ mile south of Pryor. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Sweet clover buffer strip on the contour. Wheat has been sown on the interval."

Photograph of Allan R. Moss, Project Coordinator for RC&D Project, Overlooking Tenkiller Lake. This photo, cover photo third choice for Cherokee County.

Photograph of timber control. The overhead trees killed for 4 years. Underbrush treated by injection spring 1959. Native grass excellent recovery. Good seed crop on native grass.