Photograph of the Fowler family and dog lounging in front of their new home. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Feye Fowler, 2. Mrs. Clarence Fowler, 3. Mr. Clarence Fowler. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Fowler and Daughter, Feye, in front of new ranch home recently built on Sandstone Creek Watershed."

Photograph of "A manhole on main sewer line that has deteriorated and fallen apart, and is letting raw sewage run over pasture land."

Photograph of a field deep plowed to control an infestation of shinnery oak. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Deep plowing for shinnery control. Fence row that was plowed for shinnery control. Shinnery roots doing fair job of wind erosion control."

Photograph of a field deep plowed to control an infestation of shinnery oak. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Deep plowing for shinnery control. Field badly infested with shinnery oak. No climax grasses in shinnery. Plowed 20" deep. Field will be seeded to Sudan this summer, rye in fall and either Sudan or sorghum next spring to establish cover for seeding native climax grasses."

Photograph of a field deep plowed to control an infestation of shinnery oak. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Deep plowing for shinnery control. Field badly infested with shinnery oak. Shinnery was 25' high when deep plowed in 1956. Sorghum cover will be established and field seedbed to climax native grasses."

Photograph of four heads of cattle and a midland Bermuda pasture planted in 1955 on the Honey Creek Ranch. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Proper use of midland Bermuda that was planted in 55."

Photograph of Jim Taylor, operator of ranch, standing in a field of tall bluestem. Some cattle are visible in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Jim Taylor, operator of ranch, admiring the tall bluestem in one of his pastures. The pasture is being properly grazed and is above Site 17 Sandstone Watershed."

Photograph of 8 months after seeding lovegrass as a conservation crop for rotation hay on Soil Bank land. SCS Technician John Nelson, left, and Robert Lippert, right, observing establishment of weeping lovegrass on 160 acre cropland under Soil Bank Contract 8 months after seeding.

Photograph of J.H. Butler standing near Little Bluestem plant. Area to be overseeded to native grass mixture under Great Plains Conservation Program.

Photograph of clumps or pedestals of soil held from eroding by bluestem grass.

Photograph of Clarence E. Bunch, Soil Conservation Service technician (left) and Harry Newer (right), Soil Conservation Supervisor examine some of the cured weeping lovegrass hay that is being baled from windrows on a 2 ½ acre field planted 14 ½ months ago. On June 15 it yielded 350 pounds of reclaimed seed valued at $3.50 to $4.00 per acre. Forty-five days after the grass was cut with a binder for seed it yielded 10 [number unclear], sixty-five pound bales of hay. Total value of yield from planter to date is about $1200 or $600 per acre.** He [Mr. Newer?] planted lovegrass March 27, 1944 after his wife asked him to “sow that field [with] something that will keep the dust out of the house.” He plans to plant an additional 8 or 10 acres of lovegrass next year. OK-9042.

Photograph of a woodland, second growth from virgin stand. OK-1630-5.

Photograph of the Red Plains Experiment Station. An east farm gully control studies 4 ½ miles south of Guthrie, Oklahoma. Clumps of pedestals of soil held from eroding by bluestem grass. OK-6915.

Photograph of the Red Plains Experiment Station. An east farm gully control studies 4 ½ miles south of Guthrie, Oklahoma. Clumps of pedestals of soil held from eroding by bluestem grass. OK-6913.

Photograph of a former gullied area in a natural drain running through a cultivated field. The gully has been plowed in, banks leveled and with the field terraced. Note the terrace fills (in the background) where terraces cross the drain. The old gully was approximately 4 feet deep and could not be crossed with tillage implements. The field will be contour cultivated and a conservation crop rotation will be followed. Clarence E. Bunch, Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technician, in the photo. Camera station # 7. In cultivated field at the south bank of the gully, looking north, 20 feet north of the idle land area. OK-9047-9[?].

Photograph of multiflora roses planted in 1947 as shrub in ain a shelterbelt between farmstead and field to the north. OK-994-B.

Photograph of newly constructed contour furrows built with a Texas terracer. White lines show cross section of area which will retain water. To be followed with later pictures. Part of the "Elk City Project."

Photograph of H.D. “Ham” Allen, Soil Conservation Service technician, Port Gibson, Mississippi, points out the dramatic difference between “trusted” bank on the Natchez Trace. Note the small mills and gullies developing on the “untreated” area, at left. Area at right was sodded with Bermuda grass. The Johnson grass “volunteered.” MI-1119-9. Camera settings: F-16, 1/200 sec.

Photograph of a tractor and hay mulcher being used on a roadside cut. OK-4172-6.

Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, Picher, Oklahoma. Slimes Pond Evaluation of plantings in Commerce, Oklahoma. View facing north in central portion of Field no. 6. Black Locust trees planted on 02-03-1967 without fertilizer nor mulch. OK-2878-26.

Photograph of watershed, aerial view looking south in Okmulgee. Severe erosion caused by salt water and oil well polution. Waterways have been constructed on each side to divert overhead runoff. The area will be fenced in, smoothed, tilled, mulched and seeded with tall wheatgrass and other salt tolerant grasses. OK-4081-14.

Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, with slimes pond evaluation of plantings in Picher, Oklahoma. View facing west in Field no. 2, series 6, with broom corn, the summer cover crop planted on 05-12-1967. Unmulched. 2 check rowws without fertilizer, 2 rows with 200 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer, 2 rows with 400 pounds of 10-20-10, 2 rows of 10-20-10 fertilizer with 50% nitrogen top-dressed and 2 rows with 400 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer with 50% fertilizer top-dressed. Raymond Magness holds the rod between rows 4 and five. OK-2879-7.

Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, with slimes pond evaluation of plantings in Picher, Oklahoma. View facing northwest in fertilized and mulched portion of Field no. 5. Shows growth of volunteer cottonwood trees in area planted to native grasses. Grass planted and fertilizer applied in prairie hay mulch on MArch 15 - 16, 1967. OK-2879-2.

Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, with slimes pond evaluation of plantings in Picher, Oklahoma. View facing north in Field no. 1. Native grass plantings seeded into prairie hay mulch. View, and Raymond Magness, is near the center of the plot. OK-2879-15.