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

Photograph of Wildhorse Creek Watershed, Site 22. Before photo. This reservoir, which will include municipal water for Duncan, will require 1,000,000 cu. Yd. for construction.

Photograph of Wildhorse Creek Watershed, Site 22, See OK-187-4.

Photograph of the Red Plains Experiment Station. The land has been out of cultivation for 25 years [as when the photo was taken]. No conservation methods have been practiced. This land has been grazed very lightly. OK-6912.

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

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

Photograph of the harvesting of Korean Lespedeza seed as seen in the combine. AR-30, 246.

Photograph of Dr. C. P. Cox in a field.

Photograph of an aerial shot of Site 4, Chigley Sandy Creek floodwater retarding structure and the surrounding area. A home and a few building are visible in the background near the middle of photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Site 4, floodwater retarding structure. D. A. 2,433 A., total cap. 1,146.90 A. F., total area 132.50 Sur. A., sediment storage 1.30 A. In., flood storage 4.30 A. In., 85,000 Cu. yd.”

Photograph of an aerial shot of Chigley Sandy Creek Site #5, its floodwater hindering structure, and the surrounding area. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Site 5, floodwater retarding structure. D. A. 518 A., total cap. 253.91 A. F., total area 31.50 Sur. A., sediment storage 1.56 A. In., flood storage 4.32 A. In., 45,00 cu. yd.”

Photograph of Soil Conservation Service (SCS) employees and Mrs. Elsie Bates at a meeting of contractors, suppliers, equipment dealers and SCS people. The theme of the meeting "Quality Inspection in Watershed Construction Work."

Photograph of the Red Plains Experiment Station, Guthrie, OK. Abandoned land which has been out of cultivation for forty years. It was severly eroded and even after forty years only annual grasses and weeds are able to survive. OK-6916.

Photograph of the Red Plains Experiment Station, Guthrie, OK. East farm gully control studies. 4 1/2 miles south of Guthrie, OK. Clumps or pedestals of soil held from ending by bluestream grass. OK-6913.

Photograph of the Red Plains Experiment Station, Guthrie, OK. Blackjack and chinery oak area which was cleared at the same time as that in OK-6909, but was not mowed to keep the scrub [around the?]oak trees from coming back. Compare with OK-6909 and OK-6911. OK-6910.

Photograph of a diagram showing a section of a typical floodwater retarding structure.

Photograph of eighteen Purebred Hereford cattle grazing on fescue and ladino in former timber covered land northwest of Atoka. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Purebred Hereford cattle grazing fescue and ladino on land formerly in timber."

Photograph of five Purebred Hereford cattle grazing on fescue and ladino in former timber covered land northwest of Atoka. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Purebred Hereford cattle grazing fescue and ladino on land formerly in timber."

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

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

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