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Bermuda Spot Sodded on Pasture Contours
Photograph of a field consisting of Bermuda, needle grass, and ragweed. Bermuda spot sodded on pasture contours and will spread and completely cover the pasture. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Bermuda spot sodded on pasture contours. All the other vegetation in the pasture consists of needle grass and ragweed's. The Bermuda will spread and in time completely cover the pasture, making it a great deal better than it was before the contours were built and the Bermuda started. To be followed with later pictures showing progress."
Date:
December 7, 1936
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Bermuda Spot Sodded on Pasture Contours
Photograph of a field consisting of Bermuda, needle grass, and ragweed. Bermuda spot sodded on pasture contours and will spread and completely cover the pasture. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Bermuda spot sodded on pasture contours. All the other vegetation in the pasture consists of needle grass and ragweed's. The Bermuda will spread and in time completely cover the pasture, making it a great deal better than it was before the contours were built and the Bermuda started. To be followed with later pictures showing progress."
Date:
December 7, 1936
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Mr. Pletcher, Tennant, on a Tractor
Photograph of Mr. Pletcher, tennant, on a tractor he uses in contour farming his land. Taken to illustrate an article by Mr. Ivy Howard. Ardmore Project
Date:
December 7, 1936
Creator:
Hufnagle
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Corn Planting
Photograph of farmer cultivating young corn wich was planted up and down the slope. Note gullies running parallet to farming lines.
Date:
May 7, 1937
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
UNIDENTIFIED Farmer Cultivating Corn Field/Muskogee Project/Boley Camp
Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED farmer with two horses cultivating corn next to a long gully running parallel to the field. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Photo shows negro farmer cultivating young corn which was planted up and down the slope. Note gullies running parallel to farming lines."
Date:
May 7, 1937
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Civilian Conservation Corps
Photograph of a banquet following a field tour through the Konawa CCC Camp work area. Banquet was prepared and served in the camp mess hall. OK-6630.
Date:
July 7, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Konawa Camp
Photograph of a banquet following a field tour through the Konawa CCC Camp work area. Banquet was prepared and served in the camp mess hall. OK-6630.
Date:
July 7, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Representatives of Fire Preventon and contro Assn.
Photograph of a meeting of representatives of various groups and organizations to ork out program of Fire Prevention and Control Association at Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.
Date:
September 7, 1939
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of the sacking of lespedeza seed harvested with a Vance-Heakal combine harvester. Mr. J. B. Abrams with the assistance of his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Willie Abrams. AR-10, 410 B.
Date:
December 7, 1939
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Prairie Dog
Photograph of a Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus)
Date:
April 7, 1940
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
F. A. Shallenberger
Photograph of F. A. Shallenberger in a pasture.
Date:
November 7, 1941
Creator:
Wolff, S. E.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Vetch and Oats Combination Planting in Apple Orchard Next to Highway #71
Photograph of the combination planting of oats and vetch in an apple orchard in Lowell, next to Highway #71. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Combination planting of vetch and oats in apple orchard. Cover crop has been cut into the soil with tractor and double disk to serve as a mulch in the orchard. A common practice over a number of years in this orchard. Growth of vetch and oats in the foreground was left unplowed and serves as a border strip along the highway. This strip helps to show this amount of green manure that has been cut into the soil to serve as orchard mulch."
Date:
May 7, 1942
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cow
Photograph of a cow.
Date:
October 7, 1942
Creator:
Webb, Gordon C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Conservation, Management and Utilization
Photograph of increased beef production through the retirement of upland cultivated land to Bermuda grass pasture as reported by Mr. R. L. Simpson, Jr. of Eufaula, Oklahoma. 25 Aberdeen Angus cattle grazed on 26 acres of this Bermuda pasture from early spring until late fall. In March or April, 1940, pasture was sodded and then 350 pounds of 20% superphosphate fertilizer per acre was spread, then overseeded to lespedeza in 1941 and then to yellow hops and bur clovers in the fall of 1942. 14 acres described as “almost blow sand” were taken out of cultivation; another 14 acres were low lying drains that had developed brush and sprouts but which were cleared. Cattle grazing pasture which was still in good condition at the time of the photograph was taken. OK-8411.
Date:
October 7, 1942
Creator:
Webb, C. G.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Orville Austin Seed Plot of Hairy Vetch and Balboa Rye
Photograph of Orville Austin standing in a recently seeded field of hairy vetch and Balboa rye. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Combination planting of hairy vetch (20#) and Balboa rye (1 bu.) seeded with combination (16 disk, 7-inch spacing) drill with fertilizer and grass seeder attachments with 175 lbs. of superphosphate applied per acre at time of planting. This field was planted to hairy vetch and Balboa rye and seed crop was harvested in July 1942 with combine. The straw and stubble remained on the field until immediately before the present (1942) seeding. This field was prepared for the 1942 seeding going over the field three times with a tandem disk and tractor followed with two times over 6 ½ ft. field cultivator attached to the tractor, followed by one time over with tandem disk before planting with the above combination fertilizer, disk, and grain drill and seeded on September 17, 1942."
Date:
October 7, 1942
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
G. G. Gross Cover Drilling and Vetch Plowing in Pecan Orchard
Photograph of G. G. Goss on a tractor drilling cover and soil improving crop of vetch in a 26-acre pecan orchard. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Drilling cover and soil improving crop of Vetch in a 26 acre Pecan Orchard. In the same operation, Goss is applying 100# super phosphate per acre. Nimrod Fine Sand."
Date:
October 7, 1943
Creator:
Jenkins, E. W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Hairy Vetch and Rye Cover and Soil Improvement
Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man kneeling in a field with significant cover and soil improvement six miles north of DeLeon. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cover and soil Improvement. Left, mixed planting of hairy vetch and rye following cow peas, and right, following corn. (See Tex-41-375 and Tex-41-376.)"
Date:
March 7, 1944
Creator:
Jenkins, E. W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cover Crop, Soil Improvement, And Meadow Harvesting of Winter Oats & Hairy Vetch for Seed
Photograph of a combine used for harvesting seed from a combination planting of winter oats and hairy vetch. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Combination planting of winter oats and hairy vetch being harvested for seed with combine."
Date:
July 7, 1944
Creator:
White, H. C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of E.S. Cordell, work unit leader, Soil Conservation Service, Hugo, Oklahoma and Mrs. Laura C. Pickens, land owner. Featuring crop rotation and soil improvement. Two rows of corn and one row of peas. OK-8788.
Date:
July 7, 1944
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of a homemade fertilizer distributor upon a corn planter as made by Collin Johnson, in the photo. The distributor is made from scrap metal, old bicycle chain and sprockets. The apparatus permits simultaneous planting and fertilizing and may readily be removed from the planter. ok-8767.
Date:
July 7, 1944
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Nature & Wildlife
Photograph of a snake in its native habitat. OK-8585.
Date:
July 7, 1944
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Snake in Native Habitat
Photograph of a snake in its native habitat.
Date:
July 7, 1944
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of the Hatcher brothers’ ranch showing one of the registered Hereford bulls, a part of the herd of 100 registered cows that according to Joe Hatcher “grazed 140 acres of rye and sweet clover for 90 days and in the process gained in weight on an average 2 pounds per cow per day.” OK-8872.
Date:
September 7, 1944
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Hereford Improvement
Photograph of some of the 100 registered Herefords that according to Joe Hatcher "grazed 140 acres of rye and sweetclover for 90 days and in the process gained in weight on an average of 2 lbs. per cow per day.
Date:
September 7, 1944
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History