Photograph of Mrs. Phyllis Johnson who is one of many house-wifes that enjoys shopping in the modern day super-markets. Good conservation farming and modern canning methods make many items of food available to the house-wife of today.

Photograph of a title layout that was made by using Hernard 3-D title letters on a lithographic America The Beautiful print. Note. Shadow effect by using the raised letters. Color slides wre made by using the raised letters. Color slides were made of the same picture with amazing results.

Photograph of Mrs. Phyllis Johnson who is one of many house-wives that enjoys shopping in the modern day super-markets. Good conservation farming make many items of food available to the house-wife of today.

Photograph of 4 rows of crotolaria for wind erosion control and soil improvement alternating with 8 rows of peanuts. Mr. J.R. Grydor, father of J.W. Grydor, examines the crotolaria seed crop. TX-41-307.

Photograph of W.A. Maples farm land. Wind strips on Contour. 4 rows of crotolaria alternating with 8 rows of peanuts on 20 acres of Texas field. Next year, Maples plans to use a 4-row strip with 2 rows of crotolaria on the outside of two rows of peas. Crop residue is from last year's strips of sorghum. Peanuts on the field last year yielded 24 bushels per acre. The 74 acre field is all planted on the contour and stripped for wind erosion. 30 acres are protected with 2 rows of peas plus a row of sorghum on each side; 5 acres with 4 row strips of peas; 19 acres with 4 row strips of sorghum; 20 acres with 4 row strips of of crotolaria. Peas and crotolaria were fertilized with 100 pounds super phospate per acre. TX-41-302.

Photograph of oats following oats: 15 bushels per acre. Oats following vetch: 60 bushels per acre. J.N. Dickenson, the Palo Pinto, Texas Soil Conservation District supervisor, who lives 6 miles northwest of Perrin, listens while G. F. Wimberley, post master and soil conservation district cooperator tells how vetch increased his per-acre yield of oats from 15 bushels to 60 bushels per acre. The increase is indicate by comparing the two piles of oats, 4 ounces in one and 16 ounces in the other. The vetch was planted in December, 1943. It was grassed and it yielded 7254 seeds on 6.2 acres. TX-43. 157.

Photograph of wind and water erosion control on peanut field. Contour strip crops of soy beans (4 rows wide) with 8 rows of peanuts in intervals. Peanuts have been dug and lay in shanks for curing. TX-41, 844.

Photograph of Big Bend National Park, showing a part of the Tornillo Flats, where pitting was done last winter in strips. Where the pits are, they caught 2.4 inches of rain and was absorbed into the ground. A thick cover of annuals resulted, mostly 6-week grama, with some seedlings of perennials that were seeded following pitting. The strips not pitted are badly crusted and almost no water penetrated the soil. The area is almost bare. TX-48-176.

Photograph of pasture improvement. After sodding to Bermuda grass and seeding in between and furrows with Biennial White Sweet Clover for temporary pasture. Bell Clay soil. 5% slope. More than 75% of the topsoil was removed. Frequent gullies. TX-50, 078-D.

Photograph of the Renner Research Station, Renner, Texas [now a part of Dallas, annexed in the 1970s]. B. D. Blakely, Head Agronomist, Washington D.C. and D. G. Craig, Southern Great Plains Agronomist, Fort Worth, Texas, in an oat field on the Renner Research Station. TX-307-2.

Photograph of the seeding of native pasture. A group of southern Great Plains agronomists on a tour of the Renner Research Station, reviewing results of a seeding of native pasture of El Reno Sideoats Grama and King Ranch Bluestem. Cost of fertilizer, seed and planting was $30.00 per acre. This pasture was two-years old at the time of the photo. TX-306-8.

Photograph of the Renner Research Station. A few of the personnel who operate the Renner Research Station. From left to right: Dr. Tom Longnecker; Jack Laird; fred Shaw; Huey Whitehurst and Dr. Derby Laws. TX-306-3.

Photograph of a part of Tornillo Flats, Big Bend National Park, where pitting was done last winter in strips [i.e., creating pits that can capture water and prevent runoff). Where the pits are, they caught the rain of 2.4 inches and it was absorbed. A thick cover of annuals, mostly 6-weeks grama resulted, with some seedlings of perennials that were seeded following pitting. The strips not pitted are badly crusted and almost no water penetrated the soil. The area is almost bare. TX-48, 178.

Photograph of a part of Tornillo Flats, Big Bend National Park, where pitting was done last winter in strips [i.e., creating pits that can capture water and prevent runoff). Where the pits are, they caught the rain of 2.4 inches and it was absorbed. A thick cover of annuals, mostly 6-weeks grama resulted, with some seedlings of perennials that were seeded following pitting. The strips not pitted are badly crusted and almost no water penetrated the soil. The area is almost bare. TX-48, 178.

Photograph of a coastal Bermuda grass waterway. Coastal Bermuda grass waterway on the Renner Station. The coastal Bermuda grass makes for a good waterway in this area. TX-307-3.

Photograph of agricultural terraces. Collective terrace outlet sprig sodded to Bermuda grass in March, 1949 and planted to cotton in May, 1949. Cultivation of cotton results in the cultivation of Bermuda grass. The width of the strip is 160 feet and will be fenced and utilized as pasture after grass is well-established and the terraces are constructed. TX-45, 717.

Photograph of the Renner Research Station personnel. A few of the personnel who operate the Renner Research Station. From left to right: Dr. Tom Longnecker, Jack Laird, Fred Shaw, Huey Whitehurst and Dr. Derby Laws. TX-306-3.

Photograph of a part of Tornillo Flats, Big Bend National Park, where pitting was done last winter in strips [i.e., creating pits that can capture water and prevent runoff). Where the pits are, they caught the rain of 2.4 inches and it was absorbed. A thick cover of annuals, mostly 6-weeks grama resulted, with some seedlings of perennials that were seeded following pitting. The strips not pitted are badly crusted and almost no water penetrated the soil. The area is almost bare. TX-48, 178.

Photograph of a part of Tornillo Flats, Big Bend National Park, where pitting was done last winter in strips [i.e., creating pits that can capture water and prevent runoff). Where the pits are, they caught the rain of 2.4 inches and it was absorbed. A thick cover of annuals, mostly 6-weeks grama resulted, with some seedlings of perennials that were seeded following pitting. The strips not pitted are badly crusted and almost no water penetrated the soil. The area is almost bare. TX-48, 178.

Photograph of a part of Tornillo Flats, Big Bend National Park, where pitting was done last winter in strips [i.e., creating pits that can capture water and prevent runoff). Where the pits are, they caught the rain of 2.4 inches and it was absorbed. A thick cover of annuals, mostly 6-weeks grama resulted, with some seedlings of perennials that were seeded following pitting. The strips not pitted are badly crusted and almost no water penetrated the soil. The area is almost bare. TX-48, 178.

Photograph of brush control. Conservation aid, Jesse Nail, showing the fins on a root plow. These fins are set at a 45 degree angle to the blade to pull up roots of brush and to produce the turbulence necessary for seedbed preparation. The fins have a large share of the effectiveness of the operation. TX-602-9.

Photograph of sprinkler irrigation. The sprinkler irrigation system in operation on pre-irrigated land for cotton growing. This farm is in a low rainfall area and some irrigation is needed to work out a good soil and water conservation plan for most types of farming. Class II land, 2% slope, Soil Unit # 7. TX-273-10.

Photograph of steers on irrigated pasture of smooth brome, perennial rye grass, fescue, and alfalfa. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Steers on irrigated pastuer [sic] of smooth brome, orchardgrass, perennial ryegrass, fescue and alfalfa. Pasture has been heavily manured and sprinkle irrigated, 160 steers on 50 acres have gained about 400 lbs. each in 7 months. Nov. 15 – June 6. Soils are sandy loam – units. 7 and 20."

Photograph of a well on J. U. Drisdale's land. The well has an output of 2300 gallons per minute with a lift of 120 feet. The back of the photograph proclaims, "J. U. Drisdale's well output is 2300 per minute with lift of 120 feet."