Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Antelopehorn on a rocky area. TX-45, 378.
Date: May 1, 1949
Creator: Allred, B. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of mealycup salvia in foreground among Engleman daisies. TX-45, 385.
Date: May 1, 1949
Creator: Allred, B. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Antelope Horn milkweed on a rocky area. TX-45, 378.
Date: May 1, 1949
Creator: Allred, B. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Sutter’s Fescue on an old rice field. 200 pounds of phosphate applied at the time of land preparation. 200 pounds 4-12-4 fertilizer applied at the time of seeding with 17 pounds of Sutter’s Fescue on the 35 foot lands. Seed drilled in on a firm seed bed. TX 47[?], 093.
Date: March 1, 1949
Creator: Davis, D. O.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of King Ranch Bluestem seed, clean and of commercial quality. High grade plantable material. Size of seed in original negative about one-half actual size. TX-44, 870.
Date: November 1, 1948
Creator: Davis, David O.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of heads of Hairy grama (Bouteloua hirsute). TX-44, 279.
Date: October 1, 1948
Creator: Dyksterhuis, E. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of heads of hairy tall dropseed (Sporobolus asper varietas pilosus). TX-44, 724.
Date: October 1, 1948
Creator: Dyksterhuis, E. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Franz T. Blackert, SCS Engineer, Inspects Riser Section of Drawdown Structure at Site 10, Pilot and Sister Grove Creek

Photograph of Franz T. Blackert, SCS Engineer, Inspecting Riser Section of Drawdown Structure at Site 10, Pilot and Sister Grove Creek. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Franz T. Blackert, SCS engineer, inspects riser section of drawdown structure at site 10, Pilot and Sister Grove Creek watershed. Anti-seep collars are spaced along outlet pipe."
Date: July 1, 1952
Creator: Fox, Lester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of flowers, leaves, stems and tap root of Leavenworth’s Eryngo (Eryngium leavenworthii). TX-44, 747.
Date: October 1, 1948
Creator: Fox, Lester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of King Ranch Bluestem planted in April 1947. Harvest second seed crop October 22, 1948; first harvest took place on June 1, 1948. 35 acre block. TX-44, 826.
Date: May 1, 1905
Creator: Grazier, Phil.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fruit and Vegetable Cultivation

Photograph of roots, leaves and seed heads of red plantains {USDA: redseed plantains*], one of several small plants called tallow weed. TX-46, 888. *https://plants.usda.gov/factsheet/pdf/fs_plrh.pdf
Date: July 1, 1950
Creator: Hart, James
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fruit and Vegetable Cultivation

Photograph of roots, leaves and seedheads of a red plantain, one of several small plants called tallow weed. TX-46, 888.
Date: July 1, 1950
Creator: Hart, James
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management

Photograph of emergency tillage. Flat breaking (12 inches deep) on a sorghum field for wind erosion control.
Date: February 1, 1947
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a Ford tractor pulling one way with effect [?] discs and seed drill. Pitting and seeding operations on rangeland in poor condition. TX-46-958.
Date: July 1, 1950
Creator: Keng, E. B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Field of Suiter Fescue

Photograph of “Suiter fescue (Kentucky 31 fescue) planted at 15 lbs. per acre with 5 lbs. alfalfa and 4 lbs. red clover in Oct. 1949.” A small farmstead and windmills are visible in the distant background.
Date: July 1, 1950
Creator: Rechenthin, C. A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of King Ranch Bluestem seed plot planted in the Spring of 1949. The small plot can be irrigated and seed has been harvested for use on other parts of the ranch. TX-47-383.
Date: November 1, 1950
Creator: Rechenthin, C. A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a follow-up from photo TX 49-126A. The picture shows a homemade range pitter made from a one-way and mounted or a power lift [sic] of an Allis Chalmers tractor. The one-way had a 22 inch disc spruced 10 inches apart. Five inches were cut off one side. See pictures A, B, C, D, E, F and H. TX-49-126-G
Date: May 1, 1954
Creator: Reynolds, Franklin
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a follow-up from photo TX 49-126A. The picture shows a homemade range pitter made from a one-way and mounted or a power lift [sic] of an Allis Chalmers tractor. The one-way had a 22 inch disc spruced 10 inches apart. Five inches were cut off one side. See pictures A, B, C, D, E, F and H. TX-49-126-D
Date: May 1, 1954
Creator: Reynolds, Franklin
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of more range pitting. A follow-up to photo TX-49-126A. The picture shows a homemade range pitter made from a one-way and mounted or a power lift [sic] of an Allis-Chalmers tractor. The one-way had a 22 inch disc plow spaced 10 inches apart, with 5 inches cut off of one side. See pictures A, B, C, D, F, G, and H. TX-49-126-E.
Date: May 1, 1954
Creator: Reynolds, Franklin
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of showing a home-made range piter made from a one-way plow and mounted on a power lift of an Allis-Chalmers tractor. The one-way plow had 22-inch diameter discs spaced 10 inches apart. Five inches were cut off one side. A follow-up picture to 49-126A. And see pictures B through F and H. TX-49-126G.
Date: May 1, 1954
Creator: Reynolds, Franklin
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management

Photograph of a range-pitting machine. A follow-up photo to TX-49-126-A. This picture shows where range a range pitting machine has been run. The pits are 36 inches apart, 5 inches deep, and 11 inches wide at the top and are 36 inches in length. These pits will hold 5 gallons of water. A mixed land range site, unit 7 soil, poor condition. R.R.P. [Recommended Retail Price?]. The grass is about all dead, only small clumps remain alive. See pictures D, E, F, G, and H for pitter (also see TX-49-126-A and –B). TX-49-126-C.
Date: May 1, 1954
Creator: Reynolds, Franklin
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History