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Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of range pitting applied in the summer of 1953 that is growing good cover of annual weeds. Tallow weed; Huisache daisy; Texas and California filaree; blue flax and Dakota verbena. Buffalo grass and tobosa grass spreading in pits. Note the complete absence of vegetation between the pits resulting from three years of drought. TX-48-985.
Date:
April 7, 1954
Creator:
Keng, E. B.
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The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of range pitting applied in the summer of 1953 growing a noticeable cover of annual weeds: tallow weed, Huisache daisy, Texas and California filaree, blue flax, and Dakota verbena. Buffalo grass and tobosa grass are spreading in the pits. Note the complete absence of vegetation between the pits, resulting from a 3-year drought. TX-48-985.
Date:
April 7, 1954
Creator:
Keng, E. B.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of Don Fulton, Soil Conservation Service [SCS], Work Unit Conservationist of Ozona, Texas, shows the depth of the pits on rangeland. The pits were made with two discs on a one-way disc plow with about 3 inches cut off on one side of the discs. It was pulled with a jeep. The pits are about 3 inches deep and 4 to 5 feet long. TX-48-433.
Date:
March 11, 1953
Creator:
Rechenthin, C. A.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History