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Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of Hubam clover and Johnson grass for supplemental pasture. TX-41, 542.
Date:
May 20, 1944
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of Photo of the Lege Ranch showing registered Herefords on volunteer stand of Huban clover and Johnson grass pasture. [Too much of the rest of the rest of the text too faded for legibility}. TX-41, 636.
Date:
May 30, 1944
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Healing/Healed Sheet Erosion on a Blackland Experiment Station Cotton Field
Photograph of healing/healed sheet erosion on this cotton field located at the Blackland Experiment Station. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Sheet Erosion. After one rain, cross slope runoff on this down hill [sic], straight rowed field cut shallow gullies (4" deep) to the depth of bedded rows. Since then, cotton in the field has been cultivated once or twice and visual evidence of erosion has almost been obliterated. Damage to the field remains unaltered, however."
Date:
June 1944
Creator:
Lyle
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fisheries and Fish Management
Photograph of a string of bass, blue gill, bream and catfish just caught from a 48 acre fertilized pond on the Dunmon Ranch. None of the fish are over 18 months old; the bass average between 1 ¼ to 1 ½ pounds each; bream and blue gill average to ¾ pounds each. Jack Whitley and Henry T. Peebles, ranch hands, are holding the catch. TX-41, 630.
Date:
July 15, 1944
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cattle Grazing on 20 Acre Improved Pasture
Photograph of cattle grazing on 20 acre improved pasture planted in October 1943. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cattle grazing 20 acre improved pasture planted October 1943. A mixture of alfalfa and created wheat grass was planted. Grazing in 1944 has been at the rate of one cow per acre for about six months." A barn, house, two windmills, and other buildings are in the photograph's distant background.
Date:
August 11, 1944
Creator:
Hartman, M. H.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Contour Farming
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.
Date:
October 6, 1944
Creator:
Webb, Gordon
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Contour Farming
Photograph of strip crops and cover crops on contour for wind and water erosion control. Rye cover crop was seeded immediately after peanuts were dug. Crotalaria in 4 rows, peanuts in 8 rows. Mr. Whit Sides says that the crotalaria prevents soil from blowing after the peanut harvest while also fixing nitrogen and humus to the soil. Where peanuts have already been harvested this year, Mr. Sides says he made from 2 to 3 bushels more per acre from the old crotalaria strips than he did on land where sorghum or other non-leguminous crops were planted last year. TX-41, 815.
Date:
December 3, 1944
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Contour Farming
Photograph of strip crops and cover crops on contour for wind and water erosion control. Rye cover crop was seeded immediately after peanuts were dug. Crotalaria in 4 rows, peanuts in 8 rows. Mr. Whit Sides says that the crotalaria prevents soil from blowing after the peanut harvest while also fixing nitrogen and humus to the soil. Where peanuts have already been harvested this year, Mr. Sides says he made from 2 to 3 bushels more per acre from the old crotalaria strips than he did on land where sorghum or other non-leguminous crops were planted last year. TX-41, 815.
Date:
December 3, 1944
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of Cornonelli (?) Critica Vetch. This type of plant has possible uses for winter green manure crops. Estimated tonnage under favorable conditions, 20 tons of green weight per acre. The plant warrants further study for use in soil conservation districts. TX-N-1.
Date:
March 14, 1945
Creator:
Brown, Grover
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Meadow Waterway Developed From Old Gully
Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED men standing in a meadow waterway developed from an old gully. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Meadow waterway developed from old gully. In 1937 the gully was worked with a blade and seeded to bluestem. Excess terrace water from entire cultivated area of the farm is now being safely disposed of through this channel."
Date:
April 21, 1945
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Disking a Vetch and Rye Cover Crop in Orchard
Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man on a tractor disking a vetch and rye cover crop in orchard. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Disking vetch and rye cover crop, fertilized with 220 lbs. per acre of superphosphate, in 60 acre orchard. Cover crop planted first of October 1944. After being disked the residue left on the surface of the soil conserves moisture and reduces run-off and erosion. This land formerly was in peanuts; peach trees were planted after cow peas had been grown 2 years. Cover crop clipping best yielded 10.1 tons per acre of green matter."
Date:
April 26, 1945
Creator:
Jenkins, E. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Field Fertilizer and Rye Variety Test; Winter Cover Crop
Photograph of two UNIDENTIFIED men inspecting and testing various grasses and field fertilizers. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Field fertilizer and rye variety test; winter cover crop. Left: Strip Abruzzi rye (30#) and hairy vetch (10#) per acre, unfertilized. Center: Strip common rye (30#) and hairy vetch (10#) fertilized with 120# superphosphate (0-20-0) per acre. All strips planted October 29, 1944 (to be harvested for seed). Results per acre: Right strips (Fertilized) Hairy Vetch, 8494#-4 ¼ Tons, Rye, 1 ¾ T. Total, 6 T. Middle Strip (Fertilized). Left Strip (Unfertilized) Hairy vetch, 103#--1/20 Tons, Rye 1 ½ T. Total, 1 ½ T. Soil: 7-9-B-2."
Date:
April 26, 1945
Creator:
Jenkins, E. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Rye and Volunteer Vetch in Pecan Orchard
Photograph of rye and volunteer vetch grasses planted in a 74-acre pecan orchard owned by Dr. W. L. Allen. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Volunteer cover and soil building crop vetch in 74 acre pecan orchard. In 1943 Dr. Allen planted 10# vetch and 30# rye with 100# phosphate per acre. Combined 100# seed per acre and disked residue into soil. In September, 1944 the orchard was treated with 100# 0-20-0 per acre. Volunteer vetch resulted that grazed 11 cows, and 1 horse from November 1 until April 15, 51 sheep from Feb. 15 to April 15; 25 goats from...[description ends]."
Date:
April 26, 1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of a solid field of Austrian winter peas for cover and soil improvement (Soil Types: 7x.). TX 42, 020.
Date:
May 11, 1945
Creator:
Mika, F. P.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of a stubble mulching volunteer wheat crop on contour terraced field. Four 36 inch Dempster [cultivater] sweeps [goes] 3 inches beneath the surface. Mulcher belongs to the Lipscomb County Wind Erosion District. Max Blau is inspecting the sweep. TX-42, 076.
Date:
May 19, 1945
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of stubble mulching. Stubble mulching volunteer wheat on a contour-terraced field. Four, 36 inch Dumpster sweeps out 3 inches beneath the surface. The mulcher belongs to the Lipscomb County Wind Erosion District. Max Blau is operating the tractor. TX-42, 078.
Date:
May 19, 1945
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of Fubam clover planted late in March, 1945. But no rain since May. TX-20-2.
Date:
July 4, 1945
Creator:
Bartley, O. H.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
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.
Date:
July 6, 1945
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of the combining of vetch and Abruzzi rye for seed on the former idle land. Last year Bermal Hickman had 150 acres of vetch that grazed 130 head of cattle from November 20 to March 20. He said that the crop could have carried twice as many cattle. He estimates his yield of vetch seed, from 40 acres combined, at 60,000 pounds. He practices crop rotation, deffered grazing on 600 acres, trashy tillings and all fields that should be are terraced. He farms 780 acres under a 5 year cash lease with E. P. Kilgore, Brownwood, the owner. On the tractor are, left and right, Malcolm McKeehan, Boss (Bill) McKeehan and their father, an employee of Hickman's. TX-43, 108.
Date:
July 22, 1945
Creator:
Jenkins, E. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
W. M. Nixon, L. K. Gregory, and Elmer Clark
Photograph of W. M. Nixon (left), L. K. Gregory (middle), and Elmer Clark (right).
Date:
July 22, 1945
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
G. G. Gross Combining Rye and Vetch for Seed
Photograph of District Supervisor G. G. Goss using a tractor to combine rye and vetch for seed. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Combining rye and vetch for seed. This land has been in cultivation for 41 years. (G. G. Gross on tractor). Per Acre Yield: Unfertilized: 214# Abruzzi Rye Seed, 66# vetch, Fertilized: 224# Abruzzi rye seed, (120# superphosphate), 620# vetch seed, Cost of fertilizer, $1.65 per acre. Green Tonnage: Unfertilized: 3,079# rye, 103# vetch, Fertilized: 3,511# rye, 8,494# vetch. Total: Unfertilized, 1.59 tons per acre, Fertilized, 6.01 tons per acre. (The increase was 432# rye, 8,391# vetch). At 14 cents per lb. for vetch seed and 4 ½ cents per lb. for rye seed, the unfertilized crop amounted to $18.87 per acre. On fertilized land the per acre return was $96.88. The fertilizer made an increase in profit of $76.46 per acre.”
Date:
July 23, 1945
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Rye and Vetch Seed Combining in Peach-Pecan Orchard
Photograph of Avery Dillard, tractor driver, and W. O. Rachels, on combine, combining rye and vetch seed in peach-pecan orchard. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. W. O. Rachels, 2. Avery Dillard. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Combining rye and vetch seed in peach-pecan orchard (Avery Dillard, tractor driver, and W. O. Rachels, on combine). Mr. Alexander had a total of 112 acres of vetch, 60 acres of which was in orchard. Fourteen acres were saved for seed. Vetch in orchard was planted Sept. 29 and fertilized with superphosphate at rate of 240# per acre. Average green tonnage: 10.1 of which 90% was vetch."
Date:
July 23, 1945
Creator:
Jenkins, E. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of combining hubam clover from windrows. John Mulkay is the combine operator. Mr. P. B. Barry estimates that the 6 acre lot will yield about 550 pounds of seed per acre. TX-43, 168.
Date:
July 24, 1945
Creator:
Jenkins, E. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of Windrowing hubam clover with a combine. Clover was planted on the contour in a terraced field. After it has cured 4 to 5 days in the windrow it will be thrashed by a combine with a pick-up attachment. TX-42, 136.
Date:
August 9, 1945
Creator:
Jenkins, E. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History