Waterway Construction

Photograph of waterway construction near Perry. Construction started in the spring of 1956.
Date: April 3, 1961
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a waterway. Bermudagrassed waterway designed to carry disposal water from terraced Class III land. OK-247-11.
Date: April 12, 1956
Creator: Baggett, Beryl
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a waterway. Bermudagrassed waterway designed to carry disposal water from terraced Class III land. OK-247-12.
Date: April 12, 1956
Creator: Baggett, Beryl
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a waterway. Bermuda-grass waterway on wheat land, Class III, showing terraced outlets. This farm is under agreement with the Soil Conservation Service {SCS]. OK-247-1.
Date: April 12, 1956
Creator: Baggett, Beryl
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Two UNIDENTIFED Farmers Spreading Lespedeza and Sweetclover Seeds on Contour Ridges in Native Pasture/Stillwater Project

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED farmers using horse drawn equipment spreading lespedeza and sweetclover seeds on contour ridges in native pasture. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Seeding contour ridges in native pasture, using lespedeza and sweet clover. The ridges were built with two rounds with terracing plow, then worked with orchard disc. Seed broadcast by hand. Covering with two mower wheels as drag or harrow."
Date: April 27, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

UNIDENTIFIED Farmer With A Improvised Device/Stillwater Project

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED farmer using an improvised device harrowing contour furrows. The back of the photograph proclaims, "This shows an ingenious device, improvised by the farmer, doing a good job of harrowing contour furrows after they have been broadcasted to lespedeza and sweet clover. It consists of two moving machine wheels chained together in such a way that one wheel is on each side of the furrow."
Date: April 27, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History