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."

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]."