Photograph of bottom land. The owner cleared this bottom land and conditioned it with a heavy disc plow. This land was seeded to sweet clover to be followed by oats and rye and then sodded to Bermuda grass. Pasture will be fenced into 3 ten acres sections with reservoir water in each section. OK-31-6.

Photograph of fJR White, farm operator, seeding weeping lovegrass on Dr. Robert Adams' farm.

Photograph of owner-cleared bottom land that was conditioned with a heavy disc plow. This land was seeded to sweet clover to be followed by oats and rye and then sodded to Bermuda grass. Pasture will be fenced into 3 ten acre sections with resevoir water in each section. OK-31-6.

Photograph of Jr. White, farm operator, seeding weeping love grass for pasture. This pasture will be used by a pure bred Angus herd.

Photograph of sample of soil from a newly cleared piece of bottom land. This land will be used as an improved pasture. It will be planted with; sweet clover, oats, rye and bermuda grass.

Photograph of three UNIDENTIFED men next to a Brillion seeder, owned by the Checotah SCD, used to spread fertilizer prior to seeding KR Bluestem on the J. J. Cook Farm Coop. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Brillon [sic] seeder owned by Checotah SCD. Being used to spread fertilizer prior to seeding KR Bluestem.”

Photograph of an Ezee Flow Spreader on the Jerry Thompson Farm.

Photograph of a homemade border packer filled with concrete. OK-148-2.

Photograph of a hat lying in a mixture of button clover, vetch, and wheat. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Button clover, vetch, and wheat."

Photograph of contour farming with terraces. Field terraced and contour listed showing uniform distribution of water after rains. OK-465-5.

Photograph of button clover, vetch, and wheat.

Photograph of row irrigation, pre-irrigating for cotton. Newly prepared land; planned, staked and checked by S"CS personnel in Greer Co., SCD, Okla.

Photograph of row irrigation; pre-irrigating for cotton. Newly perpared land; planned, staked and checked by SCS personnel in Greer Co. , SCD, Okla.

Photograph of row irrigation; pre-irrigating for cotton. Newly prepared land; planned, staked and checked by SCS personnel in Greer Co., SCD, Okla.

Photograph of Fischer’s Wheat Bowl Farm, Hooker, Oklahoma. Side view of sub-surface tillage equipment being used on this farm comprising 16 scattered quarter sections (See OK-10, 721). II HP 2X. OK-10, 722.

Photograph of Norman Fischer (left) shows Technician John Bailey the effectiveness of properly-managed residue in controlling wind erosion and conserving moisture. This wheat is in good condition though at the time the picture was taken, rain was needed for further growth. In June 1952, Fischer harvested 22 bushels of wheat per acre despite the drought. He left the stubble 8 to 12 inches tall. In the first week in July, he worked the field with a sub-surface plow with blades or shovels as set from 3.5 to 4 inches deep, leaving residue in the surface. He repeated the operation in mid-August to cut weeds and volunteer wheat. Drilled wheat in a deep furrow on September 20, 1952. OK-10, 725.

Photograph of placing fertilizer in automatic bermuda grass planter. All bermuda reported during 1955 in the Okmulgee Co. SDC has been fertilized at time of planting.

Photograph of numerous cars driving past a flooded gin in the Cow Creek Watershed. Note: This collection contains two identical copies of this photograph, but one states Cow Creek and the other states Beaver Creek. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Gin of Comanche under water, alfalfa field in foreground. There are only two gins in County. 5:15 PM. 5-19-55 – Cow Creek Watershed."

Photograph of side delivery raske being used to gather bermuda grass roots. A spring tooth harrow was used to dig the roots.

Photograph of digging bermudagrass roots with springtooth harrow.

Photograph of 8 inch plastic pipe used to convey water frompump to rows or borders. Pipe has 2-inch plastic sleeves to let water into each row.

Photograph of row irrigation; part of field is 2 percent slope, row direction down steepest slope; plastic sleeves in pipe lets water down each row.

Photograph of row irrigation; part of field is 2 percent slope, row direction down steepest slope; plastic sleeves in pipe lets water down each row.

Photograph of row irrigation; part of field is 2 percent slope, row direction down steepest slope; plastic sleeves in pipe lets water down each row.