Wildhorse Creek

Photograph of Wildhorse Creek site 26. Water 5 feet over drawdown. This site was riprapped in spring 1962. Site had received severe wave damage prior to repair work by SCS.
Date: July 16, 1962
Creator: Brown, Bob R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita Wildhorse Watershed

Photograph of Wildehorse Creek Site 26. Plunge basin with 5 foot head over principal spillway. Pipe discharged continuously for 28 days.
Date: July 16, 1962
Creator: Brown, Bob R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Rye Harvest

Photograph of cutting rye withbinder on terrace. Rye broadcasted and cultivated in with cultivator on contour.
Date: July 16, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management

Photograph of Dr. Hugh Hammond Bennett, chief of the Soil Conservation Service, speaking into a microphone as a recording I smade for a radio broadcast on the occasion of Soil Conservation and Youth Day demonstration. OK-6313 [?].
Date: July 16, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Messrs. J. E. and V. F. Ritter repairing the damage to fences on the Zimmermann farm after the flood of July 15, 1959. Note the larger boulders in the road; they are all that remain of large dumps of rock placed there for road improvement by the county commissioners. The bridge in the foreground was completely submerged during the storm. OK-902-10.
Date: July 16, 1959
Creator: Matthews, James
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Dr. H. H. Bennett

Photograph of Dr. H. H. Bennett, Chief of Soil Conservation Service, speaking to a crowd of 800, during Youth Day, at Ball Park.
Date: July 16, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Mulched Wheat Field

Photograph of a mulched wheat field on John B. Rainbolt's land.
Date: July 16, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Moody Ranch

Photograph of a farmer using a model 11A John Deere combine with a 5 foot cutter bar pulled by Farmall F20 tractor on the Moody Ranch.
Date: July 16, 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fish Pond Management

Photograph of Car Mackey, Durrell Burton, and four UNIDENTIFED people checking the condition and fish population of this fishing pond. The photograph does not give the positions of Mackey or Burton. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Carl Mackey and Durrell Burton pulling minnow seine in to check for fish reproduction and balance."
Date: July 16, 1968
Creator: Kuntz, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

W. T. Crouch With His Conservation Plow, Seeder, and Fertilizer

Photograph of W. T. Crouch, Dalworth District Supervisor, showing his tractor, conservation plow, seeder, and fertilizer on his 125-acre Sudan field. The back of the photograph proclaims, "W. T. Crouch, Dalworth District Supervisor, showing his conservation plow, seeder and fertilizer. This machine places fertilizer from 4 to 6 inches deep and seed ½ to 2 inches deep. Crouch used this machine on his 125 acre sudan [sic] field in May and June of 1955."
Date: July 16, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Mr. Orville Austin Harvesting Combination Planting of Balboa Rye and Hairy Vetch on Moody Ranch Moody Ranch

Photograph of ranch manager Mr. Orville Austin using a Farmall F20 tractor and Model 11A John Deere combine a field of Balboa Rye and hairy vetch. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Harvesting combination planting of Balboa Rye (1/2 bu.) with hairy vetch (20 lbs.) per acre basis. Model 11A John Deere combine with 5-ft. cutter bar pulled by Farmall F20 tractor on steel is utilized for harvesting this combination planting. Mr. Orville Austin, manager of this ranch, is operating both the tractor and combine harvester."
Date: July 16, 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History