Flooded Field from N. Canadian River

Photograph of flooded alfalfa field from overflow of N. Canadian River.
Date: July 17, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

UNIDENTIFED farmer and an UNIDIENTIFED Soil Conservation Service Conservationist Examining Modular Development on Roots of Sweetclover Plants/Elk City Project

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED farmer and an UNIDIENTIFED Soil Conservation Service Conservationist examining modular development on roots of sweetclover plants. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Shows cooperating farmers and Soil Conservation Service Conservationist examining modular development on roots of sweet clover plants. This patch – 8 ½ acres sown in fall in a strip on the contour will be utilized as seed and soil building crop."
Date: July 17, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soil Erosion from Canadian River

Photograph of North fork of Canadian River in flood stafe changing courses and cutting into wheat field. Approximately three acres of wheat land shelved into river in June 1937.
Date: July 17, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Contour Farming

Photograph of cooperating farmers andSoil Conservation Service Conservationist examining nodular development on roots of sweet clover plants. This patch, 8 1/2 acres sown in fall in a strip on the contour will be utilized as seed and soil building crop.
Date: July 17, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History