Row Irrigation

Photograph of irrigating corn on M.J. Vansicle farm at Lake West. Row Irrigation. Water applied by gravity. Excellent corn prospect.
Date: July 20, 1956
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Row Irrigation

Photograph of irrigating corn on M.J. Vansicle farm at Lake West. Row Irrigation. Water applied by gravity. Excellent corn prospect.
Date: July 20, 1956
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Crop Residue Management

Photograph of burning stubble after the harvest of wheat. This stubble is being burned to make working the land easier. This area produced only 15 bushels of wheat per acre in 1958. This reduced yield is due to land condition which is poor because of the practice of burning stubble. Stubble properly managed will improve the condition of the land and the amount of production.
Date: July 16, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Red River

Photograph of a scene on the Red River near Durant, OK and Bonham, TX.
Date: July 25, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Red River

Photograph of a scene on the Red River near Durant, OK and Bonham, TX.
Date: July 25, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Seed Harvest

Photograph of combining button clover in midland Bermudagrass field for seed harvest. The grass will be later baled for hay nad used for grazing. Mr. Hair believes that the clover will make 400 pounds per acre. This field is Red River bottom land. The growing of clover also improves the grass.
Date: July 16, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Gully Erosion on Woodson Soil

Photograph of a gully formed from Woodson soil. The original photograph sleeve proclaims, "Gully erosion – Gully erosion on Woodson soil. Little erosion has occurred except in gully. Soil profile at gully edge shows little soil loss."
Date: July 12, 1965
Creator: Bryan & Sheers
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Gully Erosion on Eroded Loamy Land

Photograph of significant gully erosion. The original photograph sleeve proclaims, "Landscape of "Eroded Loamy Land." Erosion here is typical of that mapped in this county as "Eroded loamy land." Note good grass cover up to edge of gullies."
Date: July 12, 1965
Creator: Bryan & Sheers
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Dougherty Soil Profile

Photograph of a profile of Dougherty soil. A measuring stick stands on the left side of the photograph. The original photograph sleeve proclaims, "Dougherty soil profile – This is a typical soil profile that occurs within the "Dougherty loamy fine sand, undulating" mapping units. Native vegetation consists mostly of oak trees as can be seen here."
Date: July 12, 1965
Creator: Bryan & Sheers
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of weeping love grass seeded on eroded cultivated field for meadow in April 1943. In only two months the grass has achieved excellent growth. OK-8552.
Date: July 24, 1943
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Red River

Photograph of a scene on the Red River near Durant, OK and Bonham, TX.
Date: July 25, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Bermuda Grass Pasture

Photograph of a Bermuda grass pasture on the M. J. Vansickle Farm.
Date: July 20, 1956
Creator: Jessee, W. B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Ivanhoe Soil Profile

Photograph of a profile of Ivanhoe soil. A measuring stick stands on the left side of the photograph. The original photograph sleeve proclaims, "Ivanhoe Soil Profile – Profile of Evanhoe [sic] loam in road cut. Terrace material is whosn [sic] below 6 feet."
Date: July 12, 1965
Creator: Bryan & Sheers
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Muskogee Soil Profile

Photograph of a profile of Muskogee Soil. A measuring stick stands on the left side of the photograph. The original photograph sleeve proclaims, "Muskogee soil profile – Profile typical of Muskogee loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes. Clay come in at about 3 feet."
Date: July 12, 1965
Creator: Bryan & Sheers
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Contour Farming on Durant Soil

Photograph of a contoured field of cotton growing on Durant loam. The original photograph sleeve proclaims, "Contour farming on Durant soil. Cotton being contoured of Durant loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes. Cotton is one of the major cash crops of Bryan County and is grown wide on upland soil such as Durant."
Date: July 12, 1965
Creator: Bryan & Sheers
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History