Cat Fish

Photograph of a sein being used to catch channel cat to be placed in fish out pond on Rudolph McGehee farm.
Date: July 6, 1969
Creator: Collins, F. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wildlife on Steps to Oil Tank Battery

Photograph of wildlife making a nest on the steps to an oil tank battery. Scissortail young, 3 birds. Pumper for Sanders and Britton has erected a shade to protect the bird from sun and hawks.
Date: July 10, 1961
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Weeping Lovegrass

Photograph of weeping lovegrass seeded on Soil Unit 12. A lot of wind erosion had taken place as evidenced by sand hummocks along field boundary. 125 pounds 10-20-10 fertilizer per acre applied with grain drill. Seeded April 1959.
Date: July 15, 1959
Creator: Riley, K. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Shrubs

Photograph of bull nettle and purple nightshade before chemical treatment. Will be sprayed with 2-4-D at a rate of one pint of concentrate per acre. OK-1400-8.
Date: July 30, 1961
Creator: Collins, F. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of the follow-up on timber spraying. First spraying done in May, 1958. Soils are 6w-D-13. Sandy [?] Site. Before picture of OK-616-1. OK-1400-1.
Date: July 19, 1961
Creator: Riley, K. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a bulldozer with a special blade for brush control. Land had been bulldozed with a second growth elm predominant. The special blade was designed for mesquite control. Cat. D-7 owned by the Agricultural Contractor Harold Lester. The farm resides in Jefferson County. OK-1457-3.
Date: July 21, 1961
Creator: Riley, K. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a portable spray unit using cluster type spray nozzle. Treating persimmon and ragweed in Midland bermudagrass. Chemical used is 2-4-D, one pint of concentrate per acre. Soil unit # 7. OK-1400-6.
Date: July 30, 1961
Creator: Collins, F. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of a bulldozer with a special blade for brush control. Land had been bulldozed with a second growth elm predominant. The special blade was designed for mesquite control. Cat. D-7 owned by the Agricultural Contractor Harold Lester. The farm res
Date: July 21, 1961
Creator: Riley, K. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cut Stream Bank on Highway 77

Photograph of a cut stream bank on highway 77, created in January 1958, with no attempt made to control erosion. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Stream bank cut on Highway 77, 3 to 1 slope. Bank cut with no attempt made to control erosion. Cut made in Jan. 1958. Erosion of bank has started with an estimated 6" of rainfall to date. With normal rainfall erosion will be much greater. Soil Unit 9."
Date: July 1, 1959
Creator: Collins, F. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cleared Land Sprigged to Bermuda

Photograph of clear land plowed and sprigged to bermuda grass. Cattle grazing bermuda grass whee once stood heavy brush which made the land practically useless.
Date: July 9, 1959
Creator: Collins, F. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Weeping Lovegrass at One Year

Photograph of 60 acres of one year old planting of weeping lovegrass on 6w soil-Class 7 - in Bayou Watershed. Korean lespedenza has been overseeded and is up to a good stand. Kenneth B. Blan, Student Trainee, with SCS, in photo.
Date: July 11, 1959
Creator: Collins, F. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Bulldozer Brush Control

Photograph of a bulldozer with a special blade for brush control. Land had been bulldozed-second growth elm predominant-special blade designed for mesquite control. Cat D-7 owned by Agricultural Contractor Harold Lester. Farm in Jefferson County.
Date: July 21, 1961
Creator: Riley, K. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stream Bank With No Erosion Control

Photograph of a stream bank cut on Highway 77, 3 to 1 slope. Bank cut with no attempt made to control erosion. Cut made in Jan. 1958. Erosion of bank has started with an estimated 6" of rainfall to date. With normal rainfall erosion will be much greater. Soil Unit 9.
Date: July 1, 1959
Creator: Collins, F. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Nesting Scissortail

Photograph of wildlife, a Scissortail, on steps to oil tank battery. Scissortail young, 3 birds. Pumper for Sanders and Britton has erected a shade to protect the bird from sun and hawks.
Date: July 10, 1961
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of a bulldozer with a blade for Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control. Land had been bulldozed. Second growth elm predominant. Special blade designed for mesquite control. Cat. D-7 owned by Agricultural Contractor Harold Lester. Farm in Jefferson County. OK-1457-3.
Date: July 21, 1961
Creator: Riley, K. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Joe Colley on the tractor and Ray Jacobs on the trailer harvesting King Ranch grass seed with an ensilage cutter. OK-3065-1.
Date: July 11, 1967
Creator: Banks, H. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

UNIDENTIFED Man Clearing Elm for Brush and Mosquito Control

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man in a bulldozer using a special blade to clear elm from land for brush and mosquito control. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Bulldozer with special blade for brush control. Land had been bulldozed-second growth elm predominant-special blade designed for mosquito control. Cat. D-7 owned by Agricultural Contractor Harold Lester. Farm in Jefferson County." *Note: the city of Courtney is listed on maps in Love County, not Jefferson County.
Date: July 21, 1961
Creator: Riley, K. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photographic follow-up of OK-1400-6. The chemical control of ragweed and persimmon. One-half pound 2-4-D concentrate used per acre. Soil unit 7. Before photo OK-1400-6.
Date: July 10, 1961
Creator: Collins, F. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Bermudagrass Hay Harvesting on Rufus Lynch's Land

Photograph of UNIDENTIFED man on a tractor harvesting Bermudagrass hay. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Bermuda grass hay harvest."
Date: July 1970
Creator: Matheny
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History