Crop Rotation of Wheat and Sweet Clover

Photograph of crop rotation of wheat and sweet clover; also showing contour farming and residue management. A good system of crop rotation is regularly followeed on this farm using sweet clover and alfalfa as soil improving crops. Terraces and waterway have been established under supervision of SCD.
Date: July 15, 1956
Creator: Baggett, Beryl
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Flood Damage Over Stillwater Creek

Photograph of a county highway bridge over Stillwater Creek washed out by flood water on June 21, 1957.
Date: July 21, 1957
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wash Out County Highway Bridge Over Stillwater Creek

Photograph of the mangled wreckage of a highway bridge spanning over Stillwater Creek. This wash out was caused by floodwaters on June 21, 1957. The back of the photograph proclaims, "County highway bridge over Stillwater Creek was washed out by flood water on June 21, 1957."
Date: July 21, 1957
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of crop damage from floods. The complete loss of wheat crop (estimated at 40 bushels per acre) due to flood water from Stilwater Creek, June 21, 1956. Water was 6 feet deep at this location. OK-515-11.
Date: July 21, 1957
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of crop damage from floods. The complete loss of wheat crop (estimated at 40 bushels per acre) due to flood water from Stilwater Creek, June 21, 1956. Water was 6 feet deep at this location. OK-515-11.
Date: July 21, 1957
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of flood damage. Country highway bridge over Stillwater Creek is washed out by flood water on June 21, 1957. OK-515-10.
Date: July 21, 1957
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of crop damage from flooding. A complete loss of a wheat crop estimated to be 40 bushels per acre due to floodwaters in Stillwater Creek, June 21, 1957. OK-515-11.
Date: July 21, 1957
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Michael L. Hughes and Kenneth Miller Working on A Design Problem

Photograph of "Student Trainee, Michael L. Hughes, works on a design problem and discusses the problem with his supervisor, Kenneth Miller." People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Michael L. Hughes, 2. Kenneth Miller.
Date: July 3, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Strip Cropping on the Contour With Cotton, Corn, and Alfalfa From Left to Right/Stillwater District and Project

Photograph of “Strip cropping on the contour with cotton, corn, and alfalfa from left to right.”
Date: July 12, 1936
Creator: Hufnagle
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of strip cropping with cotton, corn, alfalfa and corn in that order from the top of the slope downward.
Date: July 18, 1936
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of weeping lovegrass planted for feed and cover for wildlife. Some lovegrass seed will be harvested from this area.The conservation of wildlife in rough areas of any form is a recommended practice. OK-324-3.
Date: July 26, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Weeping Love Grass. The weeping love grass was planted 8 years ago on blow sand (Soil Unit 12) has made from 200 to 250 pounds of seed per acre since. One year during a drought, the owner, Howard Carleton, grazed 30 cows for 12 months on the 34 acres in the field. Planting weeping lovegrass on this soil unit 12 not only provided good seed crop and pasture, it reduced erosion on this land. OK-324-4.
Date: July 26, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Weeping Love Grass. The weeping love grass was planted 8 years ago on blow sand (Soil Unit 12) has made from 200 to 250 pounds of seed per acre since. One year during a drought, the owner, Howard Carleton, grazed 30 cows for 12 months on the 34 acres in the field. Planting weeping lovegrass on this soil unit 12 not only provided good seed crop and pasture, it reduced erosion on this land. OK-324-4.
Date: July 26, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of terraced cotton field showing runoff water stored in the terrace channels 15 hours after a one-inch rain. The light colored strip beyond the water line shows the strip of land flooded shortly after the rain. OK-3/2406.
Date: July 10, 1937
Creator: Reif, Frank
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History