Stubble Residue Utilization

Photograph of stubble being disked following combine. This photo shows second operation plowing stubble into the top 6" of the soil.
Date: July 11, 1959
Creator: Chance, R. J.
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

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

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

Residue Utilization

Photograph of stubble being disked following combine. This photo shows second operation plowing stubble into the top 6" of the soil.
Date: July 11, 1959
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Residue Utilization

Photograph of stubble being disked following combine. This photo shows second operation plowing stubble into the top 6" of the soil.
Date: July 11, 1959
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fish Distributions

Photograph of fish being stocked in Boggs lake, site 15 Cavalry Creek watershed. Approximately 3000 bass were placed in water on this trip. Leslie Hess, SCS, and Jody Deputy, Washita Co. Game Ranger, are in the photo with representatives from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of Tishamingo.
Date: July 1, 1959
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wind Strip & Rotation, Hay and Pasture

Photograph of pasture strip on 7X AB Pratt, Fine Sandy Loam showing Brillion Seeder which was used to plant the weeping lovegrass strip after soil was prepared with a Rod Weeded and chisel type machine.
Date: July 25, 1959
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stubble Mulch Tillage Operation

Photograph of a stubble mulch grain drill (John Deere) drilling wheat in stubble mulch tillage. Tillage performed by Noble 8" blade. This is rear view of a grain drill seeding wheat in a stubble mulch prepared seedbed.
Date: July 25, 1959
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass Rotation

Photograph of 20 acres Cornado sideoats planted Feb, 1948 in cultivated rows. It was fertilized and cultivated 1300 lbs. of certified seed was harvested Oct. 1958 or 65 lbs. per acre. This seed was used to seed 68 more acres of cropland and overseeded some poor stands of native grass pasture.
Date: July 2, 1959
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Rotation Hay and Pasture

Photograph of a 4 acre strip of weeping lovegrass used as wind-strip and rotation hay and pasture on 7X AB Pratt fine sandy loam. Renhart harvests seed and pastures these strips in the winter with small grain and vetch. Seed harvested 6/20/59 yielded 800 lb. seed on the 4 acres. After 5 years the strips are plowed up and other strips are seeded to control wind erosion.
Date: July 25, 1959
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Weaping Lovegrass Harvest

Photograph of Bennie Tice harvesting weaping lovegrass on a 90 acre planting. This planting is 2 years old and was fertilized in 1958 followed by beng pastured most of that summer. In addition to being pastured, 2 cuttings of hay was removed which produced approximately 50 bales per acre. Fertilizer was applied in 1959 at the rate of 50 lbs. of nitrogen per acre. The 1959 seed harvest was 10,400 lbs of seed from the 50 acres. Since the seed harvest, a hay crop has been removed and approximately 60 head of cattle are being pastured.
Date: July 6, 1959
Creator: Judge, Earl R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Contour Farming

Photograph of contour farming shown on good cross section channel type terraces constructed in 1952.
Date: July 2, 1959
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Major Spillway

Photograph of a pipe on backside of Site No. 11 Long Branch Watershed Project discharging water from the 17" pipe. From July 13 to 26, 16" of rain fell on this watershed and the water went around the emergency spillway on July 15 following 11' of the rain in 44 hours for about a 3 hour period. Everything worked perfectly and no damage to the bermudagrass cover in the waterway. About 100 to 150' of nativegrass above the permanent pool contour was damaged by standing water during this rain period.
Date: July 23, 1959
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Hay and Pasture Rotation (2)

Photograph of a 4 acre strip of weeping lovegrass used as wind-strip and rotation hay and pasture on 7X AB Pratt fine sandy loam. Renhart harvests seed and pastures these strips in the winter with small grain and vetch. Seed harvested 6/20/59 yielded 800
Date: July 25, 1959
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stubble Mulch Tillage

Photograph of Mr. Harold Myers, Wheatland Experiment Station superintendent, holding up wheat stubble and root system which has been released by the Noble Blade stubble mulch tillage machine.
Date: July 25, 1959
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wind Strip & Rotation, Hay and Pasture (2)

Photograph of pasture strip on 7X AB Pratt, Fine Sandy Loam showing Brillion Seeder which was used to plant the weeping lovegrass strip after soil was prepared with a Rod Weeded and chisel type machine.
Date: July 25, 1959
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Terrace Construction

the second operation of constructing channel type terraces being built by bulldozer. Billy Kay, Contractor.
Date: July 10, 1959
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stubble Mulch Tillage Operation

Photograph of stubble mulch (John Deere) grain drill drilling wheat in stubble mulch tillage. Tillage performed by Noble 8" blade. This is rear view of a grain drill seeding wheat in a stubble mulch prepared seedbed.
Date: July 25, 1959
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stubble Mulch Tillage

Photograph of a Noble Blade stubble mulch tillage machine with blade raised out of ground. It is the preferred type of tillage mulch machine being used on Wheatland Experiment Station by Supt. Harold Meyers.
Date: July 25, 1959
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stubble Mulch Tillage Operation

Photograph of a John Deere stubble mulch grain drill drilling wheat in stubble mulch tillage. Tillage performed by Noble 8 inch blade. This is front view of grain drill seeding wheat in a stubble prepared seedbed.
Date: July 25, 1959
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stubble Mulch Tillage

Photograph of Noble blade stubble mulch tillage machine being used on Wheatland Exp. Station. This is the first operation by the 8 ft. blade cutting approximately 5 inches under the surface. It raised the slice of dirt slightly, but leaves the stubble and other residue in place.
Date: July 25, 1959
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Quinlan Soils

Photograph of Quinlan soils on a shallow range site in good condition. This is Class VI land.
Date: July 29, 1959
Creator: Frie, Jimmie W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History