Photograph of DC Marvin (Buck) Wright, Jr., looks at a peach not quite ready for the eating. Orchard production is a land use on many soils in Adair County.

Photograph of Lon Simmons and Ron Smola examining a trout that Mr. Simmons raised in pond in background. Biology assistance is part of total SCS program.

Photograph of Norman Smola, SCS Forester showing the proper method for planting pine seedling.

Photograph of four year old shortleaf pine from planted seedlings. W.F. Aufeet farm.

Photograph of Site 26-Front view of the beginning of a slide on the cut slope of the east emergency spillway. Condition caused by speing water from hill side. Condition will be observed for corrective action when needed. USDA-Soil Conservation Service.

Photograph of a good stand of shortleaf pine from natural reseeding on Dickson cherty silt loam. E. Combs farm, Adair County, Okla.

Photograph of the proper method of pine seedling planting.

Photograph of timber land improvement. Site 20, Sallisaw Creek Watershed, Adair County, Oklahoma.

Photograph of brush piles for small game habitate on Jack Payne farm in Adair County.

Photograph of an excellent stand of Atlantic variety alfalfa after 4th cutting, 2 years after planting on Stillwell silt loam, 0-1% slopes. In foreground is Lloyd Martin, Supt. Of the Station.

Photograph of Green bean harvest on Bodine stony silt loam (7Xc-BE). This is an excessively well drained soil of the Ozark Highlands, formerly coverred with hardwood timber and used extensively for strawberry production. Slopes are very strong to steep. Field had previously been cleared of timber and had been producing strawberies for 3 years.

Photograph of a green bean harvest on Peck silt loam (7w.B). Three to four tons per acre is average production with occasional yeilds under favorable conditions of 6 to 7 tons per acre. Returns from beans to farmers in Adair County about $600 thousand in 1959.

Photograph of Bob Heidlage showing how to use a tree injector

Photograph of typical sample of strawberry land. This land is mostly rock and gravel. It will grow strawberries for 3 to 6 years before it should be put into bermudagrass and clovers to conserve the soil from further depletion from erosion and leaching. Strawberries can be grown onthos land again in about 20 years.

Photograph of natural spillway near dam on Illinois River forming Lake Francis.

Photograph of a packing shed where strawberries are taken by the pickers. The pickers are paid as they bring the berries to the shed. The berries are packed in crates and are prepared to be shipped to market or the freezing plant. Berries are picked and handled quickly to conserve loss from spoilage.

Photograph of the interior of a 48,000 capacity broiler house which is 30' x 300' in size. The yearly output of broilers on the Edds Farm is approximately 98,000.

Photograph of the City of Stilwell, Oklahoma

Photograph of a second year strawberry crop. Soil is Bodine cherty siltloam, 1 to 8 percent slopes, an extensive Adair county soil sidely used for strawberries.

Photograph of a tame fawn in the Cookson Hills State Game Refuge

Photograph of a farmer cultivating a first year strawberry beds on Bodine stony lilt loam, 5 to 15% slopes.

Photograph of effective Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control by aerial spraying of low grade hardwood trees on Bodine cherty silt loam. 1 to 8% slopes. Indian grass, big and little bluestem and some desirable forbs have returned as well as broomsedge and brushy shrubs. OK-1426-6.

Photograph of Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control at Stanly Hicks farm by aerial spraying low grade deciduous trees on Bodine cherty silt loam, 1 to 8% slopes. Big and little bluestem, Indiangrass and good forbs are returning along with broomsedge and some brushy shrubs. OK-1426-5.

Photograph of strawberries being harvested from hillside field. This field has a slope of from 20 to 30%. This land has recently been cleared from brush and will produce good strawberries from 3 to 6 years before it will need to be planted to bermudagrass and overseeded with lespedaza and clovers to conserve the soil that will be damages by erosion and leaching. Strawberries can be grown on this land again in about 20 years. OK-293-3.