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Contour Farming
Photograph of contour furrows showing moisture held in the furrows. OK-7015.
Date:
January 20, 1939
Creator:
Adaire, Ida
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Contour Farming
Photograph of contour strip cropping on non-cooperator's farm. Last year's crop was cotton and sudan. Wheat is now growing on cotton rows and it is planned to put cotton in what is now sudan. OK-7021.
Date:
January 20, 1939
Creator:
Adaire, Ida
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Contour Blank Basin Listing/Hobart Camp
Photograph of a close-up shot of a "Contour blank basin listing showing where moisture was held from a four-inch rain."
Date:
January 21, 1939
Creator:
Admire, Ira
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Contour Furrows
Photograph of contour furrows showing moisture held in furows.
Date:
January 20, 1939
Creator:
Admire, Ira
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Contour Strip Cropping
Photograph of contour strip cropping on non-cooperator's farm. Last year's crop was cotton and sudan. Wheat is now growing on cotton rows and it is planned to put cotton in what is now sudan.
Date:
January 20, 1939
Creator:
Admire, Ira
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Contour Strip Cropping (2)
Photograph of contour strip cropping on non-cooperator's farm. Last year's crop was cotton and sudan. Wheat is now growing on cotton rows and it is planned to put cotton in what is now sudan.
Date:
January 20, 1939
Creator:
Admire, Ira
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of terrace building with farm equipment. OK-7014.
Date:
January 20, 1939
Creator:
Admire, Ira
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Increased Grass Growth Above and Below Contour Pasture Ridges/Sentinel Camp
Photograph of contour pasture ridges showing increased grass growth. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Showing increased grass growth above and below contour pasture ridges."
Date:
January 20, 1939
Creator:
Admire, Ira
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Increased Growth on Contour Strip
Photograph of contour pasture ridges showing increased growth on ridges.
Date:
January 20, 1939
Creator:
Admire, Ira
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Moisture Held by Contour Basin
Photograph of a contour blank basin listing showing where moisture was held from a four-inch rain.
Date:
January 21, 1939
Creator:
Admire, Ira
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sentinel Camp Contour Furrows
Photograph of contour furrows on the Sentinel Camp. A house, barn, and possibly horse are visible in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Contour furrows showing moisture held in furrows."
Date:
January 20, 1939
Creator:
Admire, Ira
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sentinel Camp Contour Furrows
Photograph of contour furrows on the Sentinel Camp. A house, barn, and possibly horse are visible in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Contour furrows showing moisture held in furrows."
Date:
January 20, 1939
Creator:
Admire, Ira
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sentinel Camp Pasture Contour Ridges
Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man standing in a pasture contour ridge on the Sentinel Camp. Several buildings are visible in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Contour pasture ridges showing increased growth along the contours."
Date:
January 20, 1939
Creator:
Admire, Ira
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sentinel Camp Pasture Contour Ridges
Photograph of pasture contour ridges from the Sentinel Camp. Several buildings are visible in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Pasture contour ridges showing increased growth along the contours."
Date:
January 20, 1939
Creator:
Admire, Ira
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sentinel Camp Pasture Contour Ridges
Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man standing in a pasture contour ridge on the Sentinel Camp. Several buildings are visible in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Contour pasture ridges showing increased growth along the contours."
Date:
January 20, 1939
Creator:
Admire, Ira
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sentinel Camp Pasture Contour Ridges
Photograph of pasture contour ridges from the Sentinel Camp. Several buildings are visible in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Pasture contour ridges showing increased growth along the contours."
Date:
January 20, 1939
Creator:
Admire, Ira
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Terraced Water Outlet Causing Road Damage
Photograph of a terraced outlet emptying into roadside ditch and causing serious damage to the road.
Date:
January 21, 1939
Creator:
Admire, Ira
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Returning to Alfalfa
Photograph of a field to be returned, by irrigation, to alfalfa. Irrigation well will be located in the foreground. Alfalfa was produced in this field for about 30 years prior to 1934, with irrigation water supplied from the Beaver River. Impossible to take water from river since floods have cut the bank of the creek.
Date:
May 11, 1939
Creator:
Haines
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management [?].
Photograph of bank erosion on Cold Water Creek, with heavy damage to farmstead imminent. The edge of the bank is 500 feet from the house shown in the photo. OK-370.
Date:
March 27, 1939
Creator:
Haines, R. W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention.
Photograph of a rotary drill used to making test wells for irrigation. OK-357.
Date:
May 11, 1939
Creator:
Haines, R. W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention [?].
Photograph of an earth dam near Kenton, OK. Dam has approx. 75,000 sq. yards of fill, approx. 2000 ft. long and will impound water over approximately 700 acres. The water will be used to irrigate 400 acres. It has a drainage area of 22.5 sections. During the dryest years there has been enough run-off water to fill the lake three times. OK-363.
Date:
May 10, 1939
Creator:
Haines, R. W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Rabbit Traps Made of Logs
Photograph of rabbit traps made of logs. Hundreds of traps of this type were used last winter for commercial rabbit trapping. Many of the farmers depend heavily on the income derived from rabbit trapping. The rabbits sold for 10 cents each. Mr. Lafaye caught over 300 rabbits before Christmas
Date:
January 15, 1939
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Soil Conservation Association Meeting
Photograph of s meeting of the Soil Conservation Association at the Konawa, Oklahoma CCC camp. These meetings are held every Monday night.
Date:
November 28, 1939
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farm Children with Rabbit
Photograph of two farm children, Ella Mae Moore, 8 years old and Vernon Moore, 6 years old, with rabbit taken from one of the gums regularly run by these clildren.
Date:
January 15, 1939
Creator:
Hurd, M. A.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History