Photograph of F. A. Shallenberger in a pasture.

Photograph of plot # 51, Red Plains Experiment Station. Of a uniform nursery plots showing complete cover of Bouteloua filliformia (T. 3111) with 19 plants per square foot. Other plots of this succession are comparable. No crabgrass in the plot. Erosion of 1 to 2%. OK-8319.

Photograph of Dr. C. P. Cox in a field.

Photograph of a scene in Beaver Bend State Park.

Photograph of Rhodes Grass Pasture Planted. Planted in 36 inch rows in 1939. This area has been mowed for hay twice this year, has been lightly grazed and is now almost ready for the third cutting. A complete cover has been attained. Absence of weeds is a result of mowing and proper management of the pasture. TX-40, 534.

Photograph of “Water passing over farm pond spillway draining into incipient gullies at bottom of slope. Spillway will be shaped, gullies sloped, dam raised and dam and spillway sodded to Bermuda grass.”

Photograph of Edgar Landrum standing in front of a gully in natural draw. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Gully in natural draw. Banks were sloped and channel solid sodded to Bermuda in spring of 1941. Drainage area from cultivated field approx. 60 A. Mr. Landrum (in photograph) says this gully was very active and threatening his cultivated land but since establishment of Bermuda erosion has been practically stabilized."

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man in the background watching the sheep grazing on Bermuda, grama grasses, and buffalograss in contour furrowed pasture. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Sheep grazing Bermuda in contour furrowed pasture for conservation of soil and moisture and to promote growth of desirable grasses. Principle grasses are buffalo, Grama grasses. Furrows constructed in spring of 1941.”

Photograph of Jersey dairy cattle grazing in a Bermudagrass pasture. A house, barn, windmill, and a couple of UNKNOWN building are present in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Jersey Dairy Cattle and Calves Grazing on Improved Bermuda Grass Pasture."

Photograph of Jersey dairy cattle grazing in a Bermudagrass pasture. A house, barn, windmill, and a couple of UNKNOWN building are present in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Jersey Dairy Cattle and Calves Grazing on Improved Bermuda Grass Pasture."

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man inspecting eroded, cultivated land retired to mixture of sideoats and blue grama grass. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Eroded, Cultivated land retired to mixture of sideoats and blue grama grass planted in about 20" rows with cotton planter. Seeds were planted in a light stubble cover of Sudan in the first part of May 1941."

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man inspecting eroded, cultivated land retired to mixture of sideoats and blue grama grass. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Eroded, Cultivated land retired to mixture of side oats [sic] and blue grama grass planted in about 20" rows with cotton planter. Seeds were planted in a light stubble cover of Sudan in the first part of May 1941."

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man standing next to a farm road, which will be relocated for erosion control, added safety, and connect it to Oklahoma Highway 277. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Farm road relocated for erosion control and added safety. Retirement of old cultivated field to Bermuda pasture. Fields seen on right will be retired and sodded to Bermuda above the relocated fence area. Below fence will be utilized for temporary pasture lot. Farm road will be relocated to enter onto highway near the crest of the hill."

Photograph of contour cultivation on terraced field. Hegari and Red Top sorghum shocked with second growth showing wall. Terrace on the right is drilled on a countour to small grain. Terraces constructed in 1939 empty into Bermuda pasture. OK-8284.

Photograph of Severe gullying of roadside channels has been halted by sloping and sodding the banks and sodding the slopes to Bermuda grass. Work completed last part of June, 1940. Roadsides are now being utilized for terrace outlet channels. When work was started, the gullies on each side of the road were cutting back into the fields and damaging the fence. Yukon Camp.

Photograph of a roadside erosion control project site. The road is to be resectoned and the waterway will be prepared to carry both roadside water and the excess from terraced land. To be followd with later pictures. Chickasha Project, Yukon Camp.

Photograph of roadside erosion control. Severe gullying of roadside channels has been halted by sloping and then soding the banks and slopes with Bermuda grass. Work completed las tpart of June 1940. Roadsides are now being utilized for terrace outlet channels. When work was started, the gullies on each side of the road were cutting back into the fields and damaging the fences. OK-6450-B.

Photograph of acres and acres of farm land on its way to the sea. The Arkansas Rivier shown as cutting away valuable farm land in a sharp bend in Section 30, Township 10 North, Range 27 East. [near Sequoyah, Oklahoma]. The large chunks of earth, covered with a good cotton crop, came off and washed away. OK-10/2406.

Photograph of workers picking cotton on J. W. Long's farm.

Photograph of unloading Atlas Sargo as cut with a silage cutter into the trench silo of approximately 150 tons of capacity. Silo possesses a stone floor. OK-8253.

Photograph of crop rotation, terracing and contour cultivation. The terrace was built in 1940. Two rows of sorghum, one row of peas, and cotton on the left. Cotton will average ¾ of bale per acre and the cooperator says he would not have made more than ½ bale per acre without the terraces. Mr. C. H. Lewis is picking peas between corn rows. OK-8261.

Photograph of grazing cows; range improvement. Pasture has been mowed regularly for weed control and protected from fire. Sale of steers from this pasture has averaged a return of $21.88 per acre in 1939 and $24.00 per acre in 1940. OK-8250.

Photograph of a 40 foot deep gully on A. Grossman's land.

Photograph of angus cattle.