Photograph of erosion along blackstop road, which is about to eat its way to the pavement. OK-4406-11.

Photograph of GPCP participant Vernon Breckenridge checking one-year growth of midland bermuda. Breckenridge has sprigged 20 acres of bermuda grass for each of the last three years.

Photograph of WUC Harold Welch and GPCP participant Vernon Breckenridge discuss GPCP contract on the Breckenridge farm. They are shown in a 20-acre field of midland bermudagrass sprigged in the spring of 1968.

Photograph of Vernon Breckenridge, left, a GPCP participant, shows WUC Harold Welch, Okeene, a set of stock racks he built in his farm shop.

Photograph of a gully caused by the 19-inch rainfall which fell in 7-hours on June 22. This gully, 25 feet deep and 40 feet wide, & several blocks long, is in the middle of what was a travelled street before the rain started. Less than 2 acres of land drain into the gully above its head.

Photograph of harvesting wheat. Branch of Land Operations B.I.A.

Photograph of SCS Technician B.P. Prickett examining stubble mulch tillage. First time over with 32" sweeps-4" deep. Before 3" rain. No runoff here from rain. Adjoining cotton field washed considerably.

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man (Terrell Nowka") standing on the right side of two contrasting fields separated via fence. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Fence line contrast of native grass pastures. Proper use on right with controlled grazing and spraying the pasture on left is improving rapidly. Nowka is supervisor of the North Caddo SCD."

Photograph of Terrell Nowka kneeling next to his homemade 3-point hook up blade and John Deere tractor. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Supervisors. Terrell Nowka, a member of the Board of Supervisors of the North Caddo SCD. Nowka was elected to the Board in 1958. He has served as supervisor since Feb. 1958, when he was appointed to fill the vacancy occurring from Ralph Ottinger's resignation. Nowka made the 3-point hook-up blade. He uses this blade for minor maintenance on terraces, waterways and roads. 10 ft. blade with 360 degree swivel. Made from old grader blades and combine parts."

Photograph of Bonnie Tice on a John Deer combine harvesting weeping lovegrass on 90 acre planting. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Bonnie Tice harvesting weeping lovegrass on a 90 acre planting. This planting is 2 years old and was fertilized in 1958 followed by being pastured most of that summer. In addition to being pastured, 2 cuttings of hay was removed which produced approximately 50 bales per core. 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 90 acres. Since the seed harvest, a hay crop has been removed and approximately 69 head of cattle are being pastured."

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.

Photograph of a flumed out gully, which will be sodded and used in a waterway later. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Gully Control. See Ok-724-5 for before pasture. This is after gully has been flumed out to be sodded and used in a waterway at a later date."

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man standing in a gully, which will be flumed and sodded to Bermudagrass to control gully erosion and protect the endangered cropland. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Gully Erosion. Gully that is endangering cropland. This gully will be flumed and sodded to Bermudagrass in order to get water to the base grade and control the gully. See Ok-724-5 for view farther up the gully.”

Photograph of native grass. Lee Awtrey, Work Unit Conservationist {WUC] Elza Bullen of the Central North Canadian Soil Conservation District [SCD], and Ralph Leonard, County Administrator of the Federal Housing Administration [FHA], observing the growth of the native grass in pasture that had been chemically treated to kill blackjack growth. OK-703-10.

Photograph of native grass. Lee Awtrey observing the growth of native grass following the treatment of blackjack pasture with 2-4-5-T herbicide by aerial spraying. Pasture was sprayed in 1956 and 1957 and not grazed during growing season. OK-703-9.

Photograph of blackjack spraying, showing Ralph Leonard, County Administrator of the Federal Housing Administration [FHA], observing the kill and deterioration of woody growth following chemical treatment which was applied in 1956 and 1957. OK-703-12.

Photograph of U.S. Gypsum plant located in the Blain County SCD. Agricultural gypsum is processed at this plant which is used to neutalize alkali spots and also used as a base for mixed fertilizers

Photograph of the U. S. Gypsum plant in Southard, Oklahoma. The back of the photograph proclaims, "U. S. Gypsum plant located in the Blaine County SCD. Agricultural gypsum is processed a this plant which is used to neutralize alkali spots and also used as a base for mixed fertilizers."

Photograph of the U. S. Gypsum plant in Southard, Oklahoma. The back of the photograph proclaims, "U. S. Gypsum plant located in the Blaine County SCD. Agricultural gypsum is processed a this plant which is used to neutralize alkali spots and also used as a base for mixed fertilizers."

Photograph of Ralph Leonard, County Administrator of FHA, observing the kill and deterioration of woody growth following chemical treatment which was supplied in 1956 and 1957.

Photograph of weeping lovegrass. Cattle grazing on weeping lovegrass that was seeded in the spring of 1955. A seed crop was taken in 1957 then the grass was cut for hay in July 1957. This growth that is on the ground now, was produced since the hay crop was removed. OK-567-10.

Photograph of a close-up view of Sorghum Almum showing root system. This planting was made in MAY, 1957. OK-567-5.

Photograph of a close up view of Sorghum Almum. This picture shows the stooling from one plant.

Photograph of the Malti farm. Native grass. A native grass planting on soil group 12, land capability Class III. Original planting made in the spring of 1956, over seeding was done in the spring of 1957. OK-567-7.