Photograph of a helicopter moving across a field. Note spray coming from the machine. Mr. Jack Castator started conservation program with the District in 1945. This field of alfalfa was fertilized according to recommendations made by Soil Conservation Service personnel.

Photograph of SCS Technician J.L. McCraw inspecting the fill of native grass seed predominantly Big Bluestem. The estimated yeild of this meadow was 100 lbs. dry seed per acre with a good percentage of pure live seed.

Photograph of Harvesting native grass seed with self-propelled combines. Meadow has been managed properly and conditioned maintained. Estimated yield of combine run seed was 100 lbs. per acre. Ranch planned and range managed in cooperation with Soil Conservation Service.

Photograph of harvesting native grass seed. Predominately little bluestem with mixtures of Switch, Little blue stem and Indiangrass. Estimated yields of 100 lbs. per acre. Air dry.

Photograph of a soil survey of a 320 acre faqrm. Numbers and letters are used for symbols to indicate kind of soil, slope and erosion. Mapping is done on aerial photographs that show drainage patterns, field boundaries and other land features.

Photograph of seedbed preparation-a cooperator using an automatic land leveler (land plane) in preparation to seed alfalfa on Class I-4H. Soils test made.

Photograph of a badly overgrazed pasture withch is being rejuvenated by use of contour furrows. Original furrows were on intervals so this year more were constructed with 2-bottom tractor plow and planted to Bermuda. Muskogee Project, Morris Camp.

Photograph of Herb Wells, Biology Specialist, SCS, and Charlie Melton, WUC of Sallisaw, making a check on fish balance in a farm pond on O.L. McCart in Okmulgee Co.

Photograph of a pasture fire which burned this farm home down. High winds during March. Fire guards would have protected this farm home. OK-216-11.

Photograph of three year-old locust trees in an abandoned badly gullied land. The farmer built the check dams in the gullies, bought the trees and planted them shortly before the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) moved into that area. The area is rapidly becoming stabilized. OK-6346.

Photograph of three-year old locust trees in an abandoned, badly gullied land. The farmer built the check dams in the gullies, bought the trees and planted them shortly before the Civilian Conservation Corps [CCC} moved into that area. The area is rapidly stabilizing. OK-6346.

Photograph of a large alkali spot in abandoned land which has been planted with trees in an effort to stop the rapid erosion which is quickly ruining the land. To be followed with later pictures. OK-6344.

Photograph of the planting of Bermuda grass. District owned and operated equipment is planting Midland Bermuda grass on F.R. Dobbs' farm. Class I land. Planted under a plan developed with the Soil Conservation District [SCD] with technicians of the Soil Conservation Service [SCS]. To be over-seeded with Korean Lespedeza. Follow up pictures to be taken. OK-852-7.

Photograph of wind erosion control in a peanut filed by strip cropping with 12 rows of peanuts and 4 rows of hegari forage sorghum. Peanuts have been pulled and stacked and shocked and the hegari has been headed. Hergari stalks will be left in the field to control blowing during the winter. Mr. W. A. Hardesty, shown here, said he he planned to follow the peanuts with a winter cover crop of rye grass or vetch and oats. Field is tempered. OK-8413.

Photograph of a watershed critical area. Severe gullying as created by salt water and oil field pollution. The soil was left bare and completely free of protective cover for several years allowing severe erosion to occur. The area will be fenced, tilled, mulched and seeded to tall wheatgrass and other salt tolerant grasses to attempt re-vegetation. OK-4081-9.

Photograph of Carland Smith who has constructed this dam across the natural drainage from this pit area. The primary purpose of the dam was an access road across the top and to provide shallow water immediately in front of the dam to launch fishing boats. OK-2003-7 [?].

Photograph of watershed, aerial view looking south in Okmulgee. Severe erosion caused by salt water and oil well polution. Waterways have been constructed on each side to divert overhead runoff. The area will be fenced in, smoothed, tilled, mulched and seeded with tall wheatgrass and other salt tolerant grasses. OK-4081-14.

Photograph of a 40 acre field of bermuda grass on an area which was previously coal strip pits. The area was used by the city of Okmulgee for a saniatry landfill. This area was used for disposal between 1955 and 1960. OK-2903-12.

Photograph of well-grassed natural draingae to be used as a terrace outlet channel. OK-5619.

Photograph of Bermuda grass. Bermuda sprigging overseeded with Bermuda bordering field sprigged along [sic]. The sprigging was done in May 1957 and overseeded in June. Don McCart, District aid. Over seeded with Big Hop clover in September 1957. Planned in cooperation with the Soil Conservation Service {SCS]. OK-572-11.

Photograph of Bermuda grass. Bermuda grass sprigged in May 1957 and overseeded in June 1957. Heavily grazed as catch and hospital [sic] pasture. Overseeded with Ladino clover in September 1957. Jim Conner, Fred Ridley and Don McCart. OK-572-12.

Photograph of the Herman Dacus Coop showing oats and vetch sown into a sericea-bermuda meadow with sod drill. Cattle grazing on the pasture. OK-195-1.

Photograph of the A. B. Blackburn Coop, where oats and vetch are seeded in a Bermuda grass sod pasture with a sod drill. The Bermuda grass has not been grazed. OK-139-9.

Photograph of the H.E. Zimmerman Co-op and a drill being used in Bermuda grass pasture to seed oats and vetch for spring pasture. OK-195-2.