Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a plow attached to a tractor [photo text illegible, including the OK ID #].
Date: September 29, 1959
Creator: Ball, L. F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Flood Caused Silt Deposit

Photograph of a silt deposit caused by flood. The 5 or 6" rain Sept. 26, 1959 caused hundreds of silt deposit areas on tributaries of Red Rock Creek. This silt deposit area is in a field which is located 3/4 miles below a proposed detention dam site.
Date: September 26, 1959
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Scour Damage Caused by Flood

Photograph of scour area caused by flood. The 5 or 6; rain Sept. 26, 1959, caused hundreds of scour areas on tributaries of the Red Rock Creek. This scour area is 1 mile below a proposed detention dam site.
Date: September 26, 1959
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Scoured Area on Red Rock Creek

Photograph of a scoured area caused by flooding. The 5 or 6" rain Sept. 26, 1959 caused hundreds of scour areas on tributaries of the Red Rock Creek. This scour area is 1 mile below a proposed detention dam site.
Date: September 26, 1959
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Silt Deposits

Photograph of silt deposit caused by flood. The 5 or 6; rain Sept. 26, 1959, caused hundreds of silt deposit areas on tributaries of the Red Rock Creek. This silt deposit area is 1 mile below a proposed detention dam site.
Date: September 26, 1959
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Photograph of timber clearing in the Blue River bottom with angle tree bulldozer. This is heavy, wet, natured overflow bottom that is to be used for pasture. CONTRACTOR: c.b. Bell, Milburn, Oklahoma. OK-941-1.
Date: September 25, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Photograph of a stump of a huckleberry tree as left by an angle tree bulldozer in clearing Blue River bottomland for pasture. OK-941-6.
Date: September 25, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Irrigation

Photograph of irrigating small grains by using gated pipe and corrugated rows.
Date: September 23, 1959
Creator: Stith, C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Irrigation Riser

Photograph of an 8" pipe leading water from the riser connected to 12" concrete pipe below.
Date: September 23, 1959
Creator: Stith, C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a cotton crop along the Barnitz Creek watershed and its protection from flooding. (rest of the text too difficult to read). OK-10??-3.
Date: September 23, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Deep Sand Site Reseeding

Photograph of the Deep Sand Site. Reseeding native grass mixture in 1958.
Date: September 22, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of land maintenance and brush clearance. Brush sprayed in 1956 and 1957. It is being used for pasture. From left to right: Archie Welch, Neal Monsum and Chester Fry. OK-935-12.
Date: September 22, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Combining Cheyenne Indian Grass

Photograph of combining Cheyenne Indiangrass seed.Seeded in 1958. Seed for this planting furnished by Plant Material Center.
Date: September 18, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Combining Cheyenne Indian Grass Seed

Photograph of several people running a large combine in a grassy field. Typed description on back: "Combining Cheyenne Indiangrass seed. Seeded in 1958. Seed for this planting furnished by Plant Material Center."
Date: September 18, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Nation's Largest Canna Farm Field in Alfalfa, Oklahoma

Photograph of the nation's largest canna farm in Alfalfa, Oklahoma. A house, barn, and silos are behind the field. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Canna Farm – Nation's largest Canna farm. Bulbs are set out in spring and dug in fall – processed, packaged and shipped in winter. Irrigated during summer. Shipped to all parts of the world."
Date: September 18, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a natural drain waterway established to Western Wheatgrass this spring [1959]. OK-1023-9.
Date: September 18, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Conservationists Examining Stubble Mulch Tillage (2)

Photograph of SCS technicians B.P. Prickett and L.J. McDonald, Assistant State Conservationist, examine stubble mulch tillage just prior to seeding wheat. This stubble mulch tillage was done with 30 inch sweeps.
Date: September 17, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Detention Reservoir Cobb Creek, Site 1

Photograph of numerous UNIDENTIFIED people enjoying boating, watersports, and other recreational activities at Cobb Creek, Site 1. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Detention Reservoir Cobb Creek, Site 1, Recreation."
Date: September 17, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Detention Reservoir on Cobb Creek

Photograph of detention reservoir on Cobb Creek, Site 1.
Date: September 17, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Examining Stubble Mulch Tillage Prior ot Seeding

Photograph of SCS Technician B.P. Prickett examining stubble mulch tillage just prior to seeding wheat. This stubble muclh tillage was done with 30" sweeps.
Date: September 17, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of B. F. Prickett, Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technician and Marshall Smith examining approximately 2400 pounds of Woodward sand bluestem harvested from an 8 acre field seeded in the spring of 1958. Seed for this planting was furnished by the Plant Material Center. OK-1013-6.
Date: September 17, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of western wheatgrass waterway. Note the stubble mulch tillage of the adjoining fields. OK-1013-10.
Date: September 17, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Harvesting Woodward sand Bluestem Seed

Photograph of Marshall Smith and SCS technician B.F. Prickett harvesting Woodward sand bluestem seed. This 8 acre field was seeded in spring 1938. Produced approximately 2400 lbs. combine ran seed in 1959. Seed for this planting furnished by Plant Material Center.
Date: September 17, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soil Profile of Gyp Range Site

Photograph of a profile of the Gyp Range Site
Date: September 17, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History