Photograph of "W. T. Moon, SCS Area Conservationist, examines blue panicum planted in fall of 1950, in two row strips across the direction of wind. The clean tilled strips are 30 rows (100 feet wide). The 6 foot high blue panicum strips serve as barriers against the wind and stop soil movement and "sand blasting" of young crops."

Photograph of Hugo Nika (left) and R.E. Daniels [right] examine seed on blue panicum. The 2-row plantings of blue panicum, alternating with 40 ft. strips (12 rows) of clean-tilled land, serve as windbreaks to protect fields from wind damage. Strong winds in spring move soil and so "sand blast" young crops, causing severe damage. Farming is on a contour. These perennial grass strips have been very effective. They were planted in the Fall of 1951. TX-48-262.

Photograph of flood prevention treatment on sandstone Creek Watershed permitted Roy E. Baker to put this 16-acre bottom land field into productive use. He got five cuttings of alfalfa-1729 bales - during the dry 1952 summer. Growth for the fourth cutting was without rain. Baker says the detention dam in his pasture furnished stock water at a time when other supplies were failing.

Photograph of Charles Hildebrand, WUC, SCS, and Mr. Haden man standing in and near a terrace outlet channel protected with concrete structures. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Charles Hildebrand, 2. J. B. Haden. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Terrace outlet channel protected with concrete structures. The drainage from 35 acres of terraced land drains through this channel. These structures were installed by Mr. Haden, who appears on right, in 1924 at a cost of approximately $40 per structure. There are 7 structures in the channel. They have worked very satisfactorily but have required some maintenance work. The structure has a 5 ft. notch and 18 inch drop. The structures were installed without technical assistance. Mr. Haden has 4 sodded waterways on his farms and has found vegetation cheaper to install and easier to maintain that the structure type channel. Charles Hildebrand, WUC, SCS, appears in the photo."

Photograph of Morrison Liston and Ray McLaughlin examining Indiangrass.

Photograph of Tanner Smith, right, and S. E. Jones, Left, SCS technicians, inspect stand of grass in a nine-acre waterway, which was planted to Bermudagrass roots in April 1949 in three foot rows. A home, barn, and a few other buildings are in the background. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. S. E. Jones, 2. Tanner Smith. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Tanner Smith on right and S. E. Jones on left, SCS technicians inspect stand of grass in a 9 acre waterway which was planted to Bermudagrass roots in April 1949 in 3 ft. rows. This waterway is 150 ft. wide and water from 45 acres will enter the waterway when adjacent cultivated field has been terraced.”

Photograph of James carter, Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technician on the left and Ray Haun, operator on the right try to determine how a solid cover of Bermuda grass was obtained on this waterway during one of the most severe droughts in the history of Texas. The waterway was sodded on February 26, 1952, and was later planted to cotton. The cotton was plowed three times but was later mowed to cut down on moisture competition. The waterway is 100 feet wide and will accommodate the drainage from 100 acres of terraced land. Fields on the right and left will be terraced. TX-48-311

Photograph of Ray McLaughlin, Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technician on the right and Nile Arnwine, operator, on the left discuss the merits of the King Ranch bluestem for terrace outlet protection. This waterway is 60 feet wide at the top and 200 feet wide at the bottom.

Photograph of a King Ranch bluestem waterway which was seeded in April, 1951. It is 80 feet wide and will take the drainage from the fields on the right and left when they are terraced. Soil Unit 2. TX-48-285.

Photograph of a waterway which was sodded to Bermuda grass in the spring of 1950 and is 75 feet wide. Terraces empty on the waterway from the left. This waterway has been fenced and is grazed by cattle. J. W. Lodwick, Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technician, appears in the photo. TX-48-300.