Gully Control by Loose Rock Structure

Photograph of gully control by use of a loose rock structure. This structure has caught and is holding much silt in which grass will grow well. This will vegetate the gully and in time completely stop the erosion. Ardmore Project.
Date: December 8, 1936
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a graphic picture of an abandoned field very badly gullied due to incorrct farming procedures. This field, only part of which is shown here, could not even be reached by a pickup truck. Plowing the field up and down the hill was the primary reason for this "picture story". OK-5046.
Date: March 1936
Creator: Slack, Jim.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Mr. Pletcher, Tennant, on a Tractor

Photograph of Mr. Pletcher, tennant, on a tractor he uses in contour farming his land. Taken to illustrate an article by Mr. Ivy Howard. Ardmore Project
Date: December 7, 1936
Creator: Hufnagle
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Bermuda Spot Sodded on Pasture Contours

Photograph of a field consisting of Bermuda, needle grass, and ragweed. Bermuda spot sodded on pasture contours and will spread and completely cover the pasture. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Bermuda spot sodded on pasture contours. All the other vegetation in the pasture consists of needle grass and ragweed's. The Bermuda will spread and in time completely cover the pasture, making it a great deal better than it was before the contours were built and the Bermuda started. To be followed with later pictures showing progress."
Date: December 7, 1936
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Bermuda Spot Sodded on Pasture Contours

Photograph of a field consisting of Bermuda, needle grass, and ragweed. Bermuda spot sodded on pasture contours and will spread and completely cover the pasture. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Bermuda spot sodded on pasture contours. All the other vegetation in the pasture consists of needle grass and ragweed's. The Bermuda will spread and in time completely cover the pasture, making it a great deal better than it was before the contours were built and the Bermuda started. To be followed with later pictures showing progress."
Date: December 7, 1936
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History