Photograph of Fred Wood, owner, and Charles Chamberlain, Operator, cutting volunteer oats on a terrace which was not worked down after completion and is obviously steep. This shows that small grain can be harvested on terraces even though they are steep and high. These terraces were built a year ago.

Photograph of before gully shaping. Tree in background.

Photograph of digging bermudagrass roots with springtooth harrow.

Photograph of side delivery raske being used to gather bermuda grass roots. A spring tooth harrow was used to dig the roots.

Photograph of grade Hereford grazing on rye and vetch class III 12 cross timbers soil. Mr. Keller has found it very profitable to buy cattle in the fall, winter on this type of pasture and sell on spring market.

Photograph of an Ardmore (Carter County) fair exhibits. Ardmore Project.

Photograph of the general topography in the Arbuckle Mountains. Washita River Conservation Survey, W-20.

Photograph of an open ditch showing water coming to siphon tubes and size of area being irrigated at one time.

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.

Photograph of channel improvements on Wildhorse Creek watershed, 1.5 miles north of Tatums. Channel work done in 1968 and 1969 and vegetated in 1969 with Bermuda sprigs. Approximately 3 miles of improvement in this segment, view upstream. Arbuckle CD, Carter County, Oklahoma. OK-4322-9D.

Photograph of intersecting of main channel # 1 and laterals K and J on Whitegrass Watershed. OK-4319-7.

Photograph of switchgrass planted in the spring of 1955, with fertilizer shown in pounds per acre. OK-395-1.

Photograph of a gully to be shaped. The "before" picture. Trees in background. OK-1289-6.

Photograph of a grass seed catcher operating in K.R. Bluestem. Note the wiresacross the catcher seems to double the yiled of K.R. seed from the harvester. OK-1827-9.

Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Tolliver checking farm records in the neat kitchen of their farmstead. Tolliver bought a run-down 40 acre farm that used to scarcely produce 5 bushels of corn per acre. "It had gullies I couldn't cross with implements and the soil would produce practically nothing," Tooliver said. He terraced and contoured the 22 acres he cultivated, rotated his crops and use dhairy vetch for cover and soil improvement. Pasture cleared and mowed. OK-9479.

Photograph of mowing for wood control in a permanent alfalfa strip. Mowing is to help eliminate Johnson grass. To be followed by later pictures. OK-5724.

Photograph of Bermuda grass sprigging. Arbuckle Soil Conservation District [SCD] sprigging Bermuda grass on Jim Bivins’ farm, with two-plow sprigger. Note the rack built on top to hold extra sprigs. Approximately 4 acres can be sprigged without stopping to reload. Note trailer being pulled behind sprigger to carry extra fertilizer—800 pounds. The trailer was so designed by the District that one wheel of the trailer runs over the last row of sprigs planted, thus giving more compaction and firming of the soil over the sprigs to retain moisture. An extension was added on the fertilizer attachment of the sprigger for carrying an additional 350 pounds of fertilizer. A spare tire is also carried on the trailer. OK-1380-3.

Photograph of Bermuda grass harvesting. District harvesting Bermuda grass roots. This field was sprigged to Midland Bermuda grass in the spring of 1959 and has had two growing seasons with heavy grazing each year. This area harvested (= one-sixth of an acre) produced 200 bushels of roots per acre. With current cost rates would amount to $480 worth of roots per acre. OK-1380-1.

Photograph of Arbuckle Soil and Water Conservation District [SWCD] harvesting Bermuda grass roots. This field, sprigged in 1959 has been heavily grazed for the past two grazing seasons. The area harvested, at this time, is approximately 165 feet long and 45 feet wide, produced enough sprigs to plant 20 acres. Approximately 10 bushels of roots are being planted per acre. OK-1333-11.

Photograph of Arbuckle Soil and Water Conservation District [SWCD] harvesting Bermuda grass roots. This field, sprigged in 1959 has been heavily grazed for the past two grazing seasons. The area harvested, at this time, is approximately 165 feet long and 45 feet wide, produced enough sprigs to plant 20 acres. Approximately 10 bushels of roots are being planted per acre. OK-1333-8.

Photograph of a peanut filed with no winter cover. OK-1293-12.

Photograph of the upper end of three miles of improved channel; looking downstream toward improved section of channel with grade stabilization structure. Structure takes out five feet of grade and has 44-foot water entry area. Channel work done in 1970 and 1971. Vegetation completed 2 weeks prior to photo (bermuda grass sprigs). OK-4322-11D.

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.

Photograph of Dr. Horace J. Hopper, Agriculture Director of the Samuel Roberts Foundation, right, discusses small grain variety test work being conducted by the Foundation in cooperation with the Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station. From left to right, Herbert R. Young, local Soil Conservation Service [SCS] Work Unit Conservationist [WUC]; Ray Walker, SCS State conservationist; D.G. Craig, SCS Agronomist for the South Great Plains States; Hershel Burris, Secretary, Oklahoma State Soil Conservationist Board; and, Dr. Harper. They were attending a soil conservation training conference for SCS personnel in South-Central Oklahoma. The program of training emphasized soil and crop management problems for the Cross-Timbers. OK-298-4.