Farm Work

Photograph of workers fertilizing a field with manure before planting watermelon.
Date: March 14, 1940
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Gully Erosion

Photograph of severe gully erosion.
Date: May 15, 1940
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Civilian Conservation Corps

Photograph of CCC Enrollees helping to construct a wooden concrete form for making a watering trough. Okla-8062.
Date: March 14, 1940
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a Bermuda grass sodder designed and constructed by a farm operator, Mr. Kerr, shown in the photograph. OK-8064.
Date: March 14, 1940
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of erosion caused by unprotected farmer terrace outlets and road ditch run-off. Field on the left has been terraced for 8 to 10 years. Terraces had too much fall. Roadside ditch will be sloped and added with Bermuda grass. Road graded and field on left will be terraced to conform with standard grade and land slope as recommended by SCS. OK-8087
Date: May 15, 1940
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History