Photograph of the unloading of native grass seed, pricinpally Indiangrass. The seed is being spead out to dry. From legt to right: Bill Woods of Ardmore, Clarence Stevens and Bert Slape of Muskogee. OK-9748.

Photograph of a Bermuda grass sodder designed and constructed by a farm operator, Mr. Kerr, shown in the photograph. OK-8064.

Photograph of the Culton boys at well in which the water level has risen 6 to 8 feet in the last two years since terraces were built and contour farming has been practiced. OK-5296.

Photograph of workers picking cotton on the contour in an unterraced field which is yielding 1200 pounds of lint coton per acre. A Mr. Cullen says, "I'm making more cotton than I have in years on this land. I believe it's because of those crooked rows." OK-5896.

Photograph of a fence damaged by a pasture fire. All the grass in this large pasture was consumed by the fire, leaving only weeds and brush.

Photograph of Nolan Denton, Work Unit Conservationist [WUC], Muskogee, Oklahoma, checking “tall corn” on Class I land, Soil Unit 4 BO. This corn following 2 years of fescues, has soil in excellent physical condition. OK-70-10.

Photograph of Nolan Denton, Work Unit Conservationist [WUC], Muskogee, Oklahoma, checking “tall corn” on Class I land, Soil Unit 4 BO. This corn following 2 years of fescues, has soil in excellent physical condition. OK-70-10.

Photograph of Nolan Denton, WUC, discusses soil management program with Fred Metzger for Soil Unit 8H BO, Class I. Early hybrid corn following soybeans for seed. Rotation includes alfalfa, corn, soybeans, cotton, wheat and vetch. It looked like up to a 50 to 60 bushel yield at hard roasting ear stage after a very dry season. Metzger is a strong believer in soil improving crops. OK-70-9.

Photograph of severe gully erosion.

Photograph of three men from left to right, Bill Woods of Ardmore, Clarence Stevens and Bert Slape, both from Muskogee, unloading native grass seed, principally Indiangrass being spread out to dry. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Bill Woods, 2. Clarence Stevens, 3. Bert Slape. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Unloading native grass seed, principally Indiangrass. Left to Right are Bill Woods of Ardmore, Clarence Stevens and Bert Slape, both of Muskogee. The see is being spread out to dry."

Photograph of a R. C. Lindsey kneeling in a field of Ladino clover and oats. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Ladino clover covers the ground as Lindsey kneels to examine it. The surrounding crop is oats.”

Photograph of a dairy farmer spreading barnyard manure with rotary self feeding spreader and tractor on supplemental wheat pasture.

Photograph of SCS personnel explaining contour farming and crop rotation to African-American farmers. OK-5301.

Photograph of a portion of the crowd at the Muskogee Field day held on May 28, 1937. The lunch, followed by speakers was held on top of Stebbins Mountain from which a comprehensive view of many phases of soil conservation was visible in the valley below. OK-5747.

Photograph of a portion of the crowd at the Muskogee Field day held on May 28, 1937. The lunch, followed by speakers was held on top of Stebbins Mountain from which a comprehensive view of many phases of soil conservation was visible in the valley below. OK-5746.

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED men taking seed out of a truck and placing it in a motor repair maintenance shop used as a temporary seed drying and storage facility. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Truckload of bluestem seed unloads in one of several motor repair maintenance shops which the Soil Conservation Service used to store seed so that it would dry."

Photograph of picking melons from a field planted on the contour, Yeild this year is much below average due to the severe dry spell. Muskogee Project

Photograph of a profile of Bates fine sandy loam showing A, B, and C horizons.

Photograph of productive soil maintained and improved on a 2% slope by use of conservation practices. Land is terraced and contour farmed and crops are rotated. Soil improving crops are used regularly. The crop of oats, now on the land show lodging because of excessive rainfall as did practically 100% of all small grain in the district in 1957. Oats were 5 feet high and promised a good yield when the rains started. Soil Unit 6CP.

Photograph of dirt being spread over the partially compacted refuse.

Photograph of large areas of treated land upon which Soil Conservation practices have been adopted. Photo taken from 3,000 feet altitude in an airplane. Muskogee Project.

Photograph of W. E. Rowsey farm, Muskogee, Oklhaoma. Clyde Easton, Soil Conservation Service [SCS] project manager discussing a soil conservation program with W. E. Rowsey, owner of 100 farms in eastern Oklahoma. OK-5300.

Photograph of Roger Stebbens' farm taken from Stebbens Mountain during a Soil Conservation Service field day tour. The photograph shows Stebbens' farm, cattle grazing on contour ridged pasture, and a large farm pond. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Taken from the top of Stebbens mountain from the place at which the members of the Muskogee field day tour were given lunch and talks on soil conservation work. The picture shows the farm of Roger Stebbens which is under contract with the Soil Conservation Service. Visible in this picture is a herd of white-face cattle grazing on a contour ridged pasture near a farm pond. This herd, pasture and the pond were within full view of the crowd attending the field tour while eating lunch at noon and while listening to the addresses after lunch."

Photograph of a strip of Sudan grass on the contour with intervening strips of cultivated cotton on either side. The back of the photograph proclaims, "A strip of Sudan grass on the contour with intervening strips of cultivated cotton on either side. In the Muskogee area, the field men are running a number of demonstrations such as this without the use of terraces."