Photograph of well-grassed natural draingae to be used as a terrace outlet channel. OK-5619.

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED cooperator farmer with horse drawn equipment building contour ridges using a Kelly long wing plow and sodding them to Bermudagrass. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cooperator building pasture contour ridges using a Kelly long wing plow. To be spot sodded to Bermuda grass."

Photograph of a “Badly overgrazed pasture which is being rejuvenated by use of contour furrows. Original furrows were on intervals so this year more were constructed with 2-bottom tractor plow and planted to Bermuda.”

Photograph of a “Badly overgrazed pasture which is being rejuvenated by use of contour furrows. Original furrows were on intervals so this year more were constructed with 2-bottom tractor plow and planted to Bermuda.”

Photograph of a badly overgrazed pasture withch is being rejuvenated by use of contour furrows. Original furrows were on intervals so this year more were constructed with 2-bottom tractor plow and planted to Bermuda. Muskogee Project, Morris Camp.

Photograph of three year-old locust trees in an abandoned badly gullied land. The farmer built the check dams in the gullies, bought the trees and planted them shortly before the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) moved into that area. The area is rapidly becoming stabilized. OK-6346.

Photograph of three-year old locust trees in an abandoned, badly gullied land. The farmer built the check dams in the gullies, bought the trees and planted them shortly before the Civilian Conservation Corps [CCC} moved into that area. The area is rapidly stabilizing. OK-6346.

Photograph of a large alkali spot in abandoned land which has been planted with trees in an effort to stop the rapid erosion which is quickly ruining the land. To be followed with later pictures. OK-6344.

Photograph of some of W. H. Septer's cattle.

Photograph of rolling and watering ensilage in a trench silo. 200 ton trench silo laid out by Morrin CCC Camp.

Photograph of Sam C. Lumplin examining black locust on the corn crops.

Photograph of W. H. Septer standing in burned pasture.

Photograph of A. R. Jackson holding Crotalaria.

Photograph of wind erosion control in a peanut field.

Photograph of wind erosion control in a peanut filed by strip cropping with 12 rows of peanuts and 4 rows of hegari forage sorghum. Peanuts have been pulled and stacked and shocked and the hegari has been headed. Hergari stalks will be left in the field to control blowing during the winter. Mr. W. A. Hardesty, shown here, said he he planned to follow the peanuts with a winter cover crop of rye grass or vetch and oats. Field is tempered. OK-8413.

Photograph of placing fertilizer in automatic bermuda grass planter. All bermuda reported during 1955 in the Okmulgee Co. SDC has been fertilized at time of planting.

Photograph of the A. B. Blackburn Coop, where oats and vetch are seeded in a Bermuda grass sod pasture with a sod drill. The Bermuda grass has not been grazed. OK-139-9.

Photograph of the H.E. Zimmerman Co-op and a drill being used in Bermuda grass pasture to seed oats and vetch for spring pasture. OK-195-2.

Photograph of the Herman Dacus Coop showing oats and vetch sown into a sericea-bermuda meadow with sod drill. Cattle grazing on the pasture. OK-195-1.

Photograph of a pasture fire which burned this farm home down. High winds during March. Fire guards would have protected this farm home. OK-216-11.

Photograph of a helicopter moving across a field. Note spray coming from the machine. Mr. Jack Castator started conservation program with the District in 1945. This field of alfalfa was fertilized according to recommendations made by Soil Conservation Service personnel.

Photograph of flooding. Hazard from overflow. Fisherman fishing in water covering a fescue meadow. It has been under water 5 weeks prior to this photo. It has a basic plan with the Soil Conservation Service and overflow damage has been controlled to a minimum. OK-513-2.

Photograph of Herb Wells, Biology Specialist, SCS, and Charlie Melton, WUC of Sallisaw, making a check on fish balance in a farm pond on O.L. McCart in Okmulgee Co.

Photograph of Sorghum Almum. The Sorghum Almum was sown via broadcast pasture drill in June 1957. 100 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer was applied on 1-8H. No utilization was made during the first summer. Used for a test plot. OK-550-8.