Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of pasture management. This 20 acre field (old pasture) was planted to corn and sodded to Bermuda grass last spring. Bermuda grass has now covered the field and is a perfect stand over the entire area. 38 steers were brought into the pasture after the corn was harvested. AR-30, 138 (and also see AR-30, 122 and AR-30, 131).
Date: October 18, 1937
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of the harvesting of Korean Lespedeza seed as seen in the combine. AR-30, 246.
Date: October 31, 1938
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Orville Austin Seed Plot of Hairy Vetch and Balboa Rye

Photograph of Orville Austin standing in a recently seeded field of hairy vetch and Balboa rye. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Combination planting of hairy vetch (20#) and Balboa rye (1 bu.) seeded with combination (16 disk, 7-inch spacing) drill with fertilizer and grass seeder attachments with 175 lbs. of superphosphate applied per acre at time of planting. This field was planted to hairy vetch and Balboa rye and seed crop was harvested in July 1942 with combine. The straw and stubble remained on the field until immediately before the present (1942) seeding. This field was prepared for the 1942 seeding going over the field three times with a tandem disk and tractor followed with two times over 6 ½ ft. field cultivator attached to the tractor, followed by one time over with tandem disk before planting with the above combination fertilizer, disk, and grain drill and seeded on September 17, 1942."
Date: October 7, 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

W. H. Sayler

Photograph of W. H. Sayler standing next to one of his twenty-three cows.
Date: October 17, 1944
Creator: Webb, Gordon C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History