Photograph of buffalo moving through open stand of post-oak across the road north of Camp Doris campground entrance in the Graham Flat Pasture.

Photograph of Resource conservation planning on Carl Albert Parkway, McAlester, Okla. Many different types of grasses and shrubs were used to landscape the center median.

Photograph of fertilized seed Bermuda grass over seeded with annual lespedeza and white clover. One month after planting. Planted and fertilized with an Ezee-Flow fertilizer distributor with a H. L. Pray 18 inch furrowing attachment.

Photograph of fertilized and seed-Bermuda grass, 5 weeks after planting. Planted on a well prepared seedbed in 18 inch rows with an Ezee-Flow fertilizer spreader with an H. L. Pray furrowing attachment.

Photograph of pure bred polled Herefords grazing on fertilized seeded Bermuda grass. One month after planting. Over seeded with annual lespedeza and white clover.

Photograph of tree farming, pine trees planted in 1948.

Photograph of Kent Kirkpatrick and Ronnie Spangler constructing an erosion control dam with pipe for principal spillway.

Photograph of a bull hydraulic power takeoff coring machine and tool box.

Photograph of Washita River channel cutting 2 miles northwest of Pauls Valley, Okla. It has been estimated that 2500 acres of valuable Washita River bottom land has fallen in the river channel due to severe cutting during the past 20 years.

Photograph of sediment damage just after May flood on Beaver and Cow Creek Watersheds. This is on the highway between Duncan and Lawton, Okla.

Photograph of a typical landscape of Bates-Collinsville complex with native grass cover.

Photograph of storm damage erosion of back slope of enbankment caused by 15 inches of rain during the last two weeks fo October 1972.

Photograph of vegetation of Site 22, Rush Creek. Tractor on left holding grass planter in place by cable. This structure was vegetated in two days.

Photograph of sediment damage just after May flood on Beaver and Cow Creek Watersheds. This is on the highway between Duncan and Lawton, Okla.

Photograph of Wildhorse watershed drawdown tail pipe discharging after 11 inches of rain in 11 days. Twenty inches received in 18 days. Max-distance between principal and emergency spillway. Tailpipe 36' in diameter.

Photograph of site containing a 10 inch high pressure gas line of which 550 lineal feet will be in the permanent pool. Concrete anchors were poured on this pipe at 50 feet intervals. The Lone Star Gas Company, owner of the pipeline, made all excavations, rewrapped and placed reinforciing steel around pipe. Local sponsoring agency furnished cement for achors.

Photograph of site 22, Wildhorse Creek. Municipal tower foundtion base. Setting 18' corrugated pipe, to hold back sand and water to allow drilling of 12" Dia. Holes 40" deeper 8" Dia. caseing them to be set in each hole and a spread footing 70' below natural ground.

Photograph of area which used to be covered with sage like area shown in Okila. 10, 753. Olson(left) and SCS Tech. E. S. Cordell check up on grass growth. Olson sprayed sage once with 2, 4-D four years ago, withheld grazing for year, then grazed lightly for year and has grazed moderately since. Little & big bluestem, indian, swithc, blue and sideoats grama. Texas and Prairie blue and sand paspalum came back naturally; no reseeding. and range site in excellent condition.

Photograph of sediment damage just after May flood on Beaver and Cow Creek Watersheds. This is on the highway between Duncan and Lawton, Okla. When highway was constructed in 1920's the field on the right was 9 feet lower than the highway

Photograph of plainting Blue Panicum with grassland drill.

Photograph of +Mr. Edward L. Brewer, owner of 6000 acre ranch in Oklahoma panhandle. Mr. Brewer has owned and operated this ranch since 1917. He has seen several dry and wet periods. He went though the "Dirty Thirties" of dust storms. One of the first to sign contract under Great Plains Conservation Program.

Photograph of hereford and nurse cows grazing on 60 acres of old 160 acre field seeded spring of 1945 to Kobe and Korean lespedeza and overseeded to big hop and black medic clover. Mr. Cavender bought this 560 acre farm from his father in 1944. With assistance of the Little River Soil Conservation Districkt the farm wa planned as a livestock unit. Sixty acres of native grass went to meadow, 100 acres to sericea lespedesa. In 1946, 40 additional acres were planted to sericea. Old pastures were improved, overseeded to clover mixtures and area now kept mowed. A 60 acre old field, fertilized, limed and planted with Korean laspadeza in 1945 was overseeded to hop & black medic clover shis summer, 600# carpet grass this spring. Weeds were kept mowed & this year Cavender grazed 22 registered polled Herefords, 2 horses & 6 grade cows on the old "field".

Photograph of the nodules on the roots of this biennial sweetclover plant. After land was in Maize, Lee planted clover in spring of 1952 to improve the soil before going to wheat. He is doing whole farm of 960 acres this way. SCS Tech. E.S. Cordell holds plant.

Photograph of samples of weeping love grass from A.H. Legako Farm, near Chandler, Oklahoma. From left to right: C. Kilpatrick, WUL; W.W. Bruce, Jr., Cooperator and SCS Engineering Aide; R.W. Koonoe, Cooperator. On may 2, 1942 young sprigs of love grass, from Cookson Hills (like those at left on the table) were planted in 3-ft rows on 2 acres of the A.H. Legako farm. The planting yielded 14 pounds of seed (combined) per acre in July 1942. Kilpatrick holds a sample of the seed heads. On July 18, 1942 a representative stool (center on table) was removed. The new grass on this stool is the result of 10 days growth. On October 11, 1943, the stools had attained growth and size represented by the sample on the extreme right. 1943 yields: June 14, 140 pounds from 2 acres July 3, 2 tons hay per acre (no rain: May 27 to Sept. 29) Sept. 29, 1/2 ton hay per acre. Planting was rested from September 29 until October 11 then grazed through December 1943. OK-8688.