Sediment Damage

Photograph of sediment damage just after May flood on Beaver and Cow Creek Watersheds. This is on the highway between Duncan and Lawton, Okla.
Date: July 2, 1955
Creator: Graham, E. O.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stubble Mulch on Dalhart Sandy Loam

Photograph of stubble on Dalhart sandy loam. Stubble mulch tilled prior ot seeding close-up.
Date: October 2, 1955
Creator: Welch, A. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stubble Mulch on Dalhart Sandy Loam

Photograph of Dalhart sandy loam. Stubble mulch tilled prior to seeding close-up.
Date: October 2, 1955
Creator: Welch, A. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Johnnie Whitson Co-Op.

Photograph of planting Blue Panicum with grassland drill. OK-68-2.
Date: July 2, 1955
Creator: Melton, Charles
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Dr. C. Q. Lynd, Agronomy Department, Oklahoma A & M College [i.e.,Oklahoma State University], Stillwater, Oklahoma and M.D. Gamble, Agronomist, Soil Conservation Service [SCS], examining stand of native grasses in excellent condition. OK-139-12.
Date: September 2, 1955
Creator: Lowe, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of stubble left after drilling wheat on Richfield silt loam. Stubble mulch tilled and standard disc-type wheat drill. OK-158-7.
Date: October 2, 1955
Creator: Welch, A. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of drilling wheat on Richfield silt loam. OK-158-8.
Date: October 2, 1955
Creator: Welch, A. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of crop rotation. Mung beans planted in rows 40 inches on May 11, 1955. Variety jumbo. Expected yield is 600 pounds. Wheat to follow the Mung beans. Last year, the wheat averaged 37 bushels per acre. OK-143-11.
Date: September 2, 1955
Creator: Murrell, Ray C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of peanuts and grain sorghum strip cropped, 8 x 8 in rows. OK-128-10.
Date: August 2, 1955
Creator: Bates, Leland A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of the south end of a waterway, just staked,, looking north. Designed on non-erosive grade for drainage of 1600 acres for 3700 feet spilling into the South Canadian River. It protects several acres of bottom alfalfa land. Photo OK-184-12 shows the waterway after construction started. OK-184-10.
Date: November 2, 1955
Creator: Bates, Leland A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Overseeding Bermuda Grass

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.
Date: July 2, 1955
Creator: Fountain, William T.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Overseeding

Photograph of fertilized seed Bermuda grass over seeded with annual lespedeza and white clover. One month after planting.
Date: July 2, 1955
Creator: Fountain, William T.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fertilized Seed-Bermuda grass

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.
Date: July 2, 1955
Creator: Fountain, William T.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Herefords Grazing on Bermuda

Photograph of pure bred polled Herefords grazing on fertilized seeded Bermuda grass. One month after planting. Over seeded with annual lespedeza and white clover.
Date: July 2, 1955
Creator: Fountain, William T.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fertilized Seed-Bermuda grass

Photograph of fertilized and seed-Bermuda grass, five 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.
Date: July 2, 1955
Creator: Fountain, William T.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Herefords on Bermuda Grass Pasture

Photograph of pure bred polled Herefords grazing on fertilized seed planted Bermuda grass. Over seeded with annual lespedeza and white clover.
Date: July 2, 1955
Creator: Fountain, William T.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Channel Cutting Washita River

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.
Date: July 2, 1955
Creator: Graham, E. O.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sediment Damage After Flood

Photograph of sediment damage just after May flood on Beaver and Cow Creek Watersheds. This is on the highway between Duncan and Lawton, Okla.
Date: July 2, 1955
Creator: Graham, E. O.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita River Channel

Washita River channel cutting 2 miles northwest of Pauls Valley. It has been estimated that 2500 acres of valuable Washita bottomland has fallen in the river channel due to severe cutting during the past 20 years.
Date: July 2, 1955
Creator: Graham, E. O.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Beaver and Cow Creek Watershed Flood Damage

Photograph of sediment damage just after May flood on Beaver and Cow Creek Watersheds. This is on the highway between Duncan and Lawton, Okla.
Date: July 2, 1955
Creator: Graham, E. O.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Beaver and Cow Creek Watershed Flood Damage

Photograph of sediment damage just after May flood on Beaver and Cow Creek Watersheds. This is on the highway between Duncan and Lawton, Okla.
Date: July 2, 1955
Creator: Graham, E. O.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sediment Damage

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
Date: July 2, 1955
Creator: Graham, E. O.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sediment Damage

Photograph of sediment damage just after May flood on Beaver and Cow Creek Watersheds. This is on the highway between Duncan and Lawton, Okla.
Date: July 2, 1955
Creator: Graham, E. O.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sediment Damage

Photograph of sediment damage just after May flood on Beaver and Cow Creek Watersheds. This is on the highway between Duncan and Lawton, Okla.
Date: July 2, 1955
Creator: Graham, E. O.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History