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Sanitary Land Fill
Photograph of dirt being spread over the partially compacted refuse.
Date:
June 8, 1970
Creator:
Melton, Charles H.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Manure Spreading
Photograph of a dairy farmer spreading barnyard manure with rotary self feeding spreader and tractor on supplemental wheat pasture.
Date:
April 16, 1938
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Picking Melons
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
Date:
July 19, 1936
Creator:
Hufnagle
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cultivating Young Cotton on the Contour
Photograph of cultivating young cotton on the contour in a terraced field.
Date:
July 3, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Soil Conservation Practices Adoption
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.
Date:
May 8, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fence Damaged by Pasture Fire
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.
Date:
September 8, 1939
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Conferring With Tennant on Contour Planting
Photograph of Mr. Rowsey, owner, conferring with Mr. Sedwick, tenant, on contour planted cotton field. Sudan strip visible in background.
Date:
July 19, 1936
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Profile of Bates Fine Sandy Loam
Photograph of a profile of Bates fine sandy loam showing A, B, and C horizons.
Date:
July 4, 1938
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Muskogee District and Project
Photograph of SCS personnel explaining contour farming and crop rotation to African-American farmers. OK-5301.
Date:
July 19, 1956
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Contour Farming
Photograph of SCS personnel explaining contour farming and crop rotation to African-American farmers. OK-5502.
Date:
July 13, 1936
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Contour Farming
Photograph of Mr. Ramsey, owner, conferring with Mr. Badwick, tenant, on contour-planted cotton field. Sudan strip visible in the background. [OK ID no. illegible].
Date:
July 19, 1936
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Contour Farming
Photograph of Earl Smith, SCS Agent, discussing the advantages of contour farming and strip cropping. OK-5299.
Date:
July 19, 1936
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Contour Farming
Photograph of strip cropping with Lespedeza, soy beans and corn. Unterraced field. This view is to be compared with OKLA 5310, which shows a nearby field which has the same soil and is about the same slope, but which is planted in straight rows up and down the slopes and the cotton is very poor, as, in this season of very slight rainfall, what did fall was kept on the contour-farmed field, but was lost on the other. OK-5311.
Date:
July 19, 1936
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Contour Farming
Photograph of strip cropping with Lespedeza, soy beans and corn. Unterraced field. This view is to be compared with OKLA 5310, which shows a nearby field which has the same soil and is about the same slope, but which is planted in straight rows up and down the slopes and the cotton is very poor, as, in this season of very slight rainfall, what did fall was kept on the contour-farmed field, but was lost on the other. OK-5311.
Date:
July 19, 1936
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of a big alkalai spot and gullies in a field which has been abandoned for five years. The original lcover was good blue stem grass with heavy sod and was broken out for cultivation in 1909. OK-5615.
Date:
April 22, 1937
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of erosion caused by unprotected farmer terrace outlets and road ditch run-off. Field on the left has been terraced for 8 to 10 years. Terraces had too much fall. Roadside ditch will be sloped and added with Bermuda grass. Road graded and field on left will be terraced to conform with standard grade and land slope as recommended by SCS. OK-8087
Date:
May 15, 1940
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
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.
Date:
October 8, 1948
Creator:
Reid, Louis
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farm Homes
Photograph of the modern farm home of L.A. Rounds. OK-9485.
Date:
April 9, 1947
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farm Homes
Photograph of George Mueller family and house. One of the better tenant houses and farmyards in eastern Oklahoma. OK-5307.
Date:
July 19, 1936
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of a Bermuda grass sodder designed and constructed by a farm operator, Mr. Kerr, shown in the photograph. OK-8064.
Date:
March 14, 1940
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Muskogee Field Day
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.
Date:
May 28, 1937
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Muskogee Field Day
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.
Date:
May 28, 1937
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
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.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
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.
Date:
July 19, 1936
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History