Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of range cover evaluation plot # 173, in poor condition. Range on red shale hills site (soil unit 24-RR) had 1288 pounds of threeawn grass cover per acre, which was 48% effective in controlling soil splash. Detectability was 28% and the splash itself amounted to 17,869 pounds per acre. OK-10-632.
Date: November 7, 1949
Creator: Osborn, Ben
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of range cover evaluation plot # 164, in excellent condition. Range on red shale hills site (soil unit 24-RR) had 4528 pounds of sideoats grama grass cover per acre, which was 97% effective in controlling soil splash. Detectability was 32% and the splash itself amounted to 1,248 pounds per acre. OK-10-634.
Date: November 1, 1949
Creator: Osborn, Ben
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Plot 173 Range Cover Evaluation of threeawn Cover In Controlling Soil Splash on Red Shale Hills Site

Photograph of Plot 173 range cover evaluation of three-awn cover in controlling soil splash on red shale hills site. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Range cover evaluation on plot 173, in poor condition range on red Shale hills site (soil unit 24-RR) had 1288 lb. threeawn cover per acre, which was 48% effective in control soil splash. Detachability was 28% and splash amounted to 17,869 lb. per acre."
Date: November 7, 1949
Creator: Osborn, Ben
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Red Shale Hills Site In Poor Condition

Photograph of a red shale hills site in poor condition. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Red shale hills site (soil unit 24-RR) in poor condition, cover mainly of threeawn and weeds amounting to 1800 lb. per acre. The grass clumps are conspiouously [sic] tussocked by erosion of the exposed areas between."
Date: November 4, 1949
Creator: Osborn, Ben
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Red Shale Hills Site in Poor Condition

Photograph of the Red Shale Hills site (soil unit 24-RR) in poor condition, cover mainly of threeawn and weeds amounting to 1800 lb. per acre. The grass clumps are conspicuously tussocked by erosion of the exposed areas between.
Date: November 4, 1949
Creator: Osborn, Ben O.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0152.0209]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The big ponds in the Washita river watershed started to work this week."
Date: November 2, 1948
Creator: Pyer, Ronald
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Hammon Advocate (Hammon, Okla.), Vol. 38, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 6, 1947 (open access)

The Hammon Advocate (Hammon, Okla.), Vol. 38, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 6, 1947

Weekly newspaper from Hammon, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 6, 1947
Creator: Richardson, Eva M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Hammon Advocate (Hammon, Okla.), Vol. 38, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 13, 1947 (open access)

The Hammon Advocate (Hammon, Okla.), Vol. 38, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 13, 1947

Weekly newspaper from Hammon, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 13, 1947
Creator: Richardson, Eva M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Hammon Advocate (Hammon, Okla.), Vol. 38, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 20, 1947 (open access)

The Hammon Advocate (Hammon, Okla.), Vol. 38, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 20, 1947

Weekly newspaper from Hammon, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 20, 1947
Creator: Richardson, Eva M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Hammon Advocate (Hammon, Okla.), Vol. 38, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 27, 1947 (open access)

The Hammon Advocate (Hammon, Okla.), Vol. 38, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 27, 1947

Weekly newspaper from Hammon, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 27, 1947
Creator: Richardson, Eva M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a portable irrigation system watering abbruzzi rye on a dam. Detention reservoir # 2. OK-10-345.
Date: November 17, 1949
Creator: Sooter, [Matt?]
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History