Tree Farming

Photograph of tree farming, pine trees planted in 1948.
Date: November 2, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sod Drilled Oats

Photograph of a closeup of sod drilled oats, drilled Sept. 15, 1959.
Date: November 6, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sod Drilled Oats

Photograph of sod drilled oats. Johnsongrass and lespedesa meadow. Drilled Sept. 15, 1959. This type of operation eliminates seedbed preparation which is a different operation in Blackland.
Date: November 6, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fescue Lodino Clover Pasture

Photograph of a Fescue-Ladino clover pasture planted in fall of 1956. Upland soil-5% slope, has produces and still producing excellent pasture. Lime-fertilized-managed.
Date: November 4, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cotton Hulls for Cover

Photograph of Cotton hulls placed on field as cover crop. The hulls will also add organic matter to thte soil.
Date: November 25, 1959
Creator: Nelson, P. I.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, US Fish and Wildlife Service,

Photograph of C.E. Kingery, Range Conservationist and Arthur F. Halloran, Wildlife Management biologist enclosure at Gurley Gate, Big Game Pasture. OK-946-3.
Date: November 14, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Photograph of Dierks Forest [from the lumber company established by the Dierks family beginning in 1903] in Valliant, Oklahoma. Follow-up of OK_656-9. 25c OH soil Class VII. Forest cleared by a D8 crawler tractor. Cut on and planted with pine seedlings on March 1958. OK-1072-3.
Date: November 25, 1959
Creator: Killim, O. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Back Slope Planted to Bermuda

Photograph of the back slope of a dam planted to bermuda grass August 5, 1959. Irrigated immediately after planting. Fred Fortney Soil Conservationist.
Date: November 18, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Edgerock Range Site

Photograph of Edgerock Range Site in excellent condition.
Date: November 14, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wet Spots in a Spinach Field

Photograph of wet spots in a spinach field. Soil unit 9H. Drowning out due to plow pan and surface crusting. Approx. 5 acres lost in a 40 acre field. Crop residue and land leveling would correct this.
Date: November 4, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Photograph of timber stand improvement. Mr. J. W. Adams doing contract timber stand improvement work for the Cimirron Lumber and Supply Company using tree injector on scrub timber and stand of young pines. OK-1059-7.
Date: November 4, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Timber and Lumber Treatment

Photograph of a creosoting plant. Cylinder is 80 feet and 6 feet deep, has a capacity over 1,000 cubic feet of wood. This plant would cost $100,000 if purchased. OK-1061-10.
Date: November 2, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of Mesquite control. Herbert Oran observing growth of Side-oats grama, Blue grama, and Buffalo grass where Mesquite brush was sprayed in June 1959. This pasture has had deferred grazing during the last two (2) growing seasons. Mesquite, which has not been treated can be seen in the background. This is being carried out as part of the Great Plains Conservation Program. OK-1064-1.
Date: November 9, 1959
Creator: Nelson, P. I.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Timber and Lumber Treatment

Photograph of a creosoting plant. Cylinder is 80 feet and 6 feet deep, has a capacity over 1,000 cubic feet of wood. This plant would cost $100,000 if purchased. OK-1061-9.
Date: November 2, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a before picture on the Whitegrass Waterhole. Looking northwest. Channel will be 8 feet deep and 35 feet flat at the bottom. 3 to 1 slide slope. OK-1061-6.
Date: November 2, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of the Wildhorse Creek Watershed. Looking up the slope at the emergency spillway. Planted to Bermuda grass, Aug. 5, 1959. Irrigated immediately after planting. OK-949-3.
Date: November 18, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Edgerock Range Site Near Porter Hill

Photograph of an Edgerock range site in excellent condition near Porter Hill and Elgin. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Edgerock Range Site. Excellent Condition."
Date: November 14, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cattle Grazing Wheat Pasture on Canadian Soils

Photograph of numerous cattle roaming and grazing a wheat pasture, while a windmill stands in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cattle grazing wheat pasture on Canadian soils."
Date: November 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Newt Chamberlain Showing Size and Height of Disc on Plow

Photograph of "Newt Chamberlain, contractor, standing by plow showing size and height of disc – 48" in diameter." The field that Chamberlains stands in is heavily vegetated.
Date: November 2, 1959
Creator: Collins, F. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

UNIDENTIFED Man Standing Next to a 80-foot Pipe At A Creosoting Plant in Valliant

Photograph of a UNIDENTIFED man standing next to an 80 foot long, 6-foot deep pipe at a Creosoting plant in Valliant, Oklahoma. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cylinder is 80' long, 6' deep, has capacity over 1,000 cu. ft. of wood. This plant would cost $100,000 if purchased."
Date: November 2, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Edgerock Range Site

Photograph of Edgerock Range site, in excellent condition.
Date: November 14, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Plowing Second Growth Oak

Photograph of second oak growth being plowed with a 48" disc. Cutting to a depth of 14 to 18 inches. 60 acre block. Area to go to bermuda grass. Newt Chamberlain, contractor, in photo.
Date: November 2, 1959
Creator: Collins, F. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fescue Lodino Clover

Photograph of fescue-lodino clover pasture planted in fall of 1956. Upland soil 5% slope. Has produced and still producing excellent pasture. Limed-fertilized-mamaged.
Date: November 4, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Caucasian Bluestem

Photograph of Caucasian Bluestem grass planted in spring of 1959. Good stand was secured where tractor tires firmed the soil. Few plants were established on loose soil. Fred Fortney, Soil Conservationist. Zanies loam soil.
Date: November 19, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History