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Graded Border Irrigation System
Photograph of a graded boreder irrigation system of 400 acres. Water is pumped from the Verdigris River at H.E. corner of 400 acre field. Water is shown running from feeder ditch through border to field tabs. Field to left of electric fence is in rye and vetch and has had one irrigation. An additional 300 acres will be leveled smoothed ditched and bordered and put into irrgation in 1956. The system provides drainage as well as irrigation.
Date:
November 17, 1955
Creator:
Hurd and Moreland
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Seed Harvest
Photograph of Little Bluestem grass seed set cut in sun to dry before cleaning. Seed is being processed by Upper Washita SCD to be used in reseeding land in Roger Mills County.
Date:
November 1958
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass Seed Harvest
Photograph of Ed Rowley, SCS business manager, and assistant sacking and weighing grass seed in the District warehouse.
Date:
November 1, 1957
Creator:
Elder, Arthur T.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Gully Control
Photograph of gully control by diverting wter, sloping banks and planting trees. This area was formerly a huge gully caused by unprotected diversion ditch. An area has been fenced out of pasture. Gully banks sloped, diversion terrace constructed and cottonwood and black locust trees planted. Erosion is 100% stabilized and trees show good growth. Geary, Okla. CCC Camp
Date:
November 14, 1940
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
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
Seed Harvest Grandstand Storage
Photograph of a district employee turning grass seed as part of the curing process. This area is located beneath the grandstand at the City Park and one of the many such areas leased by the District for this purpose.
Date:
November 1, 1957
Creator:
Elder, A. T.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Combining King Ranch Seed
Photograph of combining King Ranch seed from windrow.
Date:
November 10, 1960
Creator:
Riley, K. E.
System:
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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
Four Mile Creek, El Reno
Photograph of floodgate on channel 2, constructed and installed at local cost, as agreed in Project Agreement. OK-1134-3.
Date:
November 1974
Creator:
Bullen, Elza C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of overhead water that has caused severe erosion in the nature drain on this farm. It will be shaped into a waterway and sprigged to bermuda grass. When the grass becomes established it will also serve as outlets for terraces to be constructed later. OK-1224-5.
Date:
November 1, 1960
Creator:
Rowlett, Olen
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wind, Wind Erosion, Sand Storms and Dunes
Photograph of follow up of Oklahoma 10-916-A. Sand blowing out of a field into a road from a field of Class IV, VII - 12X land. Little rainfall, continuous wind and now cropping speed up this winderosion. Landowner plans to put this land into pasture of mixed bluestem grasses. OK-916-B.
Date:
November 17, 1954
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of a huge roadside gully caused by run-off from improperly constructed terrace and unprotected outlets and outlet channels. OK-8673.
Date:
November 13, 1943
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of the planting of pine seedlings. Joe Johnson is planting pine seedlings with new type of planting bar. Joe not only talks it--he does it. Joe planted 10,000 trees during the 1958-1959 planting season. Joe and jack Johnson, "Mr. Oklahoma Tree Farmers" of 1960, have encouraged many land owners to plant trees. OK-795-11.
Date:
November 21, 1958
Creator:
Turney, Douglas
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oil and Gasoline Safety
Photograph of a gasoline pump shed of the Wetumka African-American Soil Conservation Service Camp. The picture documents the safety measures taken by this particular camp for a special report. Note the various safety precautions that have been taken to make the storage of oil and gasoline safe: 1. Sand barrel with lid for fighting fires. 2. Shovel painted red hanging on the wall. 3. Breather pipe for gasoline tank extending through the roof. 4. Fire extinguisher available at all times 5. Warning signs. [OK ID # illegible].
Date:
November 1, 1937
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of a farmer plowing on the contour with a 3-horse team and a sulky plow. This land is being turned under with 8 inches of grass which will act as a soil builder and fertilizer for Spring oat planting. OK-5877.
Date:
November 2, 1937
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of the first terrace demonstration held in Ellis County, Oklahoma in 1926. Herbert C. Heyer, County Agent, and G.E. Martin, Extension Engineer, held the demonstration.
Date:
November 17, 1964
Creator:
Smtih, W. O.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Civilian Conservation Corps
Photograph of a Civilian Conservation Corps [CCC] parade in Stillwater on Armistic Day, November 11, 1934.
Date:
November 11, 1934
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of an Armistice Day parade of 1934 in Stillwater, Oklahoma feature Soil Conservation Service. First [unclear] for the Civilian Conservation Corps personne.
Date:
November 11, 1934
Creator:
Hollopeter, Chas A.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of observational grass plantings. Bermuda grass selections in the foreground. R7-32
Date:
November 5, 1937
Creator:
Kiltz, B. F.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of a large Bermuda-grassed terrace outlet system which will carry water from 30 acres. Grass spot sodded in June 1937 and water kept out until the Fall. OK-6001.
Date:
November 15, 1937
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of pasture improvement. The area to the right, one year ago was exactly like that on the left. The shrub brush was removed, sprouts mowed three times during the summer and grazing prohibited. Note differences of grass growth. OK-5994.
Date:
November 19, 1937
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History