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Land Conservation, Management and Utilization
Photograph of an automatic lumber sorter in operation at a saw mill. This sorter conveys and drops lumber in piles according to size and grade. Lumber is sawed at a mill in the forest and hauled to a finishing mil in town. As the lumber is unloaded, it is fed into this sorter which moves it and piles it in the proper place. The lumber is fed into the sorter by two men, thus conserving much time and labor. OK-413-9.
Date:
November 27, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of a pine nursery. Bill Campbell, nursery manager, preparing to plow up trees. Tractor loosens trees with bar, leaving trees loose for hand pulling. Trees are sorted and packed in bundles of 50 trees each. Little River Soil Conservation District crews pick up the trees at the nursery she dfor farm delivery. Three large industrial forest firms give small landowners trees on a tree-for-tree-matched basis. These trees are given to small land owners to encourage them to increase their timber stands. OK-412-1
Date:
November 26, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of Mr. Talmage Hardin using a sod-type drill (District-owned) seeding a small grain-vetch mixture on an old sod of Bermuda grass. OK-189-3.
Date:
November 14, 1955
Creator:
Robertson, Dan
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
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
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of brush eradication. Sprayed (using a Basal Treatment—an oil soluble herbicide is mixed with an oil carrier instead of water and applied to the plants) in February, 1957. Large tree had circle hacked with an axe, small trees had only a spray band 1 foot wide at the base of the tree. A 2-4-5T herbicide gave a 100% kill. The Soil Conservation Service [SCS] recommends this use of the herbicide over mechanical removal as it reduces resprouting. OK-579-9.
Date:
November 5, 1957
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of native grass, Claude Gilbert farm. Native grass pasture seeded in 1952. Bluestem on the right and Indian grass on the left. These grasses have not been grazed since they were seeded. Soil Conservation Service program started on this farm in 1952. OK-401-11.
Date:
November 8, 1956
Creator:
Keathley, M. G.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of weeping lovegrass. Claude Gilbert in a field of weeping lovegrass. That was moved once this year, making 1 ½ tons of hay per acre. Mowed twice in 1955, it yielded 100 pounds of seed per acre which was sold for $0.65 per pound. Gilbert fertilizes his weeping lovegrass with 100 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer per acre each spring. Soil Conservation Service program started on this farm in 1952. OK-401-9.
Date:
November 8, 1956
Creator:
Keathley, M. G.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of native grasses that are properly managed on the Troy Maddox farm. Maddox says having more grass in his pasture than he needs is good security. He buys when the market is down and sells when the market is up because he always has plenty of grass. Its moisture is adequate; he always has plenty of small grain pasture also. OK-776-2.
Date:
November 1, 1958
Creator:
Rowlett, Olen
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
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of cows in a field; pasture improvement. Cattle grazing in areas that have been harvested for seed. These pastures were deferred during summer, harvested for grass seed, and will now be utilized for wintering purposes. OK-575-11.
Date:
November 1, 1957
Creator:
Elder, Arthur T.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of a livestock tank under construction on former cropland, seeded under the CR [Conservation Reserve] program and water development under the GP [Great Plains] Program. OK-2691-5.
Date:
November 1966
Creator:
Smith, James E.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of hardwood control. Quintas Herron, owner, and C. P. Durk [?], Soil Conservation Service, examine pine trees released by deadening culled hardwood trees with a basal injection of 2-4-5T herbicide in December, 1954. Planting an acre of pine seedlings costs about $8.00 per acre where controlling hardwoods to release young pine costs about $4.00 per acre. Natural reproduction of pine produces more trees per acre to be cut as poles, posts and pulpwood than plantings. OK-414-3.
Date:
November 28, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of F. E. LeGrand, Mayfield, Oklahoma, receiving a one-gallon jug of Oklahoma rainwater from Leon J. McDonald, Assistant State Conservationist. In a contest to name Mr. Raindrop, sponsored by the Soil Conservation Society of America and the Oklahoma Farmer-Stockman magazine, Mr. LeGrand won with the name “Mr. Splash.” OK-194-9.
Date:
November 9, 1955
Creator:
Whittington, Fred
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Contour Farming
Photograph of terrace construction. Striking off the back slopes of a channel type terrace built entirely with a bulldozer. See OK-190-12 for the first pass made with the bulldozer in starting the construction. OK-190-10.
Date:
November 15, 1955
Creator:
Martin, J. V.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Contour Farming
Photograph of a bulldozer striking out the last pass on a channel-type terrace constructed entirely with bulldozer equipment. See OK-190-10 for the completed terraces and OK-190-12 for the starting of the terrace. The terrace spills directly into a meadow strip shaped and seeded to King Ranch [KR] Bluestem in March, 1952. OK-190-11.
Date:
November 15, 1955
Creator:
Martin, J. V.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Contour Farming
Photograph of a channel-type terrace built with farm equipment. OK-195-8.
Date:
November 25, 1955
Creator:
Evans, C. 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
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
Peanuts Growing on Contour
Photograph of Peanuts on Fitzhugh fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes. Terrain and coontour farming are practices that help control erosion on this soil.
Date:
November 1965
Creator:
Hill, Earnest O.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Combining Native Bluestem Grass
Photograph of Howard Nix combining native bluestem mixture on the farm of Alva Tims. Proper range management and rotation grazing permitted the harvest of 1500 pounds of bluestem mixture from approximately 35 acres.
Date:
November 4, 1955
Creator:
Martin, J. Vernon
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fence Row and Field Border
Photograph of a fence row and field border of sassafras, Rhus ambrosia, ulmus and chenopodium prior to winter grazing by farmer's livestock.
Date:
November 1, 1938
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Bird Dogs At Point
Photograph of bird dogs at point on covey of birds in quail census of wildlife areas on Wm. Lafave farm.
Date:
November 14, 1938
Creator:
Hurd, M. A.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cottontail Rabbit Nest
Photograph of a cottontail rabbit nest in an abandoned field grown up to annual weeds and aristida. Sparse stand of brush in gully nearby. The cover of the nest has been lifted off to show the young rabbits.
Date:
November 4, 1937
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Examination of Bluestem Harvest
Photograph of Claud Leonard (left), Work Unit Conservationist, Rush Springs, Okla. And Howard Nix combine operator, examine some of the native bluestem mixture harvested from this area. 1500 pounds of seed were harvested from approximately 35 acres.
Date:
November 4, 1955
Creator:
Martin, J. Vernon
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History