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

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

Conservation, Environmental & Safety Education

Photograph of F.E. LeGrand of Mayfield, Oklahoma, receiving a 1-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, Mr. LeGrand won with the name "Mr. Splash." OK-194-10.
Date: November 9, 1955
Creator: Whittington, Fred
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-194-10.
Date: November 9, 1955
Creator: Whittington, Fred
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

G. C. Gardner and Ralph Shaver Standing in Shaver’s Four-Acre Field of Sweetclover That Yielded 300 Pounds of Seed

Photograph of G. C. Gardner and Ralph Shaver standing in Shaver's four-acre field of sweetclover that yielded 300 pounds of seed. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. G. C. Gardner, 2. Ralph Shaver. The back of the photograph proclaims, "4 Acre Field of Sweet Clover that yielded 300 lbs. of seed. G. C. Gardner, left and Ralph Shaver in the picture. Shaver says he has planted corn after sweet clover and experienced yield of 15 bushels more per acre than where clover was not grown. On another 7 acre sweet clover field where District Supervisor Shaver pastured 70 head of hogs for 3 months after shaver had pastured 2 milk cows from April 15 to October 15 October."
Date: November 9, 1943
Creator: Jenkins, E. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Field or Prairie on the Red Shale Hills Site of the Rolling Red Plains

Photograph of a field of varying topography on the red shale of the Rolling Red Plains. The back of the photograph proclaims, "The red shale hills site of the Rolling Red Plains is a complex of very shallow soils on the hilltops and steep slopes, shallow soils on the gentler slopes, and deep colluvial soils in the narrow draws. The climax vegetation of the shallow and very shallow soils is mixed prairie."
Date: November 9, 1949
Creator: Osborn, Ben O.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History