Perforated Well Casing

Photograph of a perforated well casing. A 3 foot section of perforated casing with 1/8" opening. It is reported that this sectio of casing will let through 100 gallons per minute.
Date: November 1, 1958
Creator: Rowlett, O.
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

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of native grass planting. A five-year old grass planting on the 1200 acre ranch of Eldred Sasseen. Sasseen has planted grass on his ranch every year the past five years. During 1959 and 1960 he expects to reseed all the remaining cropland to a native grass mixture of little bluestem, switch, sideoats grama, blue grama and lovegrass. OK-776-5.
Date: November 1, 1958
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sasseen Ranch Sideoats Grama Grass

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man kneeling in a field consisting of sideoats grama grass. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Side oats [sic] grama grass on the Sasseen Ranch. This grass was planted in cotton stalks with the Washita County Soil Conservation District grass drill. The planting is four years old. Sasseen has received good grazing the past 2 years."
Date: November 1, 1958
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sasseen Ranch Sideoats Grama Grass

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man kneeling in a field consisting of sideoats grama grass. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Side oats [sic] grama grass on the Sasseen Ranch. This grass was planted in cotton stalks with the Washita County Soil Conservation District grass drill. The planting is four years old. Sasseen has received good grazing the past 2 years."
Date: November 1, 1958
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sasseen Ranch Sideoats Grama Grass

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man kneeling in a field consisting of sideoats grama grass. The back of the photograph proclaims, “side oats [sic] grama grass on the Sasseen Ranch. This grass was planted in cotton stalks with the Washita County Soil Conservation District grass drill. The planting is four years old. Sasseen has received good grazing the past 2 years."
Date: November 1, 1958
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stocking Fish Ponds

Photograph of Augie Sewell, Washita County SCD supervisor and Darwin Craig, Cordell Sportsman Club receive fish from the Oklahoma Fish Hatchery delivery truck to be taken to floodwater retarding structures on Cavalary Creek watershed.
Date: November 1, 1958
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stocking Fish Ponds

Photograph of Augie Sewell, Washita County SCD supervisor and Darwin Craig, Cordell Sportsman Club receive fish from the Oklahoma Fish Hatchery delivery truck to be taken to floodwater retarding structures on Cavalary Creek watershed.
Date: November 1, 1958
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
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

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Photograph of timber stand improvement. Joe Johnson using tree injector for elimination of indesirable brush and timber to permit pine timber to become established. OK-795-5.
Date: November 21, 1958
Creator: Turney, Douglas
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Native Grass Seed

Photograph of the upper Washita SCD 1958 grass seed harvest. Bluestem seed laid out on bleachers to dry before cleaning.
Date: November 1958
Creator: unknown
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