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Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of a fire break. To protect rangeland. OK-1608-2.
Date:
November 13, 1961
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-1061-9.
Date:
November 2, 1959
Creator:
Bryan, Hugo
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of a stump of post oak showing regrowth. Mechanical measures are only annual practices on brush control. Baxter cherty silt loam soil. OK-1426-11.
Date:
November 2, 1961
Creator:
Warth & Moss
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of smooth chert Savannah Range Site with timber removed and big and little bluestem returning on Bodine cherty silt loam, 1% - 8% slopes. OK-1426-3.
Date:
November 2, 1961
Creator:
Warth & Moss
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
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of King Ranch Bluestem. Roy Williams and grandsons planting King Ranch Bluestem. The oldest grandson Mahlon, then Mark and Mat. Class III Vernon soils. CR [?] deferred grazing. Grass planted on clean seedbed, 1 pound pure live seed per acre. Excellent stand and growth. OK-1826-12.
Date:
November 2, 1962
Creator:
Coleman, Chester C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of Stamford Pasture--one of the pastures on 920 acre ranch planted in 1960 to NK-37 Bermuda grass. OK-1222-10 [?].
Date:
November 10, 1960
Creator:
Davis, T. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Livestock (and Grasses)
Photograph of Kudzu pasture. W. H. Burdett's cattle grazing on 50 acres of Kudzu grown on the spoils of coal strip mines. According to Burdett, this vigorous, fast growing legume is very liked by his cattle. He controls the grazing and rotates between this and Bermudagrass pasture. OK-1499-6.
Date:
November 3, 1961
Creator:
Keathley, M. G.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of little bluestem at the Red Plains Experiment Station. The bluestem was established in the spring of 1940 by 1500 pounds per acre seed-hay mulch. An effort has been made to thresh the seed from material by a small Allis-Chalmers combine. The hay contained considerable moisture, thus the threshed material contained considerable seed. Application was made broadcast on badly eroded sandy loam soil which had previously been cropped to cotton and grain sorghum. After spreading, the material was immediately rolled with a cultipacker. OK-8713.
Date:
November 1942
Creator:
Elwell, H. M.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Plaques and Awards
Photograph of Hubert Murray, District Conservationist receiving the Outstanding Award Certificate from Bob Day, Engineering Specialist. Lawton Soil Conservation Service Field Office. OK-4957-15.
Date:
November 8, 1972
Creator:
Hunter, Carl J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Effect of Three Years on Contour Pasture Ridges/Stillwater Project
Photograph of the "Effect of three years on contour pasture ridges. Grass growth is markedly better immediately above and below the ridges." A few houses, barns, and other buildings are in the background. This photograph is a follow-up to the photo listed as 9-322.
Date:
November 23, 1937
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grover Thomas Contour Furrowed Pasture/Chickasha Project
Photograph of a "Large area of contour furrowed pasture. Furrows are built 1 ½ years ago."
Date:
November 20, 1937
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Loamy Prairie Excellent Condition
Photograph of a loamy prairie range site used for hay meadow-bluestem in excellent condition. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Loamy Prairie Excellent Condition. Used for hay meadow – bluestem maintained by cutting high early and not overused."
Date:
November 1965
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Range Overseeding on Good Condition class on Vernon-Lucien, Red Clay Prairie
Photograph of "Good Condition class on Vernon-Lucien, Red Clay Prairie. Tall grass overseeded with "Pasture Dream" type drill – no seedbed preparation – other than clean furrow made by 4" sweep on planter chute. Six years old – Indiangrass heading."
Date:
November 2, 1965
Creator:
Stidham, Neal
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Shallow Savannah Range in Excellent Condition on Tom Denyer Pasture
Photograph of hallow savannah Range in excellent Condition on Tom Denyer pasture. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Shallow Savannah excellent Condition. Darnell Stonyloam [sic] soil in Tom Denyer Pasture. Aerial sprayed 2#/ac '58 2# 2-4-5-T 1959. Big [bluestem] & little bluestem & Indiangrass dominate the site."
Date:
November 1965
Creator:
Stidham, Neal
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Lightly Used Sideoats Grass Cover in Excellent Condition on the Rolling Red Plains
Photograph of lightly used sideoats grass cover on the very shallow phase of the red shale hills site in the Rolling Red Plains, which is in excellent condition. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cover on the very shallow phase of the red shale hills (Soils Unit 24) site in the Rolling Red Plains is sparse even in excellent condition. If the range has been grazed closely in past years, so that there is no accumulation of litter on the ground, there is room between the plants for raindrops to strike the soil directly. This photo shows lightly used side oats [sic] grass on the site."
Date:
November 1, 1949
Creator:
Osborn, Ben O.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Shinnery Oak Spraying Aftermath on the Beutler Bros Ranch
Photograph of Jake Beutler, Lynn Beutler, and Jack Bohl, WUC, looking at shinnery oak that has been killed by spraying on the Beutler Bros Ranch. A herd of cattle is directly behind the men. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Jake Beutler, 2. Lynn Beutler, 3. Jack Bohl, WUC. The back of the photograph proclaims, "L to R Jake, Lynn Beutler, Jack Bohl, WUC, looking at shiner oak that has been killed by spraying."
Date:
November 15, 1966
Creator:
Allen, W. S.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Brahma Bull on the Beutler Brothers Ranch
Photograph of a branded Brahma bull on the Beutler Brother’s Ranch.
Date:
November 15, 1966
Creator:
Allen, W. S.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Brahma Bulls on the Beutler Brothers Ranch
Photograph of a small herd of brahma bulls on the Beutler Brothers Ranch.
Date:
November 15, 1966
Creator:
Allen, W. S.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Beutler Brothers Ranch Grassland Conservation Via Diversion Ditches & Protected Land
Photograph of three UNIDENTIFIED men examining the diversion ditches and protected land on the Beutler Brothers Ranch. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Diversion ditches & protected land."
Date:
November 15, 1966
Creator:
Allen, W. S.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Lockheed California Property Resource Planning
Photograph of Jerry Mathews, Soil Conservationist, and C. D. Hamit, conservation technician, survey pond dam on Lockheed California property north of McAlester. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. C. D. Hamit, Conservation Technician, 2. Jerry Mathews, Soil Conservationist. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Soil conservationist Jerry Mathews (R) and conservation technician C. D. Hamit survey pond dam on Lockheed California property north of McAlester, Oklahoma."
Date:
November 13, 1969
Creator:
Croom, Dan F.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Woods County Windmill & Water Tank
Photograph of a windmill and tank on the Rose Valley Community in Woods County. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Water for live stock is not hard to find. Many of these windmills and tanks dot Woods County. Water is found at shallow depth and this well is 40 feet deep. Water facilities well distributed over the area promotes uniform grazing."
Date:
November 17, 1954
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Gully Damaged Caused By Unprotected Terrace Outlet Channel
Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man standing in a gully caused by unprotected terrace outlet. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Gully along fence row is the result of unprotected terrace outlet channel and will be sloped and sodded to Bermuda for erosion control. Terraces will be extended across channel to divert all runoff out of gully & into adjoining pasture and the fence will be relocated."
Date:
November 11, 1943
Creator:
Jenkins, E. W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History