Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man with horse drawn equipment mowing a contour ridged pasture for weed control. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Mowing in a contour ridged pasture for weed control.”

Photograph of contour pasture ridges with Bermuda grass on the ridges.

Photograph of Catalpa, locust, Osage, and mulberry trees on contour rows below a terraced field. These trees were planted in the spring of 1938 and have been cultivated twice. To be followed with later pictures.

Photograph of a newly terraced field from an altitude of about 700 feet. A natural drain with native vegetation is also shown with the terraces emptying into them.

Photograph of cultivated land retired to pasture, contour ridged and set to Bermuda grass above diversion ditches.

Photograph of cows grazing in Hairy Vetch that has been used as winter cover crop, soil builder, and later to be turned over as green manure.

Photograph of the plowing under of cowpeas as a green manure. Plowing being done on the contour. OK-6881.

Photograph of Lincoln Elementary third grade students on a bus on a conservation tour. OK-4285-5.

Photograph of rye and vetch, Montgomery Brothers farm / ranch. The rye and vetch are in rotation for diary pasture and silage. The pasture was grazed until March 15, 1956. The Montgomery brothers were the conservation farmers of the year in the Goodyear contest in the Mayes County Soil Conservation District {SCD]. They operate 450 acres, cultivating 145 acres using rye and vetch on about one-half each year, 65 acres of Bermuda base tame pasture, 65 acres of tall fescue and winter clovers, with the balance in climax grasses used for pasture and meadow. OK-283-11.

Photograph of a farm pond with a riprapped dam completely full of water, the excess of which is being carried off slowly by a solidly sodded Bermuda grass outlet. OK-6577.

Photograph showing the necessity of farm ponds and water conservation practices. OK-6874.

Photograph of Little Blue Stem grass, seeded in 1937 for a meadow.

Photograph of a silting and farm pond. Both have rock riprapped earth dams.

Photograph of Don Donahoo, DC and Norman Smola, Forester examining the growth progress of a yourng pine planted to re-forest an area is noted. This is a one year growth on seedling secured from the State Forestry nursery.

Photograph of floodwater covering many acres of Pryor Creek bottomland. OK-3790-1.

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED farmer with horse drawn equipment mowing weeds between contour ridges for pasture improvement. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Farmer mowing weeds between contour ridges from pasture improvement. By controlling weeds, Bermuda grass will afford more pasture to the livestock."

Photograph of a "Rip-rapped farm pond in a contour ridged pasture from an altitude of 400 feet."

Photograph of Oscar Adams with two of his horses on his excellent improved pasture of various grasses and legumes. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Adams holds 2 of his horses on his excellent improved pasture of yellow hop and white Dutch clover, Bermuda grass, timothy, alsike clover, horean [sic] lespedeza and several other grasses and legumes."

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man using a pale to scoop up water from a farm pond 2 miles west and twelve miles north of Pryor. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Shows necessity for farm ponds and water conservation practices."

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED farmer plowing under hairy vetch for green manure. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Farmer plowing under hairy vetch which is being used for green manure in preparation for another later crop. He is using a Farm-all tractor and two bottom plow."

Photograph of shocked barley on the contour so that the strip can be planted to cowpeas.

Photograph of strip cropping with grain sorghum and alfalfa.

Photograph of a Civilian Conservation Corps [CCC] foreman using a copy of the Soil Conservation Service [SCS] cooperative agreement for on-the-job instruction to his enrollees. OK-6981.

Photograph of a close-up view of a Bermuda grass shelter which separates roots from the sod in a much more efficient manner than shaking it by hand. Vacant lot I Pryor, Oklahoma. OK-5634.