Photograph of blasting out rock to be used in lime crusher to supply farmers with limestone fertilizer. Note the lime crusher, the pile of rock and the foreman in charge of the blasting operation.

Photograph of southland brome grass. Southland brome grass was planted on the Otto Cox farm near Lenapah, OK. Planted in the fall of 1951 following three years of hairy vetch. This grass is used as a cool season supplemental grazing grass and for seed production. Milton T. Gault, Soil Conservation Service (SCS), is examing the root system of the grass. OK-280-2.

Photograph of Grady Meritt with grader owned by Nowata County Soil Conservation District, building terraces. OK-1600-12.

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED workers on horses wrangling cattle in tall grass on Stockton Ranch. The back of the photo proclaims, "Cattle in tall grass on the Stockton ranch. The grasses here are little and big bluestem, Indiangrass and some switchgrass."

Photograph of three UNIDENTIFED workers on horses wrangling cattle in tall grass on Stockton Ranch. The back of the photo proclaims, "Cattle in tall grass on the Stockton ranch. There grasses averaged about five feet tall. They are chiefly big and little bluestem, switchgrass, and Indiangrass."

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED workers on horses wrangling cattle in tall grass on Stockton Ranch. The back of the photo proclaims, "Cattle in tall grass on the Stockton ranch. The grasses here average about five feet in height. Principally, they are big and little bluestem, switchgrass and Indiangrass."

Photograph of three UNIDENTIFED workers on horses wrangling Hereford cattle in tall grass on Stockton Ranch. The back of the photo proclaims, “Hereford cattle in tall grasses range on the Stockton ranch. The grasses here are little and big bluestem, Indiangrass and some switchgrass."

Photograph of native grasses, Nowata, Oklahoma. The area on the left was seeded to a mixture of native bluestem grasses in the spring of 1949. It was seeded with one-row cotton planter using approximately 25 pounds of seed per acre. Native grasses were harvested in 1950 and every year since, averaging one ton of hay per acre annually. Area on the right is a virgin native grass meadow. The use of these climax grasses in this area was recommended by the Soil Conservation Service [SCS]. OK-280-1.

Photograph of a profuse of growth of water lillies in shallow water around pond margin. The think growth prevents boating and shoreline fishing.

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED workers on horses wrangling cattle in tall grass on Stockton Ranch. The back of the photo proclaims, "Cattle in tall grass on the Stockton ranch. The grasses here are little and big bluestem, Indiangrass and some switchgrass."

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man on a Massey-Harris self-propelled combine harvesting tall big bluestem grass. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Self-propelled combine going through tall big bluestem grass. Yields from this stand averaged better than 150 pounds to the acre. John Diehm of Red Rock is the owner of the machine. He operated under contract with the Soil Conservation Service."

Photograph of Jack Blue of Red Rock operates a combine harvesting bluestem grass seed. The sack of seed falling off the combine has been pushed by a second man who can't be seen in the picture because he stands immediately behind the sack. OK-9750.

Photograph of three self-propelled combines operating under contract to the Soil Conservation Service cutting Big and Little Bluestem and Indiangrass. Yields have run around 150 pounds of the mixture to the acre, with Big Bluestem predominant. John Diehm of Redrock is the owner-operator of the machines. OK-9732.

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED workers on horses wrangling cattle in tall grass on Stockton Ranch. The back of the photo proclaims, "Cattle in tall grass on the Stockton ranch. The grasses here averaged about five feet tall. They are, principally, big and little bluestem, switchgrass and Indiangrass."

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED workers on horses wrangling cattle in tall grass on Stockton Ranch.

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED workers on horses wrangling cattle in tall grass on Stockton Ranch. The back of the photo proclaims, "Cattle in tall grass on the Stockton ranch. The grasses here are little and big bluestem, Indiangrass and some switchgrass."

Photograph of three UNIDENTIFED workers on horses wrangling cattle in tall grass on Stockton Ranch. The back of the photo proclaims, "Cattle in tall grass on the Stockton ranch. There grasses averaged about five feet tall. They are chiefly big and little bluestem, switchgrass, and Indiangrass."

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED workers on horses wrangling cattle in tall grass on Stockton Ranch. The back of the photo proclaims, "Cattle in tall grass on the Stockton ranch. The grasses here are little and big bluestem, Indiangrass and some switchgrass."

Photograph of a herd cattle on the T. J. Stockton ranch standing in tall grass consisting of big and little bluestem, switchgrass, and Indiangrass. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cattle in tall grass on the Stockton ranch. The grass averaged about five feet tall. They are, chiefly, big and little bluestem, switchgrass, and Indiangrass."

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED workers on horses wrangling cattle in tall grass on Stockton Ranch. The back of the photo proclaims, "Cattle in tall grass on the Stockton ranch. The grasses here averaged about five feet tall. They are, principally, big and little bluestem, switchgrass and Indiangrass."

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED workers on horses wrangling cattle in tall grass on Stockton Ranch. The back of the photo proclaims, "Cattle in tall grass on the Stockton ranch. The grasses here are little and big bluestem, Indiangrass and some switchgrass."