Photograph of Comanche County Courthouse in Comanche, TX. The courthouse is made up of small pale stones and has one tall section in its center with sections of varying shorter heights on either side. The central part of the building has two rows of tall windows and a white set of double doors for an entrance. The doors face the camera and have a carved eagle placed above them and a short set of stairs leading away from them. A dark blue box with a red top sits in front of the stairs. The short sections on either side of the central portion of the building have one row of windows, a few with air conditioning units attached to them. Behind these are slightly taller sections with a row of windows in each. Behind each of these sections is one more rectangular portion of building rising slightly taller than the previous ones. In front of the courthouse are dark bushes, tall fuzzy trees, and a leafless tree, all sitting in a yellow lawn enclosed by a curb. A parking lot occupies the photo's foreground in front of the courthouse and has a curb running across the image's width, dividing the …

Photograph of J. and Emma. A young baby lays against a pillow on a wicker chair, while a young toddler stands against the wicker table at left. Both wear white gowns.

Photograph of a sign indicating directions to the Round Grove Missionary Baptist Church, location not given in the photo, but derived below from entry 2019.061.B2.04171.

Photograph of the Reverend Murray Kay delivering a conservation sermon every year in observance of Soil Stewardship Sunday but he practices conservation the year-round on his farm in the Round Grove Community. He is a cooperator with the Upper Leon Soil Conservation District and is a member of the Round Grove group. Reverend Kay’s great-great grandfather is in the picture’s background. He founded the Round Grove Church in 1871 (the founder’s name was Ruben Rome). TX-46, 504.

Photograph of a typical meeting of the Round Grove Conservation Group at the community church. Dean Gardner, group leader, takes charge of the meeting. Reverend Murray Kay, great-grandson of the founder of the church, right foreground, is pastor of the church and a conservation farmer in the Round Grove Conservation Group. TX-46, 502.

Photograph of Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technician W. A. Morgan examining shaped and Bermuda-sodded collective outlet. Sodding was done in the spring of 1950. III - 7CT. TX-47, 546.

Photograph of strip crops and cover crops on contour for wind and water erosion control. Rye cover crop was seeded immediately after peanuts were dug. Crotalaria in 4 rows, peanuts in 8 rows. Mr. Whit Sides says that the crotalaria prevents soil from blowing after the peanut harvest while also fixing nitrogen and humus to the soil. Where peanuts have already been harvested this year, Mr. Sides says he made from 2 to 3 bushels more per acre from the old crotalaria strips than he did on land where sorghum or other non-leguminous crops were planted last year. TX-41, 815.

Photograph of strip crops and cover crops on contour for wind and water erosion control. Rye cover crop was seeded immediately after peanuts were dug. Crotalaria in 4 rows, peanuts in 8 rows. Mr. Whit Sides says that the crotalaria prevents soil from blowing after the peanut harvest while also fixing nitrogen and humus to the soil. Where peanuts have already been harvested this year, Mr. Sides says he made from 2 to 3 bushels more per acre from the old crotalaria strips than he did on land where sorghum or other non-leguminous crops were planted last year. TX-41, 815.

Photograph of Wade George examines hegira strip crop. He grows four rows of hegira to eight of peanuts. A rye cover crop and peanut hay left on the ground provide additional erosion protection. In 1949 and 1950 George had a 50-bushel-an-acre peanut yield. George has planted cover crops on his goober [synonym for "peanut'] acreage every year for 20 years. During that span of time, he has put in strip crops each year but one. III-12CT. TX-47-545.

Photograph of strip cropping at Wade Farm. Single row of sudangrass used fro strip cropping this peanut land. The area between the single row of sudangrass has been planted to cover a crop of rye. A single row of sudan grass such as this does not do a good job of controlling wind erosion as does two rows. M.D. Gamble from Oklahoma is in the picture. TX-307-12.

Photograph of R.D. Walker, right, and John O. Simpson, SCS technician, left, in a strip crop of sudangras and guar [ a legume--aka, the Lond bean, or Cyamopsis tetragonoloba, the source of guar gum]. Walker gets additional erosion protection on his peanut lands from rye and vetch cover crop and by leaving peanut hay on the ground. III-12CT. TX-47-556.

Photograph of an unknown man inside a press room. He is pictured standing above a large printing press machine. Behind him are two other unknown men.

An aerial photograph of the Comanche Sewer Farm, located on E. Fleming Avenue in Comanche, Texas. The photo was taken by Abilene, Texas photographer Don Hutcheson.

An aerial photograph of the Comanche Sewer Farm, located on East Fleming Avenue in Comanche, Texas. The photo was taken by Abilene, Texas photographer Don Hutcheson.

An aerial photograph of the Comanche Sewer Farm, located on East Fleming Avenue in Comanche, Texas. The photo was taken by Abilene, Texas photographer Don Hutcheson.

An aerial photograph of the Comanche Sewer Farm, located on E. Fleming Avenue in Comanche, Texas. The photo was taken by Abilene, Texas photographer Don Hutcheson.

An aerial photograph of the Comanche Sewer Farm, located on E. Fleming Avenue in Comanche, Texas. The photo was taken by Abilene, Texas photographer Don Hutcheson.

An aerial photograph of the Comanche Sewer Farm, located on E. Fleming Avenue in Comanche, Texas. The photo was taken by Abilene, Texas photographer Don Hutcheson.

An aerial photograph of the Comanche Sewer Farm, located on East Fleming Avenue in Comanche, Texas. The photo was taken by Abilene, Texas photographer Don Hutcheson.

An aerial photograph of the Comanche Sewer Farm, located on East Fleming Avenue in Comanche, Texas. The photo was taken by Abilene, Texas photographer Don Hutcheson.

An aerial photograph of the Comanche Sewer Farm, located on East Fleming Avenue in Comanche, Texas. The photo was taken by Abilene, Texas photographer Don Hutcheson.

An aerial photograph of the Comanche Sewer Farm, located on East Fleming Avenue in Comanche, Texas. The photo was taken by Abilene, Texas photographer Don Hutcheson.

Photograph of a parking lot tree. The tree has a fence around it. Several cars are parked around the tree. Several store fronts are visible as well.

Photograph of the Comanche county courthouse.