Photograph of “Suiter fescue (Kentucky 31 fescue) planted at 15 lbs. per acre with 5 lbs. alfalfa and 4 lbs. red clover in Oct. 1949.” A small farmstead and windmills are visible in the distant background.

Photograph of Marjorie Carter in a Suiter fescue field.

Photograph of Marjorie Carter holding a Suiter fescue plant.

Photograph of two men hammermilling blue grama seed with a drum type seed seedstripper on the H. D. Cornell Ranch.

Photograph of blue grama at Camp Rice Arroyo Watershed.

Photograph of S. E. Williams and J. A. Perrin examining weeping lovegrass planted on July 11, 1950.

Photograph of Marjorie Carter examines seed heads of tall (Suitor) fescue planted in September 1948 on poor land. Field had been in rice 12 years. TX-46-878.

Photograph of the combining of Birdwood grass on Pat Higgins' farm. Planted on March 15, 1950 on 4X soil. Seed being harvested on June 26, 1950 yield 200# seed per acre. TX-47, 419.

Photograph of Mr. Warren Church, Work Unit Conservationist [WUC], inspects a planting of Angletongrass which was planted in 3 ft. rows in April, 1950. The grass is waist high and has made excellent growth. The grass had excellent possibilities for seed production but an early November freeze caught the grass before the seed were sod [?]. TX. 47-454.

Photograph of the hammermilling of blue grama seed harvested with a drum type seed stripper. About 11,000 pounds of blue grama seed (uncleaned) were harvested on the H. D. Cornell ranch this fall [i.e., 1950]. Cornell will use part of the seed on his ranch to reseed denuded areas and has purchased a drill. TX-47-380.

Photograph of view of part of Mr. Harris’ 280 acres of terraced land. The back of the photograph proclaims, “View of part of Mr. Harris’ 280 acres of terraced land. The strips of sorghum and wheat run from terrace to terrace. Vetch grew last year on the strips now in sorghum. Mr. Harris rotates the crops in strips from season to season. These are channel type terraces and they empty into an alfalfa waterway (running across picture in center). The sorghum will be combined leaving the stubble on the strips. (See Tex-47-218 and Tex-47-219)."

Photograph of Tanner C. Smith, right, SCS technician, and Homer Wilson, Left, farmer, evaluate collective terrace outlet recently planted to Bermudagrass on group 2 Blackland. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Homer Wilson, 2. Tanner C. Smith. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Collective terrace outlet recently planted to Bermudagrass on Group 2 Blackland. After grass has become well established, 80 acres will be terraced and outletted on this 150 ft. strip. The strip will be fenced and used for pasture as well as a terrace outlet. Homer Wilson, local, farmer, appears on the left, & SCS Technician Tanner C. Smith on right."

Photograph of M. B. Coffey, Work Unit Conservationist, standing in a collective terrace outlet protected with King Ranch bluestem. The back of the photograph proclaims, "This is a collective terrace outlet protected with King Ranch Bluestem. The grass was planted in April 1950 at the rate of 5 lbs. per acre. This strip is 45 feet wide at top and 150 feet wide at bottom. When grass is well established 30 acre field at left of this strip will empty on strip. M. B. Coffey Work Unit Conservationist appears in the photo."

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFIED men in a kneeling in an irrigated pasture with several heads of cattle in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Irrigated pasture planted in 1948 under level tub irrigation. Mixture" 4 lbs. perennial rye, 4 lbs. Orchardgrass, 2 lbs. Crested wheat, 2 lbs. Dallis grass [sic], 3 lbs. southern smooth brome, 2 lbs. white Dutch clover, and 1 lbs. alfalfa per acre. Grazing started April 1950, with 38 acre pasture grazed with 76 steers of medium to low quality. Produced 650 lbs. beef per acre in 10 months. Pasture watered on an 18 to 24 day schedule. Pasture netted Smith over $100 per acre the first year. After pay $0.24 and $0.26 for steers and selling them at a $0.02 to $0.03 loss. The 2X, 18, and 20 soil on which pasture planted netted operator more money than cotton in adjacent 2 and 2X soil that made approximately 1.9 bales of cotton per acre. Smith is putting seventy-five additional acres to irrigated pastures this year."

Photograph of Mr. Ayres kneeling in an irrigated pasture on his farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Irrigated pasture on Ayres farm. Mr. Ayres planted 27 acres of pasture mixture in September, 1949. Drilled in 8 lbs. brome, 4 lbs. perennial [sic] rye in 12-inch rows. Cattle have grazed grass down here. Irrigation water just ben turned on to bring grass out again. Mr. Ayres in picture."

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFIED men in a kneeling in an irrigated pasture with several heads of cattle in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Irrigated pasture planted in 1948 under level tub irrigation. Mixture" 4 lbs. perennial rye, 4 lbs. Orchardgrass, 2 lbs. Crested wheat, 2 lbs. Dallis grass [sic], 3 lbs. southern smooth brome, 2 lbs. white Dutch clover, and 1 lbs. alfalfa per acre. Grazing started April 1950, with 38 acre pasture grazed with 76 steers of medium to low quality. Produced 650 lbs. beef per acre in 10 months. Pasture watered on an 18 to 24 day schedule. Pasture netted Smith over $100 per acre the first year. After pay $0.24 and $0.26 for steers and selling them at a $0.02 to $0.03 loss. The 2X, 18, and 20 soil on which pasture planted netted operator more money than cotton in adjacent 2 and 2X soil that made approximately 1.9 bales of cotton per acre. Smith is putting seventy-five additional acres to irrigated pastures this year."

Photograph of Jay Boston's cows grazing on 10-acre irrigated pasture with three UNIDIENTIFIED people stand next to a truck behind a barbwire fence in the distant background." The back of the photograph proclaims, "Boston's cows grazing on 10-acre irrigated pasture. Planted to guarantee year-around pasture mixture. On 5-acre pasture, Boston used 500 lbs. 33 percent ammonium nitrate. Grazed 14 head of cattle for 30 days. Had to mow pasture because cows could not keep up with grass."

Photograph of roots, leaves and seedheads of a red plantain, one of several small plants called tallow weed. TX-46, 888.

Photograph of a Mr. McLaughlin, work Unit Conservationist [WUC] for the Soil Conservation Service [SCS] at Farmerville, Texas, inspecting Indiangrass planted in 3 foot rows in April, 1950 for seed production. The grass was side-dressed with 100 pounds of ammonium nitrate per acre in August, 1950. TX-47, 357.

Photograph of Ed Jenkins, Soil Conservation District [SCD] Co-operator [left] and J. L. Coppodge [right] inspect this 20 acre planting of sericea lespedeza to determine the stage for seed harvesting. The sericea was planted in 3 foot rows in April, 1948 for pasture. Mr. Jenkins states that the sericea has afforded excellent pasture and that his cattle have eaten it readily. TX-47-274.

Photograph of Pat Higgins showing Bill Roundtree, Soil Conservation District [SCD], the large seedhead forming on his Angleton grass. TX-47-347.

Photograph of a view of part of Mr. Leslie Harris’ 280 acres of terraced land. The strips of sorghum and wheat run from terrace to terrace. Vetch grew last year on the strips from season to season. These are channel type terraces and they empty into a an alfalfa waterway (running across the picture in the center). The sorghum will be combined leaving the stubble on the strips. See TX-47, 218 and 47, 219. TX-47-217.

Photograph of Angleton grass—a solid mat of green forage. Average height is 4 feet. Runners range from 14 to 16 feet long. This grass was planted on 2 ½ acres in April, 1950. Planted in rows six feet apart from hand-dug clumps. TX-47-346.

Photograph of Pat Higgins kneeling in Buffel grass that was combined three weeks earlier. Seed heads are already sticking up and some are shattering. TX-47, 348.