Photograph of A. W. Steglich watching his cattle graze in a Bermuda pasture.

Photograph of Marjorie Carter in a Suiter fescue field.

Photograph of Marjorie Carter holding a Suiter fescue plant.

Photograph of Tanner Smith (SCS technician), WUC, McKinney, TX, inspecting a field of Suiter Fescue.

Photograph of James Doneghy combining seed from 20 acre field of weeping lovegrass planted April 17, 1945, in 42" rows. Yielded 40 seed per acre on July 31, 1945.

Photograph of Boer Lovegrass being grown for seed increase. These plants were transplanted from a field whose parent stock had been growing for 3 years. TX-44-356.

Photograph of Lehmenn lovegrass drilled spring of 1947 for seed production. Not harvested. Now thick cover of old an dnew growth on the ground. TX-44-387.

Photograph of Achenbach Brome grass seeded in three foot rows in October 1950 for seed production and grazing. The grass was side dressed in April, 1952, with 400 pounds per acre of 0-20-0 and 200 pounds of 32-0-0 fertilizers. Tanner Smith, Work Unit Conservationist [WUC], appears in the photo. TX-48-114.

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 Suitor’s Fescue planted in three foot rows in October, 1950, for grazing and seed production. The grass was side dressed in April, 1952, with 100 pounds of a 33% ammonium nitrate mixture per acre. The grass yielded more than 250 pounds of seed per acre. Class II Soil Unit 2. Tanner Smith, Work Unit Conservationist (WUC), appears in this photo. TX-48-113.

Photograph of Louisiana Red Clover growing on Soil Unit # 1, first year, following rice crop. Red Clover is proving to be a good forage crop in addition to its soiling improving effects on the soil. TX-95-6.

Photograph of individual plants of Weeping lovegrass. TX-42, 743.

Photograph of dixie crimson clover planted in the fall of 1947. There was a good seed crop produced in the spring of 1948 but no seeds were harvested. The crop was harvested in the spring of 1949 producing about 126 pounds per acre. The crop had fallen down when the picture was made on May 6, 1949. The crop was windrowed and combined on May 18, 1949. The clover was fertilized with 200 pounds of 20 % superphosphate per acre at the time of the planting. Group 5, B.L. TX-45-506.

Photograph of Texas 46 Improved Rescue grass seed, which was planted in 3 ft. rows in the Fall of 1948. The average height of the grass is 3 1/2 ft. The yield of seed was about 600 pounds per acre. Group 5 B. L. TX. 45-505.

Photograph of King Ranch Bluestem planted in April 1947. Harvest second seed crop October 22, 1948; first harvest took place on June 1, 1948. 35 acre block. TX-44, 826.

Photograph of J. R. C. Moseley standing in a field of hairy vetch used as both a cover and soil-building crop and seed production. Moseley in this photo poses with some hairy vetch in hand. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Part of the excellent hairy vetch cover and soil building crop that is being saved for seed on the Moseley Ranch. Mr. Moseley (in photo) says that this 70 acres of vetch and an adjoining 70 acres of Abruzzi rye carried 195 cows from Jan. 1 to Feb. 29, 1944. The crop was not damaged and the vetch will yield an average of 250# seed per acre. It is estimated that Mr. Moseley will harvest 150,000# of seed this year. Last year he harvested 40,000 lbs. of vetch seed from 160 acres."

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man inspecting a field of Abruzzi rye and hairy vetch cultivated by J. Doss Miller in Comanche county, Texas. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Abruzzi rye and hairy vetch on 30 acre old, cultivated field. Crop planted about Nov. 15, 1945, fertilized with 100# superphosphate (0-20-0) per acre. This field is badly sheet eroded (deep blow sand) and contains some bad washes. Last year it yielded about 20 bushels of peanuts per acre, while average yields on same type of soil in the county ran about 35 to 40 bushels. Crop will be harvested for seed. An additional 70 acres were "onewayed" by Mr. Miller for soil improvement to be followed with peanuts. Clipping test yielded 1.6 tons of rye and 4.4 tons of vetch per acre."

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFIED men standing in the orchard of W. H. Smith and looking at the fields vetch and Abruzzi rye which provides it with seed production and soil improvement. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Vetch in bloom and Abruzzi rye in orchard for seed and soil improvement. This is the second year that vetch has been used in the 400 acre orchard. Last year Smith seeded 85 acres and harvested seed on 45 acres, using the seed in the orchard this year. He brought additional land last year & put vetch on a badly eroded, clay hill. It was turned under & followed with peanuts which made 60 bu. per acre. Smith said "Peanuts were fertilized with about 70 to 100# per acre of 4-12-4, but I don't figure we would have made any peanuts there at all without the humus the vetch added to the soil." He will harvest about 120 acres for seed this year, and turn under about 280 acres. This year all the vetch was fertilized with 150# per acre of phosphate. One clipping test showed that the vetch was returning 10 tons per acre of green matter to the soil. In late …

Photograph of an UNIDIENTIFIED man looking at Italian Rye grass in pasture demonstration plot. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Italian rye grass in pasture demonstration plot. This grass is used as a winter pasture crop, affords excellent grazing and resists erosion. Houston clay, gray phase 2% slope."

Photograph of mealycup salvia in foreground among Engleman daisies. TX-45, 385.

Photograph of Antelopehorn on a rocky area. TX-45, 378.

Photograph of a Threadleaf groundsel (Senecio longilobus) along a roadside. These are poisonous plants invasive on poor range. TX-45, 452.

Photograph of more range pitting. A follow-up to photo TX-49-126A. The picture shows a homemade range pitter made from a one-way and mounted or a power lift [sic] of an Allis-Chalmers tractor. The one-way had a 22 inch disc plow spaced 10 inches apart, with 5 inches cut off of one side. See pictures A, B, C, D, F, G, and H. TX-49-126-E.

Photograph of a solid field of Austrian winter peas for cover and soil improvement (Soil Types: 7x.). TX 42, 020.