Photograph of brush control. Conservation aid, Jesse Nail, showing the fins on a root plow. These fins are set at a 45 degree angle to the blade to pull up roots of brush and to produce the turbulence necessary for seedbed preparation. The fins have a large share of the effectiveness of the operation. TX-602-9.

Photograph of composite samples of Texas Wintergrass taken in December, 1946. The large sample was taken where litter was in good condition and considerable stubble from previous years growth remained. The range where the small sample came from had been burned the previous September. Ground temperatures were from 5 to 6 degrees warmer. TX-45-943.

Photograph of poison weed plots on the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station. Members of the Texas Section, American Society of Range Management view the enclosures while on a field tour. Livestock were excluded from the area since October, 1951. Various locoweed control treatments have been tried. One outstanding result of the enclosures is in the recovery of cane bluestem grass. The area receives a little extra water from the adjacent highlands. Outside the plot the few cane bluestem plants found were closely grazed. Blue grama and buffalo grass predominated. Inside the enclosure, bluestem predominated in spots, with a great increase in vigor and the number of plants. TX-48-350.

Photograph of C. M. Garrett holding weeping lovegrass.

Photograph of a debris guard installation on control structure for a Detention Reservoir for Site 8, Deep Creek, Middle Colorado River Watershed. A water stage recorder is in the background behind the debris guard. The back of the photograph proclaims, “View of debris guard installation on control structure with water stage recorder house in background.”

Photograph of a view showing Flood Control Detention Reservoir, Site 8 embankment, its filter well, Control Structure, and water stage recorder. The back of the photograph proclaims, "View showing embankment, filter well, Control Structure and water stage recorder installations."

Photograph of a debris guard installation on control structure for a Detention Reservoir for Site 8, Deep Creek, Middle Colorado River Watershed. The back of the photograph proclaims, "View of debris guard installation on control structure."

Photograph of the installation of Calco floodgates on the waterway below Site 8, Deep Creek Middle Col. River Watershed Flood Control Detention. The back of the photograph proclaims, "View of installation of Calco flood gates [sic] on waterway below dam."

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.