Photograph of King Ranch Bluestem seed, clean and of commercial quality. High grade plantable material. Size of seed in original negative about one-half actual size. TX-44, 870.

Photograph of drilling Lehman lovegrass on range. Soil Unit 2. Almost no vegetation.

Photograph of terraced waterway seeded and sodded to Bermuda grass in April 1947. The field on the right empties terraces here and field on the left will do as when it is terraced in the near future. Water finally empties into Spring Creek. Dense stand of grass now carries water safely. Note remains of old gullies gouged out by run off before waterway and terraces were built. Soil Conservation Services technician Hillard Hoffman inspects the grass. TX-44, 813.

Photograph of an old area. By fencing on the pasture side, instead of the cropland side, the ditch is well-vegetated and protected from erosion. Such odd areas provide nesting sites for quail and a habitat for wild, pollinating insects.

Photograph of the flowers, leaves, stems and top root of an eryngo plant TX-44, 747.

Photograph of an old area of land. By fencing it on the pasture side rather than the cropland side, the ditch is well-vegetated and protected from erosion. Such odd areas provide nesting sites for quail and a habitat for wild pollenating insects. TX-44, 673.

Photograph of a Maximilian sunflower

Photograph of an old area of land. By fencing it on the pasture side rather than the cropland side, the ditch is well-vegetated and protected from erosion. Such odd areas provide nesting sites for quail and a habitat for wild pollenating insects. TX-44, 673.

Photograph of heads of Hairy grama (Bouteloua hirsute). TX-44, 279.

Photograph of seed heads of little bluestem. TX-44, 746.

Photograph of flowers, leaves, stems and tap root of Leavenworth’s Eryngo (Eryngium leavenworthii). TX-44, 747.

Photograph of heads of hairy tall dropseed (Sporobolus asper varietas pilosus). TX-44, 724.

Photograph of heads of silver bluestem (Andropogon saccharoides). TX-44, 659.

Photograph of the water drop applicator in position so to determine soil detachment or splash from field plots. TX-44, 781.

Photograph of a water drop applicator, showing the construction of the watch tower in an extended position. TX-44, 779.

Photograph of a new pasture strip for a terrace outlet that is 75 feet wide. Land sodded [?] and Bermuda grass sprigs dropped in [unclear] plowed middles [?] and land then bedded [?] in March, 1948 and [unclear] to cotton in April. Cotton was cultivated 3 times. Yield estimated at 1/3 bale acre [?]. Almost a complete grass cover present by the date of the photo’s taking. [Unclear] stated that this was the best way to establish Bermuda grass and he believes in establishing his outlets before constructing terraces and that a pasture strip is better than a channel for outletting terraces. Group 2 black[?]land. [text very difficult to read from fading]. TX-44, 806.

Photograph of Bermuda grass sprig planter capable of covering 2 acres an hour at a cost of $5.00 to $6.00 per acre. The machine was designed and developed by Paul Browning and DeBoy Wheatley, Soil Conservation Services technicians. TX-44, 773.

Photograph of a dotted gayfeather plant.

Photograph of the flowers, leaves, stems and top root of an eryngo plant TX-44, 747.

Photograph of a herd of cattle grazing alfalfa in border-irrigated field. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cattle on alfalfa in border irrigated field. Before soil conservation district was organized, this field was in sunflowers – just paid a little more than taxes – now 2 days grazing raised butter fat 200 lbs. The 250 acres of alfalfa has been grazed, raised 20,000 bales of hay this summer plus a seed crop. See Tex-44-788 and Tex-44-489."

Photograph of Mr. Copeland adjusting the height of a plow used for constructing terraces. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Mr. Copeland adjusts the plow which he using to build terraces."

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man on a tractor constructing a diversion terrace. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Diversion terrace, 1900 ft. long, being constructed. Will divert 40 acres of water from 100 acres below. The 40 acres is a steep, short slope with damaging runoff."

Photograph of F. M. Vollintine (SP?) seeding a 10-acre field with weeping lovegrass as a part of the Trinity River watershed conservation revegetation in aid of flood control. TX-44-311.

Photograph of King Ranch Bluestem planted in the spring of 1947. On the right, hairy vetch, Austrian winter peas and animal sweetclover were planted in the fall, fertilized with 200 pounds superphosphate and cut into the soil just before grass planting. On the left, no legumes were used. Depleated soils should b conditioned with a legume ahead of grass seeding. Grass on the right made very favorable growth in spite of drought in 1947 and the first 8 months of 1948. TX-44, 917.