Wind, Wind Erosion, Sand Storms and Dunes

Photograph of a wind storm. Visibility 100 yards. Peanut field is blowing into wheat section of Caddo County. OK-10, 356.
Date: March 9, 1950
Creator: Gardener, G. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Erosion Wind

Photograph of peanut land blowing. SCS Techinicians Charles Terrant and Oran Bailey in photo.
Date: March 9, 1950
Creator: Gardner, G. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Erosion Wind

Photograph of peanut land blowing. SCS Techinicians Charles Terrant and Oran Bailey in photo.
Date: March 9, 1950
Creator: Gardner, G. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Erosion Wind

Photograph of wind erosion on 7-0 A slop 2R. Needs soil management. Fence rows drifted 4 feet.
Date: March 9, 1950
Creator: Gardner, G. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wind Erosion

Photograph of visibility of 100 yards. Peanut field blowing in wheat section of addo County.
Date: March 9, 1950
Creator: Gardner, G. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

UNIDENIFIED Man Kneeling in a Pasture Consisting of Corn and Peanuts Planted on Straight Wind Strips

Photograph of a UNIDENIFIED man kneeling in a pasture consisting of four rows of corn and eight rows of peanuts planted in straight wind strips. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Four rows of corn, eight rows of peanuts in straight wind strips. Land Use Capability Class II. Corn stalks have been out with stalk cutter, leaving litter on top of ground. Peanuts harvested and followed with cover crop of rye. Twelve months ago wind erosion was active in this field. No blowing has occurred since establishment of cover –rotation- strip crop program. May Fine Sandy Loam. "A" slope."
Date: March 9, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, E. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of supplemental pasture and cover crop of rye on the Blackwell brothers’ farm. Crop was fertilized with 150 pounds per acre of 4-12-4 fertilizer. The field is completely terraced and was covered in Sudan grass last year. When the Blackwell brothers bought this farm, this field was too severely depleted to grow a crop. TX-41, 394
Date: March 9, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Clinton Harbers Farm Winter Barley Cover Crop

Photograph of a field of winter barley used as a cover crop on the Clinton Harbers Farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Winter barley used as a cover crop, a temporary pasture, and a soil conditioning crop, on this Clinton Harbers Farm. He will under cut this barley using the residues as a mulch and farm the land to cotton."
Date: March 9, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Clinton Harbers’ Bermuda grass. Clinton Harbers is talking about his coastal Bermuda grass that lies on a rather sandy part of his farm. From left to right: Fred Case; Samuel Hertha; Dick Marshall; Clinton Harbers; D. G. Craig; Mabry Milhollin and Bob Aicher. TX-308-12.
Date: March 9, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management

Photograph of a plow pan, showing a close up view showing the plow pan left by the sweep when cover crop was cut loose. TX-309-12.
Date: March 9, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wind, Wind Erosion, Sand Storms and Dunes

Photograph of wind erosion and dwellings. OK-209-12.
Date: March 9, 1956
Creator: Murphy, Ralph S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History