Photograph of two UNIDENTIFIED men, one on a tractor, the other on a bulldozer, constructing a pond dam. A second tractor is on top of the slope in the photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Pond Dam."

Photograph of a pond dam under construction for a county road.

Photograph of a pond dam under construction for a Custer county road.

Photograph of building a pond dam that will double as a road.

Photograph of the seeding of lovegrass (20 acres) with one of the special drills constructed under the specifications of Soil Conservation District supervisors of the Central Washita River Valley of Oklahoma to plant small seeds of native and adapted grasses. A local iron works made the drills from second-hand grain drill frames, automobile transmissions, cotton planter boxes, discs and press wheels obtained by supervisors of the Grady Co., Stephens Co., South Caddo Co., and the Canadian-Walnut Soil and Conservation Districts [the last in McClain Co.]. drills were patterned after one constructed by the Woodward, Oklahoma Nursery. In 1945, 6 SCDs in the Central Washita River Valley seeded 5,161 acres with the aid of 2 small drills, lent by the Soil Conservation Service, compared with 11,000 acres seeded in all previous years. With the 7 special drills, the districts are tackling the job of seeding 500,000 acres of grasses. OK-9139.

Photograph of fifteen UNIDENTIFED Idabel CCC workers using a rock crusher to grind limestone for fertilizer. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Rock crusher operated by the Idabel CCC camp grinding lime to be used as fertilizer on fields of Soil Conservation Service cooperators. The limestone at this place contains a percentage of moisture which permits its being ground without dust."

Photograph of five UNIDENTIFED Idabel CCC workers using a rock crusher to grind limestone for fertilizer on fields of Soil Conservation Service cooperators. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Rock crusher operated by the Idabel CCC camp grinding lime to be used as fertilizer on fields of Soil Conservation Service cooperators. The limestone at this place contains a percentage of moisture which permits its being ground without dust."

Photograph of contour blanklisted furrows that not only protect this field but also collects soil blown from the unprotected field in the background. The angle at which the center figure is leaning into the wind indicates its velocity. OK-5466.

Photograph of contour blanklisted furrows in the foreground which are not only protecting this field but are collecting soil blowing from the unprotected field in the background. The angle which the closest man is leaning into the wind indicates its velocity. OK-5466.

Photograph of a rock crusher operated by the Idabel CCC camp grinding lime to be used as fertilizer on fields of Soil Conservation Service Cooperators. The limestone at this place contains a percentage of moisture which permits its being ground without dust.

Photograph of a rock crusher operated by the Idabel CCC camp grinding lime to be used as fertilizer on fields of Soil Conservation Service Cooperators. The limestone at this place contains a percentage of moisture which permits its being ground without dust.

Photograph of "Contour rows holding water in terraced field."

Photograph of an unspread spoil and ditch being cut with dragline by two UNIDIENTIFIED people. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Spoil unspread. Ditch being cut with dragline."

Photograph of a fence and field border used for wildlife cover. Sassafras rhus ambrosia, ulmus and chenopodium after winter grazing by livestock. Note the sparse growth of low growing grasses. OK-6990-B.

Photograph of a fence and field border used for wildlife cover. Sassafras rhus ambrosia, ulmus and chenopodium after winter grazing by livestock. Note the sparse growth of low growing grasses. OK-6990-B.