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[Photograph 2012.201.B1267.0189]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Joe Streeter"
Date: May 22, 1956
Creator: Cobb, Richard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Sericea Lespedeza. Sericea Lespedeza grazed heavily and used for hay since 1952. It was planted in 1950. Sericea is a good soil-building and pasture legume fir a cross timber site such as the one it is on. It was recommended for this site by the Soil Conservation Service. OK-289-12.
Date: May 21, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of sericea lespedeza. Hereford cattle grazing on a field of sericea lespedeza. This field of 30 acres is carrying 30 cows and calves. It was retired from cultivation in 1950 because it was solid in Johnson grass. The field was seeded with sericea lespedeza and has been used for hay and pasture since retirement from cultivation. At present the Johnson grass is almost killed off. OK-291-7.
Date: May 21, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Revitalized Strip Pits Spoil on Nick Robson Ranch

Photograph of Nick Robson and Warren McCarty standing in former coal strip pits spoils, which native grasses are coming back and revitalizing the area. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Warren McCarty, 2. Nick Robson. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Strip pits spoils coming back naturally to native grasses. Coal was stripped from this area in early 1940's. Area was aeroplane-seeded [sic] to sweet clover around 1950 and good stands were obtained and remained for three or four years. Not much sweet clover is evident at the present time. Area grazed by steers in spring and summer as planted by SCS technicians. Nick Robson on right and Warren McCarty on left."
Date: May 18, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of stockwater, A.C. Hanes farm. Some of Hanes’ dairy cows getting water from a watering trough below the farm pond seen in photo OK-291-11. This pond is fenced to keep cows out the pond so the water can be kept clean. Water in the pond is used to irrigate rye and vetch pasture which is grazed by these dairy cows. The dam with the [path?] to the trough is seen in the foreground. OK-291-1.
Date: May 21, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of a sign on US Highway 75 at the entrance into the Double Creek watershed from the south. The six upstream detention dams constructed on the watershed were designed and constructed by the Soil Conservation Service. OK-274-1.
Date: May 12, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History