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Contour Farming
Photograph of farm planning. Engineers check an old terrace channel to see if it is run properly. LA-D3-3.
Date:
May 29, 1939
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Qualil on Fence
Photograph of Quail perched on split rail fence.
Date:
May 22, 1939
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Perry Collum
Photograph of Perry Collum, tenant on the J. J. Thomas Farm, holding bur clover.
Date:
May 3, 1939
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Boyce Dilliard
Photograph of Boyce Dilliard looking at vetch on the H. H. Dilliard farm.
Date:
May 3, 1939
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention.
Photograph of a rotary drill used to making test wells for irrigation. OK-357.
Date:
May 11, 1939
Creator:
Haines, R. W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Returning to Alfalfa
Photograph of a field to be returned, by irrigation, to alfalfa. Irrigation well will be located in the foreground. Alfalfa was produced in this field for about 30 years prior to 1934, with irrigation water supplied from the Beaver River. Impossible to take water from river since floods have cut the bank of the creek.
Date:
May 11, 1939
Creator:
Haines
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wind, Wind Erosion, Sand Storms and Dunes
Photograph of wind erosion accumulation from adjacent pastures and sand piled on Sante fe railroad tracks. OK-361.
Date:
May 22, 1939
Creator:
McLean
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention [?].
Photograph of an earth dam near Kenton, OK. Dam has approx. 75,000 sq. yards of fill, approx. 2000 ft. long and will impound water over approximately 700 acres. The water will be used to irrigate 400 acres. It has a drainage area of 22.5 sections. During the dryest years there has been enough run-off water to fill the lake three times. OK-363.
Date:
May 10, 1939
Creator:
Haines, R. W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History