Stubble Mulching Ewuipment

Photograph of Rod Weeder, one of two tools necessary to do the right kind of job of stubble mulching.
Date: May 9, 1960
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cherokee Experiment Station Cropping Systems

Photograph of various cropping systems at the Cherokee Experiment Station. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cropping systems. (A). Caddo Switchgrass 3 year, rotated with 3 years wheat, the wheat yield average 39.9 bu. per acre. (B) Compared to 3 years alfalfa rotated with 3 year wheat, the wheat yields averaged 46.6 bu. per acre. (C) Continuous wheat No. N/A equals 33.5 by per ac. (D). Continuous wheat 40 lb. N/A equals 46.6 bu. per acre. Three years Caddo Switch is only beginning to have its effect on soil improvement."
Date: May 24, 1962
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of stubble mulching equipment, here a rod weeder, as one of the two tools necessary to do the right kind of job when stubble mulching. OK-958-7.
Date: May 9, 1960
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of the Cherokee Experiment Station, Cherokee, OK. HQ shown in the background. More than 300 farmers and agricultural workers at the Field day, May 24 (1962). Two treatments are applied to wheat as shown in the foreground. Average yields of wheat "cleaned" tilled continuous wheat without nitrogen is 41.2 bushels per acre. Stubble mulched continuous wheat with 40 pounds. Nitrogen is 45.4 bushels per acre. OK-1724-1.
Date: May 24, 1962
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a flood, Waggoner farm, near Driftwood, OK. Looking across the creel channel and adjacent overflowed land from bridge approach on OK Hwy 58 on the morning after receiving a 4 inch rain. Considerable damage was done to the ripening wheat crop. Farmers in this watershed have made early planning steps for instituting a watershed program on this creek through the Soil Conservation Service. OK-1724-8
Date: May 31, 1962
Creator: Grover, Howard S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of flooding. Looking south on the highway toward Driftwood Creek (channel is among the distant trees) on the morning after receiving 4 inches of rain. Considerable damage was done to ripening wheat crop. Farmers in this watershed have made early planning steps for initiating a watershed program on this creek through the Soil Conservation Service. OK-1724-10.
Date: May 31, 1962
Creator: Grover, Edward S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History