Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of showing a failed effort to improve pasture. In the effort to do so, Mr. W. M. Sears spot planted Bermuda grass sod every 16 square feet and overseeded it with Korean Lespedeza. The pasture was also limed with no results. The Bermuda grass did not spread and soon both the grass and the lespedeza were gone. This work was not done in accordance with proper land use. OK-274-10.
Date: May 12, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of alfalfa, Double Creek watershed. Alfalfa grown in rotation with grain. Vetch and rye are used on this farm for soil improvement. Weeping lovegrass is planted on some Class IV land for soil improvement. Lime and fertilizer have been applied on the Chasin eden farm according to soil tests. All land on this farm are under a Soil Conservation agreement. OK-274-3.
Date: May 12, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Weeping lovegrass 3-years old on the Thompson farm. It is being harvested for seed. OK-9590.
Date: May 15, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a one hundred acre field that has been drained, leveled and summer fallowed and will be planted in alfalfa in the fall of 1955. OK-39-10.
Date: May 18, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of tame pasture. This pasture, a mixture of alfalfa and tall fescue grass is not grazed in the summer so that it will go into the fall with 2 to 3 tons per acre of forage on the ground for winter. It is used in a pasture rotation system with a pasture of brown grass and alfalfa and one of midland Bermuda brome grass overseeded with vetch rye. The improvements were made on these pastures with the assistance of the Soil Conservation Service. OK-274-12.
Date: May 12, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Double Creek Watershed Sign

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