Ponds-Construction Method

Photograph of a completed concrete dam to be used for recreation and livestock water. View shows tie-in to limestone rock. Area between dam and keyway will be back filled with concrete.
Date: June 21, 1967
Creator: Ward, J. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Drainage Area

Photograph of man and improved drainage area.
Date: June 6, 1993
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Crop Residue Management

Photograph of burning stubble after the harvest of wheat. This stubble is being burned to make working the land easier. This area produced only 15 bushels of wheat per acre in 1958. This reduced yeild is due to land condition which is poor because of the practice of burning stubble. Stubble properly managed will improve the condition of the land and the amount of production.
Date: June 16, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds, Whitegrass Waterhole

Photograph of boys swimming at site #8, Whitegrass Waterhole watershed.
Date: June 22, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stubble Mulching

Photograph of SCS Technician B.P. Prickett examining stubble mulch tillage. First time over with 32" sweeps-4" deep. Before 3" rain. No runoff here from rain. Adjoining cotton field washed considerably.
Date: June 6, 1961
Creator: Bogard, J. R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Inspecting Wheat

Photograph of man inspecting wheat crop.
Date: June 6, 1993
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Improved Drainage Area

Photograph of man standing on improved drainage area.
Date: June 6, 1993
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Field

Photograph of a field.
Date: June 6, 1993
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Proper Use of Stubble Residue

Photograph of proper use of stubble residue Demonstration plot No. 3. Results after tandem disk and twist chisel operations leaving 900 lb. of resudue on surface from original 3900 lb.
Date: June 6, 1965
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sanitary Land Fill

Photograph of dirt being spread over the partially compacted refuse.
Date: June 8, 1970
Creator: Melton, Charles H.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cons. Cropping System

Photograph of Mr. Daugherty turning under a good crop of vetch.
Date: June 6, 1966
Creator: Dowling, Leo C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fish Farming

Photograph of Lon Simmons and Ron Smola examining a trout that Mr. Simmons raised in pond in background. Biology assistance is part of total SCS program.
Date: June 16, 1971
Creator: Vaughan, Keith
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds-Bird Creek Flood

Photograph of George Sites, Area Engineer, at the site of the Bird Creek Flood in June 1973.
Date: 1973-06-XX
Creator: Thomas, James W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Draw-Down Structure

Photograph of draw-down structure. Close-up picture of latest design used on Chigley Sandy Watershed draw-down structure.
Date: 1955-06-XX
Creator: Graham, E. O.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Drainage pipe into drainage main ditch that will provide an outlet for the city of Lindsay to drain floodwater. OK-2801-8.
Date: June 1966
Creator: Dowling, Leo E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grado Stabilization Structure

Photograph of checking the location for grade stabilization structure on Harry Moore farm. OK-2513-3.
Date: June 1966
Creator: Dowling, Leo E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Photograph of buffalo on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. OK-10, 269.
Date: June 1949
Creator: Merrill, L. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of quinlan soils severely eroded. Former cropland re-established to native vegetation. Erosion continues between grass plants. No litter is present.
Date: June 1959
Creator: Brugess, D. L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of flood waters from Stillwater Creek encroaching upon the house of an African-American employee of the United States Geological Survey [USGS] as a silt collector. This flood was the result of a four inch rain in the Stillwater Creek watershed in the early part of June 1935. OK-9-485
Date: June 1935
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of harvesting weeping Lovegrass seed at the Herman Burks Farm. OK-2836-11.
Date: June 1967
Creator: Ottlinger, A. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a stock tank constructed on the B.J. Turner Farm. Mr. Turner also constructed a very good divider so that more than one pasture on the lot can be served with the tank. OK-3127-10.
Date: June 1968
Creator: Trissell, W. Alvin
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Photograph of increased pine growth. Follow-up to OK-10-888-D. Note the increased pine growth after release by killing hardwood. Fence needed for two more years. Notice hardwood on the left not removed. Ross Dugan is cooperating with Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technicians on woodland plans for sustained production. OK-10-888-D1.
Date: June 1956
Creator: Hayes, Earl J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soil Conservation Camp

Photograph of two views of five truckloads of technical men in Stillwater, OK for a two-week training period to be sent out to the Soil Conservation Service [SCS] camps. Pictures can be pasted together from the back with adhesive tape. Handwritten note: "Fred Dries said he and Ross Hall are in one of the pictures, AAB." 9-446.
Date: June 1935
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Harvesting Wheat

Photograph of harvesting wheat in Kingfisher County. 60-B soil unit.
Date: June 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History