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Multiflora Rose Seed Crop
Photograph of Multiflora Rose Seed Crop. Excellent food for wildlife as well as shelter. 4 acre area established spring 1955 under supervision of SCS technicians.
Date:
July 10, 1958
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Forestry-Tree Farm
Photograph of First member tree farm. This plan is registered with the American Tree Farm System. It consists of 30 acres of pine released by girdling undesireable hardwoods in 1953. A selective cut was made in 1957. Excellent natural reproduction is evident from a good seed crop in 1957.
Date:
July 22, 1958
Creator:
McConnell, John
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Swarming Bees
Photograph of Sweetclover in a cropping system to improve organic matter and soil stucture. Uses honey bees to polonize the clover for seed production. Bees are Swarming. One swarm has just settled on fence post, leaders come to direct their swarm to their new home.
Date:
July 5, 1957
Creator:
Chance, R. J.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Checking Growth of Yellow Sweet Clover
Photograph of SCS Tech. Clarence E. Stith checks growth of biennial yellow sweet clover. Stith planted the clover in the spring of 1952 in this 20 acre wheat field solely to improve the soil, the deep roots opening up the soil for the free circulation of air and water. He also uses hairy vetch turned in to add organic matter. To follow clover with wheat for 4 or 5 years.
Date:
July 3, 1953
Creator:
Fox, Lester
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Button Clover
Photograph of Earnest Allen showing a part of is 46 acres of button clover at seeding time that was planted in the fall of 1957. A excellent crop was made in the planting with vetch.
Date:
July 28, 1958
Creator:
Lowe, Sam D.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sweetclover Root System
Photograph of the nodules on the roots of this biennial sweetclover plant. After land was in Maize, Lee planted clover in spring of 1952 to improve the soil before going to wheat. He is doing whole farm of 960 acres this way. SCS Tech. E.S. Cordell holds plant.
Date:
July 2, 1953
Creator:
Fox, Lester
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cover Crops
Photograph of Lee Brown, operator, is plowing under mature cover of rye after it has been grazed about 5 months by livestock. Knie uses this field, approximately 100 acres of Class I, II, and III land, exclusively for grazing. He says the cattle gained about 2 lbs. per day and this utilization of the land produces considerable more than harvest crops by machine.
Date:
July 11, 1958
Creator:
Rowlett, Olen
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Peas and Oats Being Plowed Down
Photograph of Austrian winter peas and oats being plowed down to improve soil structure and maintenance.
Date:
July 5, 1957
Creator:
Phoyo
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Earnest Allen Showing Button Clover
Photograph of Earnest Allen showing a part of is 46 acres of button clover at seeding time that was planted in the fall of 1957. A excellent crop was made in the planting with vetch.
Date:
July 28, 1958
Creator:
Lowe, Sam D.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Excellent Stand of Ladino Clover
Photograph of Lowell Caskey showing an excellent stand of Ladino clover planted in K-31 fescue grass.
Date:
July 5, 1958
Creator:
Lowe, Sam D.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Seed Harvest-Grass
Photograph of district equipment harvesting weeping lovegrass seed. The grass in this area was not fertilized but was planted on virgin Cross Timbers soil and will produce an excellent seed crop.
Date:
July 18, 1958
Creator:
McConnell, John
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Seed Harvest-Grass
Photograph of district equipment harvesting weeping lovegrass seed. The grass in this area was not fertilized but was planted on virgin Cross Timbers soil and will produce an excellent seed crop.
Date:
July 18, 1958
Creator:
McConnell, John
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Row Irrigation
Photograph of irrigating corn on M.J. Vansicle farm at Lake West. Row Irrigation. Water applied by gravity. Excellent corn prospect.
Date:
July 20, 1956
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Row Irrigation
Photograph of irrigating corn on M.J. Vansicle farm at Lake West. Row Irrigation. Water applied by gravity. Excellent corn prospect.
Date:
July 20, 1956
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Seed Harvest
Photograph of combining button clover in midland Bermudagrass field for seed harvest. The grass will be later baled for hay nad used for grazing. Mr. Hair believes that the clover will make 400 pounds per acre. This field is Red River bottom land. The growing of clover also improves the grass.
Date:
July 16, 1958
Creator:
McConnell, John
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cotton Irrigation
Photograph of flooding a cotton crop in the Washita River bottom, Soil Unit 8Hm AL RP. This field of 22 acres was level bordered in March 1955, and at the time the photo was taken, estimates were that this cotton was already able to produce 1.5 bales per acre. Wheat on this same field in 1952 made a complete failure, coton in 1953 and 1954 was also a complete failure. Source of water, Washita River.
Date:
July 1955
Creator:
Martin, J. Vernon
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Human Interest, Edward Brewer
Photograph of +Mr. Edward L. Brewer, owner of 6000 acre ranch in Oklahoma panhandle. Mr. Brewer has owned and operated this ranch since 1917. He has seen several dry and wet periods. He went though the "Dirty Thirties" of dust storms. One of the first to sign contract under Great Plains Conservation Program.
Date:
July 2, 1957
Creator:
McConnell, John
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Irrigation-Border
Photograph of completing construction of border irrigation system. The borders are on a 50 foot spacing in this project. The water for the system will come from 3 wells which produce 2500, 1700 and 700 gallons per minute. This system was designed and supervised by the Soil Conservation System.
Date:
July 17, 1958
Creator:
McConnell, John
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Irrigation-Chigley Sandy Watershed
Photograph of irrigation system irrigating new sodding job on Site 4, Chigley Sandy Watershed. This system was purchsased by the Soil Conservation Services.
Date:
July 1955
Creator:
Graham, E. O.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Irrigation-Chigley Sandy Watershed
Photograph of irrigation system irrigating new sodding job on Site 4, Chigley Sandy Watershed. This system was purchsased by the Soil Conservation Services.
Date:
July 1955
Creator:
Graham, E. O.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Leveling
Photograph of a land plane in operation to prepare land for a flood type irrigation system. Calss II land on 0 to 1% slope, Soil Unit 1-RR, A-1.
Date:
July 18, 1955
Creator:
McConnell, John
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Irrigation of Peanuts
Photograph of irrigation of peanuts on the Earl Q. Gray farm.
Date:
July 27, 1956
Creator:
Maxwell, A. J.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Irrigation, Open Ditch
Photograph of an open ditch showing water coming to siphon tubes and size of area being irrigated at one time.
Date:
July 27, 1956
Creator:
Maxwell, A. J.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Checking Wheat
Photograph of SCS Tech. John Bailey checking the seed heads of the wheat in this irrigated 60 acre field. Good tall growth of wheat was attributed to conditioning of the soil with alfalfa for six years. Wggins is to change from flood irrigation to level border. SCS Engineers designed irrigation system. III HP 2.
Date:
July 5, 1953
Creator:
Fox, Lester
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History