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Stubble Mulch Tillage
Photograph of a close up of stubble mulch tillage of wheat stubble after harvest. Approximately 2000 pounds per acre of wheat stubble left on the soil surface to protect the land from wind and water erosion. Decomposed stubble also adds organic matter to the soil. This practice is recommended by SCS.
Date:
August 9, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Terrace Construction
Photograph of Wayburn Gibson, contractor, constructing terraces with caterpillar and bulldozer. Terrace will reduce erosion by reducing runoff. Terrace system was designed by the Soil Conservation Service. Land will be planted to wheat in the fall of 1956.
Date:
August 9, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wheat Stubble Mulch Tillage
Photograph of stubble mulch tillage of wheat stubble after harvest. Approximately 2000 pounds per acre of wheat stubble left on the soil surface to protect the land from wind and water erosion. Decomposed stubble also adds organic matter to the soil. This practice is recommended by the SCS.
Date:
August 9, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Conservation, Environmental & Safety Education
Photograph of Earl Seal, Noble County 4-H; David Schachle, Beggs, FFA; Clarence Benes, Morrison, FFA and Kent Hawkins working as ranch hands for the Junior Dean Ranch during the range judging contest held at the Range Youth Camp. OK-2887-1.
Date:
August 9, 1967
Creator:
Croom, Dan
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Livestock--Dietary and Nutritional Needs
Photograph of silage, Fred Jackson farm. Trench silo is being filled with Atlas Sorghum. Feed is averaging 18 tons per acre of silage. Will be used to feed 65 head of diary cattle this winter. The crop was irrigated. OK-143-1.
Date:
August 9, 1955
Creator:
Murray, Hubert J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of Black Locust trees planted in February, 1955, They are 6 months old and range between 6 and 8 feet tall. Watermelons were planted in order to give the trees the necessary cultivation. OK-151-3.
Date:
August 9, 1955
Creator:
Evans, C. A.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Biology-Fish
Photograph of Herb Wells, Biology Specialist, SCS, and Charlie Melton, WUC of Sallisaw, making a check on fish balance in a farm pond on O.L. McCart in Okmulgee Co.
Date:
August 9, 1957
Creator:
Evans, C. A.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Stubble Mulch Tillage
Photograph of stubble mulch tillage of wheat stubble after harvest. Approximately 2000 pounds per acre of wheat stubble left on the soil surface to protect the land from wind and water erosion. Decomposed stubble also adds organic matter to the soil. This practice is recommended by the SCS.
Date:
August 9, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of Windrowing hubam clover with a combine. Clover was planted on the contour in a terraced field. After it has cured 4 to 5 days in the windrow it will be thrashed by a combine with a pick-up attachment. TX-42, 136.
Date:
August 9, 1945
Creator:
Jenkins, E. W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of the Bradley Pigg ranch. Treated mesquite stumps in the foreground. Untreated mesquite in the background. OK-1415-6.
Date:
August 9, 1961
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Irrigated Atlas Sorgo
Photograph of Fred Jackson, owner, standing by side of irrigated Atlas Sorgo. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Fred Jackson, owner, standing by side of irrigated Atlas Sorgo. Crop is making 18 tons of silage per acre. Irrigation system was designed and staked by SCS personnel in the Greer Co. SCD."
Date:
August 9, 1955
Creator:
Murray, Hubert
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Nash-Quinlan Mapping Unit Soil Profile
Photograph of sand bluestem and sideoats grama growing on Nash-Quinlan soil. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Soil Profile. Area associated with Nash-Quinlan mapping unit. Sand bluestem and sideoats grama are dominant."
Date:
August 9, 1961
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Stubble Mulch Tillage
Photograph of stubble mulch tillage of wheat stubble after harvest. Approximately 2000 pounds per acre of wheat stubble left on the soil surface to protect the land from wind and water erosion. Decomposed stubble also adds organic matter to the soil. This practice is recommended by the SCS.
Date:
August 9, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of mesquite trees being treated with diesel oil. Density approxiamtely 300 per acre. Approximate cost, labor and oil, $15 per acre. Cost shared under the GP program. OK-1544-4.
Date:
August 9, 1961
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of supplemental pasture. Bone panic grass (70 days old) planted for supplemental pasture. The blue panic grass in this pasture will carry approximately 1 animal unit per acre and will be used to rest other pasture of native grass. OK-362-9.
Date:
August 9, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Silage
Photograph of trench silo being filled with Atlas Sorghum. Feed is averaging 18 tons per acre of silage. Will be used to feed 65 head of dairy cattle this winter. Crop was irrigated.
Date:
August 9, 1955
Creator:
Murray, Hubert
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Aerial Sprayed Mesquite
Photograph of Aerial spraying of Mesquite trees, 1960. Note resprouts of mesquite in tops of the mesquite trees.
Date:
August 9, 1961
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Terrace Construction
Photograph of Wayburn Gibson, contractor, constructing terraces with caterpillar and bulldozer. Terrace will reduce erosion by reducing runoff. Terrace system was designed by the Soil Conservation Service. Land will be planted to wheat in the fall of 1956.
Date:
August 9, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Crops - Soybeans
Photograph of soybeans growing on mapping unit 8. Haskell County SWCD #81
Date:
August 9, 1967
Creator:
Brinlee, R. C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Range Youth Camp
Photograph of Earl Seal, Robie County 4-H; David Schachla, Beggs FFA; Clarence Benes, Morrison, FFA; and kent Hawkins working as ranch hands for the V4 Junior Dean Ranch during the range judging contest held at the Range Youth Camp.
Date:
August 9, 1967
Creator:
Croom, Dan
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of Site # 24 at Big Wewoka Creek. Wave damage along the front slope.
Date:
August 9, 1968
Creator:
Ryker, N.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
UNIDENTIFED Man Pouring Diesel on Mesquite Trees
Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man pouring diesel oil on mesquite trees. A house and a couple of buildings are directly behind the trees. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Mesquite trees being treated with diesel oil – density approximately 300 per acre. Approximate cost, labor and oil, $15.00 per acre. Cost shared under the GP Program.”
Date:
August 9, 1961
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Haskell County Soybeans
Photograph of soybeans growing two miles NW of Whitefield on mapping unit 15H. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Soybeans growing on mapping unit 15H.”
Date:
August 9, 1967
Creator:
Brinlee, R. C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of aerial sprayed mesquite, 1960. Note resprouts of mesquite in tops of the mesquite trees. OK-1415-9.
Date:
August 9, 1961
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History