Photograph of an excellent stand of big bluestem grass. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Excellent stand of big bluestem grass. Note a native legume at the lower left. Some Indiangrass and little bluestem was also in this mixture."

Photograph of an excellent stand of big bluestem grass. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Excellent stand of big bluestem grass. Note a native legume at the lower left. Some Indiangrass and little bluestem was also in this mixture."

Photograph of "Clarence E. Bunch, flood control agronomist for the Washita River watershed who was in charge of native grasses seed harvest in Northeast Oklahoma, stands in excellent big bluestem."

Photograph of Dale Neighbors and Jack Gaffney unloading sideoats grass seed from a truck in order to spread it out to dry. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Dale Neighbors, 2. Jack Gaffney. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Unloading a truck filled with sideoats grass seed fresh from the combines. On the ground is Dale Neighbors; Jack Gaffney is in the truck. Both men are working for the Soil Conservation Service and live in Pawhuska. The seed is being spread out to dry."

Photograph of Jim Greer harvesting sideoats grama with a self-propelled combine on the Foreman Faulkner Ranch. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Jim Greer of Red Rock harvests side oats [sic] grama with a self-propelled combine. Yields averaged 25 to 40 pounds to the acre. The work was done under contract with the Soil Conservation Service. The Seed is to be planted into the Washita River watershed as part of the flood control project in progress there."

Photograph of combine driver John Schieber and range conservationist for the Soil Conservation Service at Pawhuska Dick Whetsell harvesting sideoats grama grass with a John Deere combine on Foreman Faulkner Ranch. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. John Schieber, 2. Dick Whetsell. The back of the photograph proclaims, "John Schieber, combine driver, and Dick Whetsell, range conservationist for the Soil Conservation Service at Pawhuska, in the sideoats grama grass harvest. Yields here averaged 25 to 40 pounds to the acre. The work was done under contract with the Soil Conservation Service."

Photograph of a fair grounds building four miles south of Pawhuska used as a place where the Soil Conservation Service is spreading native grass seed to dry during the fall harvest. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Building where the Soil Conservation Service spread native grass seed to dry during the fall harvest.”

Photograph of Fred Pangburn, Dale Neighbors, and Jack Gaffney running sideoats grama grass through a scalper to clean out trash. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: Fred Pangburn, Dale Neighbors, and Jack Gaffney. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Running sideoats grama grass material through a scalper to clean out trash. In the background are sacks of the seed. Left to right in the picture are Fred Pangburn, Dale Neighbors and Jack Gaffney, all of Pawhuska. All through the harvest these boys worked as temporary Soil Conservation Service employes [sic]."

Photograph of Fred Pangburn, Dale Neighbors, and Jack Gaffney running sideoats grama grass through a scalper to clean out trash. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Fred Pangburn, 2. Dale Neighbors, 3. Jack Gaffney. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Running sideoats grama grass material through a scalper to clean out trash. In the background are sacks of the seed. Left to right in the picture are Fred Pangburn, Dale Neighbors and Jack Gaffney, all of Pawhuska. All through the harvest these boys worked as temporary Soil Conservation Service employes [sic]."

Photograph of Fred Pangburn, Dale Neighbors, and Jack Gaffney running sideoats grama grass through a scalper to clean out trash. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: Fred Pangburn, Dale Neighbors, and Jack Gaffney. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Running sideoats grama grass material through a scalper to clean out trash. In the background are sacks of the seed. Left to right in the picture are Fred Pangburn, Dale Neighbors and Jack Gaffney, all of Pawhuska. All through the harvest these boys worked as temporary Soil Conservation Service employes [sic]."

Photograph of John Schieber, combine driver, and Dick Whetsell, Soil Conservation Service range conservationist using a John Deere combine to harvest sideoats grama seeds. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: John Schieber, combine driver, and Dick Whetsell, Soil Conservation Service range conservationist. The back of the photograph proclaims, "John Schieber, combine driver, and Dick Whetsell, Soil Conservation Service range conservationist. Note the seed heads of sideoats grama grass in front of the combine. The harvest was done under contract with the Soil Conservation Service."

Photograph of John Schieber, combine driver, and Dick Whetsell, Soil Conservation Service range conservationist using a John Deere combine to harvest sideoats grama seeds. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. John Schieber, combine driver, 2. Dick Whetsell, Soil Conservation Service range conservationist. The back of the photograph proclaims, “John Schieber, combine driver, and Dick Whetsell, Soil Conservation Service range conservationist. Note the seed heads of sideoats grama grass in front of the combine. The harvest was done under contract with the Soil Conservation Service.”