Sideoats Grama Grass Seed Harvesting

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.”
Date: August 25, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Outside View of Osage Park Fair Grounds Building Turned Temporary Seed Drying Facility

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.”
Date: August 25, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lee Plumley

Photograph of Lee Plumley examining blue grama.
Date: August 27, 1948
Creator: Rechenthin, C. A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a panoramic view of a 640 acre tract. A land utilization [L.U.] project where 206 acres were seeded in June 1948 to Martin Milo for stubble in which to seed side oats grama grass in the spring of 1949. Once cultivated, this land suffered moderate wind erosion during the wind-blown dust bowl years of the 1930s. TX-44, 635.
Date: August 23, 1948
Creator: Fox, Lester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Big Bluestem and Other Miscellaneous Grasses

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."
Date: August 25, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sideoats Grama Grass Cleaning

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]."
Date: August 25, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Dale Neighbors and Jack Gaffney Unloading Sideoats Grass Seed from a Truck

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."
Date: August 25, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sideoats Grama Grass Seed Harvesting

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."
Date: August 25, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sideoats Grama Grass Cleaning

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]."
Date: August 25, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sideoats Grama Grass Cleaning

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]."
Date: August 25, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Johnny Bitness, Johnny Blevins, and Wilbur Hadley Using Pull-Type Combines to Harvest Sideoats Grama

Photograph of Johnny Bitness and Johnny Blevins using pull-type combines to harvest sideoats grama for the Caney Valley Soil Conservation District. A third man, Wilbur Hadley is operating the machine directly behind Blevins' combine. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Johnny Bitness, 2. Johnny Blevins, 3. Wilber Hadley. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Pull-type combines harvesting sideoats grama grass for the Caney Valley Soil Conservation District. Johnny Bitness drives the combine at the left, Johnny Blevins the one at the right. Behind Blevins' machine is another operated by Wilbur Hadley of Wann, Okla. All three operators are hired by the district."
Date: August 26, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

John Schieber and Dick Whetsell Harvesting Sideoats Grama Grass on the Foreman Faulkner Ranch

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."
Date: August 25, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Jim Greer Harvesting Sideoats Grama With a Self-Propelled Combine on the Foreman Faulkner Ranch

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."
Date: August 25, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Big Bluestem and Other Miscellaneous Grasses

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."
Date: August 25, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Clarence E. Bunch and A Field of Big Bluestem Grasses

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."
Date: August 25, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Bob Hartley Spreading Sideoats Grama Grass and Bluestem Seeds to Dry

Photograph of Bob Hartley spreading sideoats and bluestem seeds of the floor of a cattle barn to dry.
Date: August 26, 1948
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Bob Hartley Spreading Sideoats Grama Grass and Bluestem Seeds to Dry

Photograph of Bob Hartley spreading sideoats and bluestem seeds of the floor of a cattle barn to dry. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Bob Hartley, 21-year-old ranchman recently graduated from Okla. A&M, spreads sideoats grama grass on the floor of a cattle barn so the seed can dry without heating. The seed was brought in from combines which Hartley operated during the sideoats and the bluestem harvest. Paper sacks were used during a temporary shortage of other sacks. Hartley cut seed near Amarillo, Texas, as well as in the Vinita vicinity."
Date: August 26, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of drilling Lehman lovegrass on range. Soil Unit 2. Almost no vegetation.
Date: August 24, 1948
Creator: Rechenthin, C. A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a tiller used to harvest Bermuda grass roots. Property of Northern Hughes County Soil Conservation District. This piece of machinery has proved to be very satisfctory. Side delivery rake is used to winnow the roots. OK-9708.
Date: August 25, 1948
Creator: Davis, T. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Seed Drying

Photograph of Bob Hartley, 21 year old ranchman recently graduated from Okla. A&M, spreads sideoats grama grass on the floor of a cattle barn so the seed can dry without heating. The seed was brought in from combines which Hartley operated during the sideoats and the bluestem harvest. Paper sacks were used during a temporary shortage of other sacks. Hartley cut seed near Amarillo,m Texas, as well as in the Vinita vicinity.
Date: August 26, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History