Floodwater Retarding Structure

Photograph of floodwter retarding structure, site #16, Rock Creek Watershed. Picture series on cutting trench for drawdown pipe construction. Clyde Pratt, inspector of the Soil Conservation Services, crawling through the pipe.
Date: August 14, 1961
Creator: Milton, Willis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Peanuts Growing

Photograph of Peanuts growing on Stephenville fine sandy loam.
Date: August 14, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Leonard A. Solomon Checking Soil Structure in Housing Development

Photograph of "Leonard A. Solomon, Executive Director, Oklahoma Conservation Commission, checks soil structure in housing development."
Date: August 14, 1972
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cotton

Photograph of cotton growing on Stephenville F.S.I.
Date: August 14, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Groomcorn Growing

Photograph of Broomcorn growing on ? Very fine sandy loam.
Date: August 14, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Fred Collins, Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technician, examines seed on a field of weeping lovegrass. This was planted in 1951 and had been grazed. This year, seed was being harvested. The field is deep sand and was in shimery range with little grass. Field was deep plowed followed by seeding weeping lovegrass. TX-48-229.
Date: August 14, 1952
Creator: Rechenthin, C. A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Use Planning

Photograph of “Leonard A. Solomon, Executive Director, Oklahoma Conservation Commission, examines plans affecting land use in a suburban area.“ Some houses and cars are present in the background.
Date: August 14, 1972
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History