Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a guar or cluster bean field. Close up showing seed crop being produced. Jack Idol, ranch manager, in the picture. TX 46, 074.
Date: August 26, 1949
Creator: Mika, F. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of E. B. Keng and William Jones, Soil Conservation Service {SCS] technicians, with Bob Gulley (Gillis’ son-in-law who lives on the ranch) examining field plantings of slender grama that has been out four times this year for seed production on Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control. TX-45, 912.
Date: August 11, 1949
Creator: Hartman, H. H.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of Range seeding: This area was “pitted” on March 10 and planted on March 24, 1949 to Sideoats and Lehmann lovegrass. TX-46, 006.
Date: August 24, 1949
Creator: Fenner, O. L.
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

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

Livestock

Photograph of Hereford cattle on irrigated pasture of smooth bromegrass, perennial ryegrass, created wheatgrass, alfalfa and Ladino clover. This pasture produces a high yield of forage through the spring and summer months. TX-46, 029.
Date: August 29, 1949
Creator: Rechenthin, C. A.
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

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph showing a rear view of a 30 inch sweep machine. This machine is a Dampster No. 101 which has been worked over by the station. The sweeps are Ra-dex made by I. F. Reed at the Alabama machinery laboratory. TX-45, 883.
Date: August 11, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of range seeding. This area was “pitted” on March 10 and planted on March 24 to sideoats and Lehman love grass. TX-46, 006.
Date: August 24, 1949
Creator: Fenner, O. L.
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

Wind, Wind Erosion, Sand Storms and Dunes

Photograph of an aerial view showing the pattern of windbreaks on the J. N. McDougal farm, 18 miles north of Vernon, Texas. (see also TX-78, 292 thru 78, 303). TX-78-304.
Date: August 15, 1946
Creator: Postlethwaite, Hermann
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cattle Grazing on 20 Acre Improved Pasture

Photograph of cattle grazing on 20 acre improved pasture planted in October 1943. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cattle grazing 20 acre improved pasture planted October 1943. A mixture of alfalfa and created wheat grass was planted. Grazing in 1944 has been at the rate of one cow per acre for about six months." A barn, house, two windmills, and other buildings are in the photograph's distant background.
Date: August 11, 1944
Creator: Hartman, M. H.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Blue Panicum Planted in the Spring of 1949

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man standing in blue panicum planted in spring of 1949 on land that was in cultivation for two years. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Blue panicum planted in spring of 1949 on land that was in cultivation 2 years. Saline irrigation water is a problem. The grass was planted in rows with a row planter."
Date: August 25, 1949
Creator: Rechenthin, C. A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Roger Gillis' Ranch

Photograph of E. B. Keng, Wm. Jones (SCS technician), and Bob Gulley (Gillis' son-in-law) examining slender grama on Roger Gillis' Ranch.
Date: August 11, 1949
Creator: Hartman, M. H.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Rear View of a Dampster No. 101 Thirty-Inch Sweep Machine on the Amarillo Experiment Station

Photograph of the rear view of a Dampster No. 101 thirty-inch sweep machine on the Amarillo Experiment Station. The back of the photograph states, "The rear view of a 30" sweep machine out of ground. This machine is a Dampster No. 101, which has been worked over by the station. The sweeps are Ra-dex, made by I. F. Reed, at the Alabama machinery laboratory."
Date: August 11, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

J. W. McDougal Farm Windbreaks

Photograph of an aerial shot of windbreaks on J. H. McDougal's farm. Note the buildings within the square windbreak patterns. The back of the photo proclaims, "Aerial view showing the pattern of windbreaks on the J. H. McDougal farm, 18 miles north of Vernon, Texas. (See Also Tex-78-292 thru 78-303)."
Date: August 15, 1946
Creator: Postlethwaite, Hermann
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History