Photograph of Mr. T. Kessler (right) shows Soil Conservation Service [SCS] Technician Roland E. Lee the growth of sericea lespedeza in this pasture which also contains native grasses. Badily eroded and depleted when he bought place, this upland range site is now in good condition. Used by heifers and dry cows, it is to be put into wheat, rye and hairy vetch pasture after 8 months of grazing as it is. OK-10-817.

Photograph of Dennis Owen, son of J.C. Owen, owner, inspecting 8 acres of sericea lespedeza before the second cutting. Sericea has yielded approximately 100 bales of hay per acre per year for the past 10 years. LA-62-272-B.

Photograph of Dennis Owen, son of J.C. Owen, owner, inspecting 8 acres of sericea lespedeza before the second cutting. Sericea has yielded approximately 100 bales of hay per acre per year for the past 10 years. LA-62-272-B.

Photograph of a Holstein heifer in a pasture of sericea lespedeza and native grasses that is kept for heifers and dry cows. Badly eroded and depleted when Mr. Kessler Teas bought the place, this upland range site is now in good condition. OK-10-818.

Photograph of a young registered Holstein bull in a field of sericea lespedesa and native grasses. Badly eroded and depleted when bought by Mr. Kesler Tess, this upland range site is now in good condition. OK-10-819.

Photograph of Water Dept. Employee Tom McBride turning a settling basin valve at a water plant in Shawnee. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Water Dept. Employee Tom McBride turns valve in settling basin at water plant. Before grassland conservation program was applied in watershed of Shawnee Lake and water was full of soil from abandoned fields, settling basins had to be cleaned every two weeks. Now they are cleaned on an average of every 2 ½ months. Basins hold 750,000 gallons of water. When they are cleaned, city loses not only all the water but all the chlorine that has been added."

Photograph of Mr. Rudolph Porter [left] showing Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technician W. C. Mitchell (right) the growth of sericea lespedeza planted in April 1951 in this 12 acre field. Field was transitioning from continuous peanuts and hegira [a grain / grass] production. In March 1953 300 pounds of 0-20-0 fertilizer was applied. One cutting in 1952 yielded 25 bales an acre and part-time use as a grazed field in September and October. On May 15, 1953, cutting yielded 25 bales and an expected ton per acre with the second cutting in late August. The field was then converted to part-time grazing for 75 cows in September and October. III CT 7. OK-10, 836.

Photograph of the Water Department, City of Shawnee, Oklahoma. Employee Tom McBride turns a valve in settling the basin at the water plant. Before the grassland conservation program was applied in the watershed of Shawnee Lake and the water was full of soil from abandoned fields, settling basins had to be cleaned every two weeks. Now they are cleaned on an average of every 2½ months. The basins hold 750,000 gallons of water. When [unclear] are cleaned, the city loses not only all the water but all the chlorine that has been added. OK-10, 803.

Photograph of Soil Conservation Service [SCS] Work Unit staff at Wewoka, Oklahoma. From left to right: Ralph E. Craburn, state aid; Raymond A. Holley, engineering aid; Rufus C. Martin, conservation aid; W.C. Mitchell, Work Unit Conservationist [WUC]; and, Mrs. Avis H. Merideth, clerk. OK-10, 827.

Photograph of land prepared with waterway ready for sodding. J. D. Davis, Soil Conservation District [SCD] cooperator, center, and M. Swann, on the left, and J. W. Lodwick on the right are Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technicians. Class III, Soil Unit 2HL. TX-48-836.

Photograph of a new waterway that has been marked out as shown in this photo. Note posts in the right and left background which designate the waterway boundaries. The waterway has an average width of 125 feet and follows a natural depression. After cotton has been picked the seed bed will be prepared and the waterway location will be sodded to Bermuda grass. Class III, Soil Unit 2, BL. TX-48-835.

Photograph of A. L. Chapman, Soil Conservation District [SCD] cooperator on the left and J. W. Lodwrick, Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technician on the right, check the cover of grass on a sodded waterway. This waterway is 125 feet wide and was sodded to Bermuda grass in 1949. It was overseeded to King Ranch bluestem in 1950. Between 60 to 70 acres has been terraced to the waterway from the field on the right. The waterway contains around 10 acres. The waterway was cut for hay in 1953 yielding 450 bales of hay. It has been seeded to vetch and top dressed with ammonium nitrate. The waterway is also used for pasture. Soil Unit 1. BL Class III. TX-48-833.

Photograph of A. L. Chapman, Soil conservation District [SCD] cooperator in center discusses the value of his sodded waterway with J. W. Lodwick, left, and M. Swann, right, Soil Conservation Service {SCS] technicians. The waterway was sodded in the spring of 1949 to Bermuda grass. It was overseeded to King Ranch bluestem in the spring of 1950. The waterway is around 125 feet-wide. Soil Unit 1, Class III BL. TX-48-834.

Photograph of a few plants of cane bluestem that were left after this 3 acre plot was harvested. This was planted in the spring of 1951 in irrigated land. A small amount of seed was harvested in 1952. 33 and 66 pounds of nitrogen fertilizer were added in March 1953. The fertilized grass yielded 28,600 pounds of green weight while an unfertilized part yielded 18,750 pounds. TX-48-723.

Photograph of L. F. Phillip (left), ranch foreman, and Soil Conservation Service [SCS] Technician W. C. Mitchell check up on the growth of grass in this 2-year-old Bermuda pasture that has done well under proper management despite a drought. This was old cultivated field. Clovers are to be overseeded. The 70-acre field was given 1 ton of lime and 100 pounds of 12-24-12 fertilizer when the Bermuda was planted and 100 pounds ammonium nitrate at the end of the first year. III CT 7. OK-10, 831.

Photograph of the W.J. Alderson farm, showing Herefords on pasture established in 1950 on severly eroded Crowfley’s Ridge. AR-61-878.

Photograph of second year land that has been in rice production. Cleared from woods in 1951 and 1952. AR-61, 868.

Photograph of an area of pine marked to show the trees to be saved, 1 - 9, when thinning is done. No. 10 is a young pine for a crop tree that will develop when the "bull pine in the foreground is cut." AR-61-855-A.

Photograph of a post oak tree flat range site. H.C. Ray, Forest and Range Specialist determining the age of the trees. AR-61-870.

Photograph of the marked trees being cut. AR-61-855-C.

Photograph of Forest-Range. Note overgrazing is not only holding back pine reproduction but the grass is going out. AR-61-871.

Photograph of an area sprayed by chemicals to kill scrubby hardwoods. Note the excellent stand of native grasses. This area produced over 100 pounds of beef per acre in 1952. AR-61-873.

Photograph of the Blackjack-Post Oak Ridge Range site. Range in poor condition. AR-61-872.

Photograph of cattle grazing on chemical-sprayed area. Area sprayed in June, 1952.AR-61-876.