Photograph of harvesting little bluestem. Durwood Calvert doing the harvesting. OK-9787.

Photograph of an important phase of Soil Conservation Service [SCS] regional operations which is the creation and development of needed conservation equipment. SCS technician Paul Browning (right) and DeBoy Wheatley put finishing touches on a SCS grass planter they designed and developed to do a 20 million acre Bermudagrass planting job in Region 4. Adjusting throw-out clutch between performance tests. OK-9702.

Photograph of the reloading of a Soil Conservation Service-developed grass planter during performance tests. Planting material harvested with Craig Co. Soil Conservation District [SCD] roto-tiller & brought to the site in a dump truck, then forked from the truck to the planter hoppers. Average loading time is less than 3 minutes. OK-9703.

Photograph of an old area. By fencing on the pasture side, instead of the cropland side, the ditch is well-vegetated and protected from erosion. Such odd areas provide nesting sites for quail and a habitat for wild, pollinating insects.

Photograph of an old area of land. By fencing it on the pasture side rather than the cropland side, the ditch is well-vegetated and protected from erosion. Such odd areas provide nesting sites for quail and a habitat for wild pollenating insects. TX-44, 673.

Photograph of an old area of land. By fencing it on the pasture side rather than the cropland side, the ditch is well-vegetated and protected from erosion. Such odd areas provide nesting sites for quail and a habitat for wild pollenating insects. TX-44, 673.

Photograph of the harvesting of lovegrass. This tract was reseeded in 1947. Mr. 7 Mrs. Alvin Butler, of Reydon, OK, are operating the combine. OK-9789.

Photograph of Troy Garner, LU Project daily laborer, cleaning little bluestem seeds using a squirrel –cage type seed cleaner designed & built by Tom Elder, Soil Conservation Service technician. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Squirrel-cage type seed cleaner being used to clean little bluestem seed Troy Garner, LU daily laborer, operating machine. Cleaner, designed & built by Soil Conservation service technician Tom Elder, will handle 1000 lbs. per hour.”

Photograph of harvesting sand lovegrass. Tract reseeded in 1947. mr. and Mrs. Alvin Butler, of Reydon, Oklahoma, operating the combine. OK-9789.

Photograph of harvesting little bluestem on IU tract 574. Seeding made in 1944. OK-9785.

Photograph of harvesting little bluestem on IU tract 574. Seeding made in 1944. OK-9785.

Photograph of a squirrel-cage type seed cleaner being used to clean little bluestem seed. Troy Garner, a daily laborer from Indiana University [IU] is operating the machine. The cleaner, designed and built by Soil Conservation Service technician, Tom Elder, will handle 1000 lbs. of seeds per hour. OK-9788.

Photograph of heads of silver bluestem (Andropogon saccharoides). TX-44, 659.

Photograph of Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Butler using a combine harvesting sand lovegrass. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: Mr. Alvin Butler and Mrs. Alvin Butler. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Harvesting sand lovegrass. Tract reseeded in 1947. Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Butler, Reydon, operating combine."

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man on a tractor combine harvesting little bluestem. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Harvesting little bluestem on LU tract 574. Seeding made in 1944."

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man on a tractor combine harvesting little bluestem. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Harvesting little bluestem on LU tract 574. Seeding made in 1944."

Photograph of Tom Elder, Soil Conservation Service technician, checking fill on seed from little bluestem harvest. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Little bluestem harvested during morning with 6' John Deere. Tom Elder, Soil Conservation Service technician, checking fill on seed."

Photograph of Durwood Calvert and five UNIDENTIFED workers using John Deere combines to harvest little bluestem. The photograph does not specify who or where Durwood Calvert is on the photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Harvesting little bluestem. Durwood Calvert doing harvesting."

Photograph of Tom Elder, Soil Conservation Service technician, checking fill on seed from little bluestem harvest. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Little bluestem harvested during morning with 6' John Deere. Tom Elder, Soil Conservation Service technician, checking fill on seed."

Photograph of SCS technician DeBoy Wheatley and a UNIDENTIFED tractor driver performance testing a SCS developed grass planter. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. UNIDENTIFIED, 2. DeBoy Wheatley. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Soil Conservation Service developed grass planter during performance test. Hood has been removed that covers feeding mechanisms at front end of hopper so that spindles on feeder shaft can be seen. Weed growth in background was like that on site the day before. Site was one-wayed under very dry conditions. The resulting cloddy, dry, trashy site preparation is unfavorable for planting. DeBoy Wheatley, SCS technician, observing operation."

Photograph of Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Butler using a combine harvesting sand lovegrass. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: Mr. Alvin Butler and Mrs. Alvin Butler. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Harvesting sand lovegrass. Tract reseeded in 1947. Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Butler, Reydon, operating combine."

Photograph of Troy Garner, LU Project daily laborer, cleaning little bluestem seeds using a squirrel –cage type seed cleaner designed & built by Tom Elder, Soil Conservation Service technician. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Squirrel-cage type seed cleaner being used to clean little bluestem seed Troy Garner, LU daily laborer, operating machine. Cleaner, designed & built by Soil Conservation service technician Tom Elder, will handle 1000 lbs. per hour."

Photograph of Durwood Calvert and five UNIDENTIFED workers using John Deere combines to harvest little bluestem. The photograph does not specify who or where Durwood Calvert is on the photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Harvesting little bluestem. Durwood Calvert doing harvesting."