Hereford Cattle Grazing

Photograph of Hereford cattle grazing fescue and ladino clover. Mr. Addison regularly consults with SCS Technicians on land treatment needs on his pasture and woodland.
Date: September 20, 1961
Creator: Ball, Lemuel F., Jr.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cattle Grazing Fescue and Ladino

Photograph of Hereford cattle grazing fescue and ladino clover. Mr. Addison regularly consults with SCS Technicians on land treatment needs on his pasture and woodland.
Date: September 20, 1961
Creator: Ball, Lemuel F., Jr.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Proper Pasture Use

Photograph of Shorthorn heifers grazing Midland Bermuda grass. Old established astand with exellent covr. Chickasha very fine sandy loam (7) soil)
Date: September 27, 1961
Creator: Fortney, F. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Photograph of black locust seedling. One summer's growth of a black locust seedling on strip mine spoil. Seedling much taller than Soil Conservation Service [SVS} technician, Andrew Costner. OK-1454-12.
Date: September 20, 1961
Creator: Ball, Lemuel
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Conservation, Management and Utilization

Photograph of pasture. Hereford cattle grazing on fescue and ladino clover. Mr. Addison regularly consults with Soil Conservation Service technicians on land treatment needs on his pasture and woodland. OK-1463-6.
Date: September 20, 1961
Creator: Ball, Lemeul
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of grasses. Follow-up of OK-1000-12. Native grass seeding on complex. OK-1467-2.
Date: September 3, 1961
Creator: Hager, P. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of land clearance and shrub control. Follow-up of OK-1002-3. Land cleared with a saw and later sprayed. OK-1467-7.
Date: September 3, 1961
Creator: Hager, P. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of land clearance and brush control. Follow up of 1002-2. Brush sprayed with 2-4-5T herbicide in 1954. OK-1467-6.
Date: September 3, 1961
Creator: Hager, P. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of grasses. Follow-up of OK-1000-9. Native grass seeding made in 1954. This is the first year out of a CR [cost reimbursement] contract. OK-1466-11.
Date: September 3, 1961
Creator: Hager, P. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Photograph of the Reese Pole Plant near Heavener. When Soil and Conservation District [SCD] cooperators thin pine stands to D + 6 [= diameter of tree + 6 ft for spacing between trees], the posts ate part of the harvest. These posts are ready for the treatment vat. OK-1480-6.
Date: September 26, 1961
Creator: Ball, Lemuel
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Photograph of Hollie Ward of the Reese Pole Plant explaining the method of tally to Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technician Norman Smola. As marked timber is cut the cutter must keep informed on market prices for various-sized poles and posts suitable for small line or shed poles. OK-1480-7.
Date: September 26, 1961
Creator: Ball, Lemuel
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Treated Mesquite Stumps

Photograph of treated mesquite stumps in foregeound. Untreated mesquite stumps in backgound.
Date: September 8, 1961
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Tame Fawn

Photograph of a tame fawn in the Cookson Hills State Game Refuge
Date: September 22, 1961
Creator: Warth, Peter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Flooding Black Bear Creek

Photograph of Black Bear Creek flooding farmstead as result of Hurricane Carla.
Date: September 13, 1961
Creator: Morris, David
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Caves & Speleology

Photograph looking out of the Cave Springs caves. OK-1460-5.
Date: September 25, 1961
Creator: Warth, Peter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a wildlife run composed of Sericea lespedeza and Johnsongrass along the edge of a meadow. OK-1446-6.
Date: September 5, 1961
Creator: Moss, Allen R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of coal strip mines seeded to a mixture of biennial sweetclover, K [?], lespedeza and native grasses. Not the benching in the foreground due to grazing. OK-1447-12.
Date: September 5, 1961
Creator: Moss, Allen R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Photographic follow-up of OK-1002-7. Timber cleared in 1951, sprayed in 1959. OK-1467-8.
Date: September 3, 1961
Creator: Hager, P. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of flooding.High waters, 2 miles NE of Red Rock, OK, from flash floods caused by Hurricane Carla. OK-1453-4.
Date: September 13, 1961
Creator: Morris, David
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of an erosion control dam. Active gully in the background will be stabilized by the erosion control dam and kept from entering Class I, II and III land. 12 inch Hel-Cor pipe used for the main spill. 380 DA with 4 surface acres and 12 acre-feet of the flood pool. Frank Heldermon and Baker Eeds in the picture. OK-1451-5.
Date: September 13, 1961
Creator: Tarrant, C. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation [?].

Photograph of grain sorghum. Chairman of the Board of Supervisors practicing what he preaches. Grain sorghum in rotation. OK-1463-9.
Date: September 21, 1961
Creator: Costner, Andrew
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation [?].

Photograph of the 31p Collinsville-Dennis complex. This loamy prairie site has an excellent native grass cover of big bluestem, little bluestem, switchgrass and Indiangrass. Note the small amount of bare ground in the drainageway. See 7-T20N, R17E. OK-1446-9.
Date: September 5, 1961
Creator: Moss, Allen R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of irrigated cotton. Cotton irrigated with water stored in Site 28, Calvary watershed. Small siphon tubes are used because of short runs. Bob Wright, watershed Conservationist, is in the picture. OK-1443-9.
Date: September 19, 1961
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation [?].

Photograph of grain sorghum. Chairman of the Board of Supervisors practicing what he preaches. Grain sorghum in rotation. OK-1463-9. Repeat of 2019.061.B3.05167 (entry # 471).
Date: September 21, 1961
Creator: Costner, Andrew
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History