Photograph of peanut residue.

Photograph of flooded farmland west of Stillwater. Flooded hundreds of acres of armland and homes in the lowland.

Photograph of Flooded hundreds of acres of farmland and homes in the lowland.

Photograph of native bluestem grass being combined by R.B. French. Hay harvested in early June, 1955, mostly cheat. Fertilized with 2 tons agre. Limestone and 160 lbs. 0-20-0 per acre in 1951. This field yielded approximately 200 lbs. dry seed per acre. 55 acres.

Photograph of effective Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control by aerial spraying of low grade hardwood trees on Bodine cherty silt loam. 1 to 8% slopes. Indian grass, big and little bluestem and some desirable forbs have returned as well as broomsedge and brushy shrubs. OK-1426-6.

Photograph of the John Briscoe Ranch, part of the 70 acre old cultivated field retired and planted to little bluestem, buffalo, switch, Indian and blue-green grasses about the 1st of March 1945. Mixture was seeded at a rate of approximately 12 pounds per acre. This 10 acres was seeded for permannet pasture on clean cotton land. Yield is estimated to be 30 to 35 pounds combined material per acre. Briscoe retired 135 acres last year on this farm and 65 acres on another farm he owns. Next year he plans to plant 20 additional acres of bluestem on a field no win rye and vetch. Driving the tractor is Curtis Hudson, coopeator, one mile east of Geary, while his brother, Dillard, rides the combine. OK-9260.

Photograph of a fenceline contrast of a planted native grass mixture in an old field on the left and an old field in 3-am grass on the right. OK-2478-12.

Photograph of "Assistant State Conservationist Alvin M. Clements (left, second row) shown with those employees attending the fall new employee orientation conference." Those pictured from left to right goes as follows: Top Row: 1. UNIDENTIFED, 2. UNIDENTIFED, 3. UNIDENTIFED, 4. UNIDENTIFED, 5. UNIDENTIFED, Next Row: 6. UNIDENTIFED, 7. UNIDENTIFED, Next Row: 8. UNIDENTIFED, 9. UNIDENTIFED, 10. UNIDENTIFED, 11. UNIDENTIFED, 12. UNIDENTIFED, 13. UNIDENTIFED, Next Row: 14. Alvin M. Clements, Bottom Row: 15. UNIDENTIFED, 16. UNIDENTIFED, 17. UNIDENTIFED, 18. UNIDENTIFED, 19. UNIDENTIFED.

Photograph of Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control at Stanly Hicks farm by aerial spraying low grade deciduous trees on Bodine cherty silt loam, 1 to 8% slopes. Big and little bluestem, Indiangrass and good forbs are returning along with broomsedge and some brushy shrubs. OK-1426-5.

Photograph of a one year old planting of King Ranch Bluestem grass on the left and soil bank planting of native grasses on the right [OK ID # too faded for legibility].

Photograph of Native bluestem being combined by R. B. French. Hay harvested in early June, 1955, mostly cheat grass. Fertilized with 2 tons of agricultural limestone and 160 pounds of 0-20-0 fertilizer per acre in 1951. This field yielded approximately 200 pounds dry seed per acre. 55 acres. OK-165-3.

Photograph of the valley of Barren (or Baron) Fork Creekfrom Eldon Hill on OK Hwy # 51. In the background are the Ozark highlands from which most of the soils of Adair County were formed. OK-1426-7.

Photograph of a two-year-old heifer grazing on good condition pasture grasses. Another heifer is in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "2 year old heifer grazing on Good Condition, Loamy prairie site, Summit soil unit."