Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of diversion terraces (DT) under construction on SCD cooperator E.P. Ballow’s farm. Ballow is carrying out practices as recommended by Soil Conservation Service technicians. DT's constructed to add additional drainage to farm pond for livestock water. Bulldozer at work looking west. OK-1017-3.
Date: October 19, 1959
Creator: Ball, L. F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Site of the First Shelterbelt

Photograph of the site of the first Shelterbelt in the United States. A Shelterbelt is a a line of trees or shrubs planted to protect an area, especially a farm field, from strong winds and the erosion they cause.
Date: October 19, 1961
Creator: Frie, Jimmie W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a dentention reservoir. Recently completed detention reservoir Site # 9 of Little Wewoka Creek impounding 34 surface acres of permanent water. Excellent cover of vegetation and good clear water. To be stocked with fish in the near future. OK-1484-7.
Date: October 19, 1961
Creator: Davis, T. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of range management. Grama grass pasture (left) as overgrazed; Condition Class II (good). Grama grass pasture (right); Condition Class I (Excellent), properly grazed. One row (?) to 20 acres has been carried for the past several years on the Class I pasture, while the one on the left has carried about one cow (?) to 10 acres for the same period. Grass on the right was excellent during the drought of 1939 while the one on the left was being damaged by wind erosion. OK-8950.
Date: October 19, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, E. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of District Aide Joss Hasting brush-hogging green beans before turning under to get ready for the winter cover crop. OK-1478-6.
Date: October 19, 1961
Creator: Warth, Peter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of flood prevention at Cane Creek, Site # 22, near Boynton, OK. Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Seivert are shown the extent of the sediment pool on their farm by Virgil Cole, Chairman, Cane Creek Conservancy District and Member of the Muskogee County Soil and Water conservation District [SWCD] Board of Supervisors, and its relation to their cooperative agreement No. 2609. Seivert signed the first easement secured for this watershed. OK-1479-11.
Date: October 19, 1961
Creator: Castle, Ernest L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Flood prevention. Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Seivert signing the first easement for the Cane Creek Watershed. Virgil Cole, Chairman of the Cane Creek Conservancy District and Board Member of Muskogee County, Soil & Water Conservation District [SWCD], looks on. This easement was the first one secured for work on this watershed. Seivert’s District agreement No, 2609 for their 320 acre farm was signed on June 28, 1955. This is for Site # 22. OK-1479-8. PHOTO IS MISSING.
Date: October 19, 1961
Creator: Castle, Ernest L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of revegetation. Class VII land planted to mixture of blue grama and side oat grama. Seeded in 1942. Chick Lowrey, Work Unit Conservationist, left, and John Oren, member, Board of Supervisors, right. OK-8927.
Date: October 19, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Atlantic Variety of Alfalfa

Photograph of an excellent stand of Atlantic variety alfalfa after 4th cutting, 2 years after planting on Stillwell silt loam, 0-1% slopes. In foreground is Lloyd Martin, Supt. Of the Station.
Date: October 19, 1961
Creator: Warth, Peter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation [?].

Photograph of the picking fall green beans. Jim Hawk.
Date: October 19, 1961
Creator: Warth, Peter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Photograph of a shelterbelt. Site of the first shelterbelt in the US. OK-1523-7.
Date: October 19, 1961
Creator: Frie, Jimmie W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of flood prevention at Cane Creek, Site # 22, near Boynton, OK. Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Seivert are signing the first easement for the Cane Creek Watershed. Virgil Cole, Chairman, Cane Creek Conservancy District and Member of the Muskogee County Soil and Water conservation District [SWCD] Board of Supervisors, looks on. This easement was the first one secured for work on this watershed. Seivert's District agreement, No. 2609 for their 320 acre farm signed June 28, 1955. This is for Site # 22. OK-1479-8.
Date: October 19, 1961
Creator: Castle, Ernest L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of range condition class I (excellent) on Class VII land. The principal representation [?] blue grama and side oats grama. This will safely carry 1 cow to 20 acres. OK-8931.
Date: October 19, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, E. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of detention reservoir. Recently completed dentention reservior site no. 9. Little Wewoka Creek impounding 34 surface acres of permanent water. Excellent cover of vegetation and good clear water. To be stocked wit fish in the near future. OK-1484-7.
Date: October 19, 1961
Creator: Davis, T. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History