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

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

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