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Orville Austin Seed Plot of Hairy Vetch and Balboa Rye

Photograph of Orville Austin standing in a recently seeded field of hairy vetch and Balboa rye. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Combination planting of hairy vetch (20#) and Balboa rye (1 bu.) seeded with combination (16 disk, 7-inch spacing) drill with fertilizer and grass seeder attachments with 175 lbs. of superphosphate applied per acre at time of planting. This field was planted to hairy vetch and Balboa rye and seed crop was harvested in July 1942 with combine. The straw and stubble remained on the field until immediately before the present (1942) seeding. This field was prepared for the 1942 seeding going over the field three times with a tandem disk and tractor followed with two times over 6 ½ ft. field cultivator attached to the tractor, followed by one time over with tandem disk before planting with the above combination fertilizer, disk, and grain drill and seeded on September 17, 1942."
Date: October 7, 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Kansas City Southern (KCS) Caboose 652

A photograph print showing Kansas City Southern (KCS) Caboose 652, converted wood-side boxcar, Siloam Springs, AR. (Note: marker lamps over side doors) [Possibly a Ralph Graves photo]
Date: October 4, 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History