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Wildhorse Creek Watershed Emergency Spillway
Photograph of emergency spillway. Fred Fortney. He is standing in rill. Erosion caused by hard rains in October and early part of November. Planted in bermuda grass, Aug. 5, 1959. Irrigated immediately after planting.
Date:
November 18, 1959
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wet Spots in a Spinach Field (2)
Photograph of wet spots in a spinach field. Soil unit 9H. Drowning out due to plow pan and surface crusting. Approx. 5 acres lost in a 40 acre field. Crop residue and land leveling would correct this.
Date:
November 4, 1959
Creator:
Bryan, Hugo
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cleared and Seeded
Photograph of land that timber was cleared in 1956. Seeded to fescue and leaking clover in fall of 1956.
Date:
November 2, 1959
Creator:
Bryan, Hugo
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Tree Farming
Photograph of tree farming, pine trees planted in 1948.
Date:
November 2, 1959
Creator:
Bryan, Hugo
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of Dierks Forest [from the lumber company established by the Dierks family beginning in 1903] in Valliant, Oklahoma. Follow-up of OK_656-9. 25c OH soil Class VII. Forest cleared by a D8 crawler tractor. Cut on and planted with pine seedlings on March 1958. OK-1072-3.
Date:
November 25, 1959
Creator:
Killim, O. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of timber stand improvement. Mr. J. W. Adams doing contract timber stand improvement work for the Cimirron Lumber and Supply Company using tree injector on scrub timber and stand of young pines. OK-1059-7.
Date:
November 4, 1959
Creator:
Bryan, Hugo
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of Pine trees planted in 1948. OK-1061-11.
Date:
November 2, 1959
Creator:
Bryan, Hugo
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, US Fish and Wildlife Service,
Photograph of C.E. Kingery, Range Conservationist and Arthur F. Halloran, Wildlife Management biologist enclosure at Gurley Gate, Big Game Pasture. OK-946-3.
Date:
November 14, 1959
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Back Slope Planted to Bermuda
Photograph of the back slope of a dam planted to bermuda grass August 5, 1959. Irrigated immediately after planting. Fred Fortney Soil Conservationist.
Date:
November 18, 1959
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Caucasian Bluestem
Photograph of Caucasian Bluestem grass planted in spring of 1959. Good stand was secured where tractor tires firmed the soil. Few plants were established on loose soil. Fred Fortney, Soil Conservationist. Zanies loam soil.
Date:
November 19, 1959
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Plowing Second Growth Oak
Photograph of second oak growth being plowed with a 48" disc. Cutting to a depth of 14 to 18 inches. 60 acre block. Area to go to bermuda grass. Newt Chamberlain, contractor, in photo.
Date:
November 2, 1959
Creator:
Collins, F. W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cotton Hulls for Cover
Photograph of Cotton hulls placed on field as cover crop. The hulls will also add organic matter to thte soil.
Date:
November 25, 1959
Creator:
Nelson, P. I.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sod Drilled Oats
Photograph of a closeup of sod drilled oats, drilled Sept. 15, 1959.
Date:
November 6, 1959
Creator:
Bryan, Hugo
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sod Drilled Oats
Photograph of sod drilled oats. Johnsongrass and lespedesa meadow. Drilled Sept. 15, 1959. This type of operation eliminates seedbed preparation which is a different operation in Blackland.
Date:
November 6, 1959
Creator:
Bryan, Hugo
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History