Photograph of a grass drill, rear view with press wheel gang removed. OK-8350.

Photograph of a grass drill, rear view with press wheel gang removed, showing row markers in carrying position. OK-8351.

Photograph of interplanting of Pine trees, 1942. Compare with Okla-10-564-B to contrast growth rate. The hardwood has been girdled since the last picture was taken. More rapid growth should be expected.

Photograph of Mr. W. L. Chiddix and his son with 36 sacks of lespedeza seed, divided up as six 100 pound sacks of cleaned Korean lespedeza and 30 sacks of uncleaned seeds. Mr. Chiddix estimated his total harvest at 300 pounds of clean sericea and 1000 pounds of Korean Lespedeza seed. He expects to sell 600 pounds of clean Koren lespedeza seed and plant all of his uncleaned seed on his own farm. Some farmers in this have bought small model clipper cleaners and operate them with washing machine motors. AR-D25-4.

Photograph of J.M. Shores with eight 100 pound sacksof Korean lespadeza seed harvested from his farm. He will plant this seed for erosion control and soil control and soil improvement in other fields on his farm. AR-D25-3.

Photograph of a channel-type terrace construction using 4 foot Fresno Scraper with a 3-mule team. The dirt from the third plowing of the channel has been moved into the ridge. Note in the completed terrace the broad flat channel and easy slopes on the ridge. Channel cross sectional area is 16.5 square feet and its effective height is 1.6 ft. OK-8344-N.

Photograph of a channel-type terrace construction using 4 foot Fresno Scraper with a 3-mule team. The dirt from the third plowing of the channel has been moved into the ridge. Note in the completed terrace the broad flat channel and easy slopes on the ridge. Channel cross sectional area is 16.5 square feet and its effective height is 1.6 ft. OK-8344-D.

Photograph of the harvesting of lespedeza seed with a Henkle lespedeza combine attached to a six foot cutter bar on a Farmall mower. 150 pounds of lespedeza was harvested from 5 acres is rather unusual for this time o fyear. Some shattered lespedeza seed already is coming up on this field. AR-D25-6.

Photograph of a wild grouse.

Photograph of A. W. Steglich watching his cattle graze in a Bermuda pasture.

Photograph of the combination planting of oats and vetch in an apple orchard in Lowell, next to Highway #71. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Combination planting of vetch and oats in apple orchard. Cover crop has been cut into the soil with tractor and double disk to serve as a mulch in the orchard. A common practice over a number of years in this orchard. Growth of vetch and oats in the foreground was left unplowed and serves as a border strip along the highway. This strip helps to show this amount of green manure that has been cut into the soil to serve as orchard mulch."

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man standing in a field of Balboa rye and hairy vetch, which will be used for seed production. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Combination planting of hairy vetch and Balboa rye for seed. 30 acres to be harvested with regular combine (6-foot sickle) for seed. Surplus vetch seed to be sold through AAA after rye and vetch are separated with special gravity seed separator. Balboa rye to be sold through local seed sources. 100 pounds of triple superphosphate (AAA) applied per acre. 20# of inoculated hairy vetch planted per acre (home grown seed) with one-half bu. Balboa rye (home grown seed) planted with Van Brunt 12-disc, 7-inch spacing on ground prepared with field cultivator with plowing (turning) ground."

Photograph of the W.R. and Joseph B. Cutrer Ranch showing improved pasture on an old cultivated field. In the spring of 1943 increased milk production from 30 dairy cattle on pasture was worth more than $17 per acre. They expected to harvest at least 100 pounds of clover seed per acre. Daily milk production from 30 cows increased from 275 pounds per day to 650 pounds per day when cows were placed on 24 acres of clover pasture in the spring of 1942. Treatment: 2 tons lime per acre, 700 pounds basic slag per acre and seeding of 10 pounds of a mixture of equal parts of hop, white, Dutch and Persian clover per acre, plus 10 pounds of Dallis grass per acre. Soil type, Kalmia, very fine sandy loam, above “B.” LA-D7-1.

Photograph of blue grama grass, in the U. S. Field Station nursery, from Mexican Springs, NM.

Photograph of blue grama grass, in the U. S. Field Station nursery, from Mexican Springs, NM.

Photograph of rows 9 to 16 in sand bluestem breeding nursery. OK-8375.

Photograph of strains of Blue Grama grass in a breeding nursery in Mexico Springs, New Mexico. OK-8369.

Photograph of rows 1 to 8 in sand bluestem breeding nursery. OK-8376.

Photograph of two strains of blue grama grass in the U. S. Field Station nursery. The row on the left is from Flagstaff, AZ and the row on the right is from Lovington, NM.

Photograph of the harvesting of buffalo grass seed with a small power-driven sickle-type mover with a pan attachment. OK-8383.

Photograph of two strains of Blue Grama grasses in breeding nursery. On the left, from Flagstaff, Arizona and the right, from Lovington, New Mexico. OK-8370.

Photograph of different strains of sideoats grama grass in a breeding nursery. Left: Selection #438 open-pollenated. Center left: Selection #438 self-pollenated. Center right: Selection #439 self-pollenated. Right: Selection #439 self-pollenated OK-8372.

Photograph of different strains of sideoats grama grass in a breeding nursery. Left: Selection #432 open-pollenated. Center: Selection #432 self-pollenated. Right: Selection #434 open-pollenated. OK-8374.

Photograph of side-oats grama grass in the U. S. Field Station nursery.