Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED men controlling a grass fire with portable fire-fighting units. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Controlling grass fire with portable fire-fighting units on Western Oklahoma range land.”

Photograph of H. H. Lawson examining stalks of Crotalaria cut with his home built stalk cutter. The back of the photograph proclaims, “H. H. Lawson examines stalks of Crotalaria cut with his home built stalk cutter. A piece of 12” pipe and old road grader blades were utilized in constructing the implement. Cost, approximately $40.00.”

Photograph of Ten acre field of alfalfa planted following 2 years of sweet clover, where lime was applied. Sweat clover and alfalfa received application of 48% superphosphate at a rate of 150 pounds per acre. Alfalfa seeded in the fall of 1942 after a field of sweat clover was turned under in the summer of 1942. This method of seeding alfalfa following the sweet clover helps insure complete inoculation of alfalfa. Part of the field seeded to common variety of alfalfa & the rest to the Grimm variety. Recently a small check area has received an application of boron at a rate of 20 pounds per acre. Elbert Graham, farm owner and one of the district supervisors, is standing in the foreground of the picture. AR-D25-70.

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.

Photograph of Sericea lespedeza. The grass is cut and raked in windrows on 4 acres of an idle, cultivated field, which was seeded at the rate of 25 pounds per acre on June 10, 1942 with a cyclone seeder. The field was flattened, disked and harrowed. Three and one half acres were fertilized with 200 pounds of 20% phosphate per acre and the seed bed packed with a cultipacker. Seeds were covered with a second rolling of the cultipacker. A severe drought in 1943 prevented all but one hay crop. Freddie Brown, the District Supervisor, estimated that he harvested 1.5 tons of hay per acre for a total of 6 tons. One hay crop in 1944 yielded 8 tons. A seed crop will be harvested later this year. One-half acre was left unphosphated at the time of seeding for a field test. The area phosphate yielded 50% more hay than the untreated area. Soil is very infertile. Adjacent land sodded to Bermuda grass in June and July, 1942 is living but making no growth whatever. L to R: Maynard Collins, Freddie Brown and John Moberly. OK-8961.

Photograph of a volunteer crop of crimson clover which has reproduced itself by volunteer seeding for a period of 5 consecutive years. This winter's legume crop has served as soil conserving and building the [?] winter legume. Disking has been about the only cultivation given this 12 acre red apple and peach orchard in the background where the crimson clover has volunteered red with the seeding made in the fall of 1943. Dewey Vaughn, farm operator, is shown examining some of the heads of crimson clover which the farm owner expects to harvest for the seed. The seed yield has been estimated at 300 pounds per acre or more for that part grown without small grain. AR-D25-71.

Photograph of grasses. Little bluestem plants to the right; 1 year old, 2 years old, 3 years old. OK-8862.

Photograph of a pasture gully in a natural draw. Runoff water has been eliminated from the channel by a two pond dams, one above and one below this area. Mr. Harold Atkins is a District Supervisor. OK-8850.

Photograph of W. H. Sayler standing next to one of his twenty-three cows.

Photograph of large-mouth bass caught with an artificial lue at Land Utilization Lake NW of Cheyenne, OK. [Lake name not specifically identified].

Photograph of Mr. Ray C. Murrell, Work Unit Conservationist [WUC] and farm owner, & Paul Hertaler examine a conservation survey map showing where Hertaler's terraces will be constructed. Hertaler is building a terrace outlet channel that will be vegetated before his terraces are constructed. He uses the tractor and homemade bulldozer to shape channels, make terrace fills, etc. OK-8944.

Photograph of From left to right: buffalo grass seed and trash as it comes from the combine harvester (etc.—text too blurred and faded to read). OK-8888 [?].

Photograph of the Observational Studies, Shinnery Oak Range. Four of the eight steers that have grazed (since May 23, 1944) the 40 acre pasture shown on OK-8732.

Photograph of Blue Grama. Plants, left to right: 1 year-old, 2 years-old and 3 years-old. OK-8[?]863.

Photograph of the constructing of a dam with a bulldozer on a Cheyenne, OK Land Utilization [L.U.] Project. Pond will be utilized for stock water and will be stocked with fish. OK-8726.

Photograph of Contour listing on terraced field. OK-8721.

Photograph of a combine used for harvesting seed from a combination planting of winter oats and hairy vetch. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Combination planting of winter oats and hairy vetch being harvested for seed with combine."

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man kneeling in a field with significant cover and soil improvement six miles north of DeLeon. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cover and soil Improvement. Left, mixed planting of hairy vetch and rye following cow peas, and right, following corn. (See Tex-41-375 and Tex-41-376.)"

Photograph of a small group of buffalo standing on a native grass range at the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Part of herd of Buffalo on range at Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge."

Photograph of two buffalo standing on a native grass range at the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Part of herd of Buffalo on range at Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge."

Photograph of a small group of buffalo standing on a native grass range at the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Part of herd of Buffalo on range at Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge."

Photograph of part of the Blair's sixty-five Jersey cows grazing on improved pasture. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Fine Jersey stock grazing on improved pasture that is mowed regularly for weed control. The Blair's, who have a herd of about 65 cows, are milking 34."

Photograph of part of the Blair's sixty-five Jersey cows grazing on improved pasture. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Milk cows grazing improved pasture that is regularly mowed for weed control. There are about 65 head of stock in the Blair herd, 34 are being milked."

Photograph of Donald E. Blair standing with part of the Blair's sixty-five Jersey cows grazing on improved pasture. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Herd of Jersey cows grazing on improved pasture that is regularly mowed for weed control. Donald E. Blair, son of owner, in photo. The Blair's have a herd of about 65 cows, 34 being milked at the present time."