Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of eight acres of sweet clover planted in late October. The day before this picture was taken [taken on 1/28/1944}, 17 hogs, 1 horse, 24 grown cattle, 1 Brahma bull, and 10 calves were put out to graze and were still grazing by March 7, 1944. Top wall eaten off. Sweet clover was planted on different dates and fields are pastured by use of electric fences to graze in rotation. TX-41, 435.
Date: January 28, 1944
Creator: Brown, Grover F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of severe sheet and gully erosion on farm land damaged by wind and water. This farm is adjoined by two sub-marginal tracts on the east, west and north that are owned by the Cheyenne Land Utilization [L.U.] Project. OK-8728.
Date: March 28, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History