Photograph of J. D. Hayes showing the original condition of Ditch no. 1 on W. T. Carpenter's farm near Bastrop at station 11400. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Shows original condition on W. T. Carpenter farm, Ditch No. 1 near Bastrop at Station 11400. Shot is south across site of the main ditch at a point where two laterals will enter. J. D. Hayes, Conservation Aid, is standing in water across the old ditch. First of series."