Photograph of Mrs. B.B. Hornsby (center) pouring coffee for her husband (left) and son, Jack (right), after the men have spent a hard day in the fields. Jack, age 18, looks over the bonds purchased by his father during the 4th War Loan Drive. The Hornsby family has purchased a total of $3,370 in bonds. Mr. Hornsby says, it all come off the farm where he has established a complete soil and moisture conservation program, "Without what I have done in trying to save my poor, old land, I couldn't have done it, boys. I couldn't have done it farming the old way." OK-8706.

Photograph of a sand dune area near Waynoka, Oklahoma. Note the encroachment of dune on pasture land. OK-8901.

Photograph of sand dune near Waynoka, Oklahoma. Note encroachment of dune on pasture land. OK-8898.

Photograph of grass plantings nest to tree rows on the Station. Pictures taken to show one possible method of covering the exposed area commonly found adjacent to shelterbelts. Evidence of these photos may not be too conclusive since all the grass plantings are young, but the physical fact of establishment is illustrated. OK-8741.

Photograph of a string of bass, blue gill, bream and catfish just caught from a 48 acre fertilized pond on the Dunmon Ranch. None of the fish are over 18 months old; the bass average between 1 ¼ to 1 ½ pounds each; bream and blue gill average to ¾ pounds each. Jack Whitley and Henry T. Peebles, ranch hands, are holding the catch. TX-41, 630.

Photograph of roadside erosion control (Timber Creek Watershed). A two mile section will be worked with borrow ditches [i.e., so named as the dirt from the ditch is “borrowed” to crown the road] that have silted full will be cleaned, shaped and utilized for terrace outlet channels. Nine farm-owners, the Soil Conservation District and the County Commissioners are cooperating on the project. The dirt removed from the borrow ditches is being used to raise the level of the road. 1280 acres drain into this roadside ditch and the entire drainage area will be treated for erosion control and water conservation. OK-8720.

Photograph of grasses. Sand Love grass. From left to right: 1 year old grass, 2 year old grass and 3 year old grass. OK-8861.

Photograph of heavy infestation of sage in short grass range. Principal grasses are Blue grama and Buffalo. Pasture will be moved in June 1944 and each year thereafter to control sage and to increase grazing capacity. OK-8730.

Photograph of new channel-type terraces built with homemade bulldozer attached to a Farmall Tractor. Intervals have been planted to oats on a countour. Terraces empty into the pasture. OK-8723.

Photograph of U.S. Government, Camera Station V (Southeast ¼ Shinnery Range. 25 rods north of fence between two pastures and 25 rods east of fence along the road). Observational studies of Shinnery Oak Ranges. Area is heavily infested with shinnery oak shrubs 20 to 24 inches in height with scattered bunches of little bluestem, blue grama and sand love grass. This 40 acre plot will be burned around March 15 of each year for a number of years. One 40 acre plot will be mowed, another only grazed. All three 40 acre plots will be stocked with 8 steers of equal size and quality. OK-8735-A.

Photograph of U.S. Government, Camera Station III (Southwest corner of Southeast ¼ Shinnery Range). Observational studies of Shinnery Oak Ranges. Area is heavily infested with shinnery oak shrubs 20 to 24 inches in height with scattered bunches of little bluestem, blue grama and sand love grass. This 40 acre plot will only be stocked with 8 steers and will receive no treatment other than grazing. One 40 acre plot will be burned, another mowed and all three will be stocked with 8 steers of equal size and quality. OK-8733.

Photograph of revegetation. Class VII land planted to mixture of blue grama and side oat grama. Seeded in 1942. Chick Lowrey, Work Unit Conservationist, left, and John Oren, member, Board of Supervisors, right. OK-8927.

Photograph of a tractor-drawn harrow in terrace. Land is being prepared for wheat. These terraces were constructed in September, 1943. They withstood a 6 inch rain that fell in 12 hours in April 1944. OK-8855.

Photograph of Dannie LaCrone, Soil Conservationist, Indian Service, in lovegrass planted last year. Weeds were moved once this year and pasture was grazed by 4 animal units for 2 1/2 months. OK-8945.

Photograph of a female buffalo grass plant bearing a good seed crop. Note the burrs showing between the hands of the seed scout who is investigating the crop's prospects. This seed can be harvested with adapted combines. OK-8879.

Photograph of use of two bottom plows to plow out channel of new terraces that were constructed with a small road maintainer. Mr. O.N. Newton (on the tractor) owned a farm 1 mile south, 1 mile west which he terraced in 1938 under CCC supervision. Before renting this 160 acre farm (with 60 acres cultivated), this year he told the owner he would rather not farm it unless it was terraced. Newton agreed to rent equipment and build 5,300 feet of terraces and in return, Mr M. Cook, the owner, agreed to give Newton the AAA conservation payments, "We'll both make more money with less work this way," Newton told Cook, "Your farm will be worth more after it is terraced and there'll be no washes develop in the cultivated fields." Oats and Korean lespedeza will be planted in this field. Okla-8698.

Photograph of part of a 16 acre permanent woodland marked for selective cutting to improve stand. Stand is heavily marked to salvage insect-damaged timber. Trees marked with an "X" will be removed. 12,000 board feet [bd. ft.], practically all of which is pine, will be harvested. The entire 16 acres has been completely protected from fire for 6 years. OK-8798.

Photograph of black locust trees for post lot and windbreak which was planted in 1936 by the Elk City Demonstration Project. OK-8842.

Photograph of a milking shorthorn cow grazing in Bermuda-lespedeza pasture developed on an eroded cultivated field that was retired 3 years ago. OK-8827.

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.

Photograph of the Hatcher brothers’ ranch showing one of the registered Hereford bulls, a part of the herd of 100 registered cows that according to Joe Hatcher “grazed 140 acres of rye and sweet clover for 90 days and in the process gained in weight on an average 2 pounds per cow per day.” OK-8872.

Photograph of a two-year old Blackbird of R. B. [Red Brangus] Registered Aberdeen Angus cow on white Dutch Clover pasture. Leo Koen, owner, is holding the halter. Second year clover. Last 2 years the pasture has carried more than one cow per acre. TX-41, 406.

Photograph of District Supervisor Harry Stiers with some of his 25 head of shorthorn and Jersey cows on Bermuda Kobe lespedeza pasture. This old cultivated field was retired and sodded to Bermuda grass 3 years ago. Last year, after flat-breaking, discing and harrowing, it was overseeded to Kobe lespedeza. The diversion terrace near where Mr. Stiers is standing protects the cultivated land below. Stiers said he “used to farm between the gullies,” before he retired the 28 of his 60 cultivated acres. OK-8825.

Photograph of some of the 100 registered Herefords that according to Joe Hatcher "grazed 140 acres of rye and sweetclover for 90 days and in the process gained in weight on an average of 2 lbs. per cow per day.