Photograph of J. D. Bogard inspecting Bermuda grass.

Photograph of an excellent crop of Kafir corn on contour in former 5 acre area of severely gullied natural draw where owner had never made a crop. An erosion control dam was constructed across the deaw in 1937 and in two years the land was producing crops. To date the draw has silted in approximately 5 feet says Mr. Lucas.

Photograph of a UNIDENIFIED man kneeling in a pasture consisting of four rows of corn and eight rows of peanuts planted in straight wind strips. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Four rows of corn, eight rows of peanuts in straight wind strips. Land Use Capability Class II. Corn stalks have been out with stalk cutter, leaving litter on top of ground. Peanuts harvested and followed with cover crop of rye. Twelve months ago wind erosion was active in this field. No blowing has occurred since establishment of cover –rotation- strip crop program. May Fine Sandy Loam. "A" slope."

Photograph of Mr. Ray C. Murrell Work Unit Conservationist, and farm owner, Paul Hertzler looking over a conservation survey map for the future building of terraces and terrace outlet channel. A Tractor and barn are directly behind Murrell and Hertzler. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Ray C. Murrell, 2. Paul Hertzler. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Farm planning. Mr. Ray C. Murrell, Work Unit Conservationist, and farm owner, Paul Hertzler examines a conservation survey map showing where Hertzler's terraces will be constructed. Hertzler 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."

Photograph of Mr. & Mrs. West with several of their egg-laying hens. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Mr. & Mrs. West gathering eggs from 350 hens. Last year the hens produced 4,133 dozen eggs that sold for $1,565. Eggs bought 8 to 12 cents premium for hatching purposes."

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 os [sic] Jersey cows grazing on improved pasture that is regularly mowed for weed control. Donald E. Blair, son of owner, in photo. The Blairs have a herd of about 65 cows, 34 being milked at the present."

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 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. The Blair's are milking 34 of the approximate 65 cows they own."

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED men kneeling in two contrasting fields, separated by a crude wooden fence, owned by Mr. Lyons. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Left: Overgrazed pasture. Right: Pasture mowed once and deferred from grazing from one year. Mr. Lyons, who is chairman, Board of Supervisors, bought both fields recently and they were alike in respect to overuse, cover and vegetative types until on was mowed and deferred. Principle vegetation side oats [sic] and blue grama."

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 meadow waterway, strip crop on terraces on the E. H. Bass farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Meadow waterway, strip crop on terraces. Waterway handles runoff from farms above and from cultivated fields on the Bass farm. Terraces empty into waterway from both sides."

Photograph of overflow damage from Sugar Creek done to a UNIDENTIFED farm's buildings, fields, and bottomlands two miles south of Gracemont. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Sugar Creek overflowing bottomlands, injuring pavement (sections washed out), drowning out crops, breaking levies and dykes and flooding homes."

Photograph of a tree 18 inches in diameter felled by beavers on Crowder Creek.

Photograph of filling a newly constructed trench silo that was built with a bulldozer and D6 Caterpillar tractor owned and operated by district supervisors. Cost: $24.00. Capacity: 100 to 125 tons. Silo is 100 feet long, 8 feet deep and about 10 feet wide. This feed was harvested from a 22 acre field which 3 years ago was so severely depleted and eroded that it produced few crops that would not exceed 2 feet in height & some of the land was even too poor for that, according to Mr. C.E. Harvey, a neighbor who is "swapping work." The field was terraced and conservation treated 3 years ago and this year the 22 acre field is producing about 120 tons of Kafir corn for silage, says Alvin Bradney (feeding ensilage chopper) and another neighbor unloads feed from wagon on right.

Photograph of an excellent crop of Kafir corn on contour in former 5 acre area of severely gullied natural draw where owner had never made a crop. An erosion control dam was constructed across the deaw in 1937 and in two years the land was producing crops. To date the draw has silted in approximately 5 feet says Mr. Lucas.

Photograph of J. R. C. Moseley standing in a field of hairy vetch used as both a cover and soil-building crop and seed production. Moseley in this photo poses with some hairy vetch in hand. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Part of the excellent hairy vetch cover and soil building crop that is being saved for seed on the Moseley Ranch. Mr. Moseley (in photo) says that this 70 acres of vetch and an adjoining 70 acres of Abruzzi rye carried 195 cows from Jan. 1 to Feb. 29, 1944. The crop was not damaged and the vetch will yield an average of 250# seed per acre. It is estimated that Mr. Moseley will harvest 150,000# of seed this year. Last year he harvested 40,000 lbs. of vetch seed from 160 acres."

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED men kneeling in two contrasting fields, separated by a crude wooden fence, owned by Mr. Lyons. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Left: Overgrazed pasture. Right: Pasture mowed once and deferred from grazing from one year. Mr. Lyons, who is chairman, Board of Supervisors, bought both fields recently and they were alike in respect to overuse, cover and vegetative types until on was mowed and deferred. Principle vegetation side oats [sic] and blue grama."

Photograph of strip crops and cover crops on contour for wind and water erosion control. Rye cover crop was seeded immediately after peanuts were dug. Crotalaria in 4 rows, peanuts in 8 rows. Mr. Whit Sides says that the crotalaria prevents soil from blowing after the peanut harvest while also fixing nitrogen and humus to the soil. Where peanuts have already been harvested this year, Mr. Sides says he made from 2 to 3 bushels more per acre from the old crotalaria strips than he did on land where sorghum or other non-leguminous crops were planted last year. TX-41, 815.

Photograph of strip crops and cover crops on contour for wind and water erosion control. Rye cover crop was seeded immediately after peanuts were dug. Crotalaria in 4 rows, peanuts in 8 rows. Mr. Whit Sides says that the crotalaria prevents soil from blowing after the peanut harvest while also fixing nitrogen and humus to the soil. Where peanuts have already been harvested this year, Mr. Sides says he made from 2 to 3 bushels more per acre from the old crotalaria strips than he did on land where sorghum or other non-leguminous crops were planted last year. TX-41, 815.