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Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of rancher Pat Higgins holding runners of Angleton grass growing in rod rows. TX-46, 393.
Date:
November 15, 1949
Creator:
San Antonio Express
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Raindrop Applicator in Use
Photograph of raindrop applicator in operation on red shale hills stie of Rolling Red Plains.
Date:
November 8, 1949
Creator:
Osborn, Ben O.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of range cover evaluation plot # 173, in poor condition. Range on red shale hills site (soil unit 24-RR) had 1288 pounds of threeawn grass cover per acre, which was 48% effective in controlling soil splash. Detectability was 28% and the splash itself amounted to 17,869 pounds per acre. OK-10-632.
Date:
November 7, 1949
Creator:
Osborn, Ben
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Red Shale Hills Site in Poor Condition
Photograph of the Red Shale Hills site (soil unit 24-RR) in poor condition, cover mainly of threeawn and weeds amounting to 1800 lb. per acre. The grass clumps are conspicuously tussocked by erosion of the exposed areas between.
Date:
November 4, 1949
Creator:
Osborn, Ben O.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of an infiltrometer built by the Soil Conservation Service scientist A. D. Bull. Here he checks it for proper adjustment as recording starts. Picture # 5 of a series. TX-46, 266-E.
Date:
November 1949
Creator:
Hart, James
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of an infiltrometer built by the Soil Conservation Service scientist A. D. Bull. The floats are being placed within the rings. Picture # 2 in a series. TX-46, 266-B.
Date:
November 1949
Creator:
Hart, James
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of an infiltrometer built by the Soil Conservation Service scientist A. D. Bull. Water-holding rings are in place. One picture of a series. TX-46, 266-A.
Date:
November 1949
Creator:
Hart, James
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of an infiltrometer built by the Soil Conservation Service scientist A. D. Bull. The device is completely set up. The recorder is on the left. The water supply drum is on the right. Rings, floats and water on the lower right. Picture # 4 in a series. TX-46, 266-D.
Date:
November 1949
Creator:
Hart, James
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of button clover planted in Novermber 1949 on the Melton Farm, Jonesboro, Arkansas.
Date:
November 1949
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of range cover evaluation plot # 164, in excellent condition. Range on red shale hills site (soil unit 24-RR) had 4528 pounds of sideoats grama grass cover per acre, which was 97% effective in controlling soil splash. Detectability was 32% and the splash itself amounted to 1,248 pounds per acre. OK-10-634.
Date:
November 1, 1949
Creator:
Osborn, Ben
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management
Photograph of Infiltrometer built by Soil Conservationist Service [SCS] scientist, A.D. Bull. SCS technicians examine the recording instrument. No. 3 of a series.
Date:
November 1949
Creator:
Hart, James
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management
Photograph of an infiltrometer built by Soil Conservation Service scientist A. D. Dull from Woodward, Oklahoma. Here he explains it to D.G. Kolkar, soil conservation student, from Mumbai (orig. Bombay], India. TX-46. 266 F.
Date:
November 1949
Creator:
Hart, James
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of a pitted area on the left; chiseled area on the right but not planted. TX-46, 205.
Date:
October 20, 1949
Creator:
Osborn, Ben
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of range pitting. The edge of planting on “pitted” area. The hat near the edge of the planted area. Area on the right was pitted but not planted. TX-46, 199.
Date:
October 20, 1949
Creator:
Osborn, Ben
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of range pitting. Photo TX-45, 327 shows area being pitted on March 14, 1949. A satisfactory strand of grasses have been established from the planting made on March 24 and 25, which was King Ranch bluestem, sideoats, weeping and Lehmann lovegrasses. TX-46, 207.
Date:
October 20, 1949
Creator:
Osborn, Ben
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of an area cultivated with an eccentric disc plows on March 14, 1949. It was seeded on March 24 and 25 to King ranch Bluestem, sideoats, weeping love grass and Lehman love grass. TX-46, 198.
Date:
October 20, 1949
Creator:
Osborn, Ben
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of grass plantings. Pitted area on the left; chiseled area on the right but not planted. TX-46, 205.
Date:
October 20, 1949
Creator:
Osborn, Ben
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of the edge of planting on a “pitted” area, with a hat sitting near the edge of the planted area. The area on the right was pitted but was not planted. TX-46, 199.
Date:
October 20, 1949
Creator:
Osborn, Ben
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sargeant Major Creek Detention Reservoir #2
Photograph of Detention reservori #2, east 1/2 of Sgt. Major Creek. Drainage acre 1350 acres. Permanent pool - 200 acres of 1. 8 inches. Flood pool 833 acre feet or 7. 4 inches. 18 inch concrete deop inlet - 72,786 cu. Yards of embankment.
Date:
October 14, 1949
Creator:
Beecham, Glenn A.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of vertical section of cover on plot 14B. Little bluestem in excellent condition in the cross timbers showing 100% coverage of the soil by grass and leaf litter between the living plants. Raindrops cannot strike the ground directly through cover like this. TX-47, 362.
Date:
October 11, 1949
Creator:
Osborn, Dan
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of pegs indicating the presence of one or more little bluestem seedlings which are invading a gravelly area. OK-10, 501.
Date:
October 1949
Creator:
Allred, B. W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of grass seedlings indicated. Each peg marks the location of one or more small bluestem seedlings starting growth in dense buffalo grass. OK-10, 502-B.
Date:
October 1949
Creator:
Allred, B. W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of King Ranch [KR] bluestem grass thought to have been brought into native grass pature in 1942. The grass is spreading rapidly. Mr. Boas White reports that the livestock grazed the KR bluestem as well as the native grasses. TX-46, 433.
Date:
October 1949
Creator:
Brock, C. G.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of a collective terrace outlet strip 225 feet wide sprig sodded to Bermuda grass during the last week in March 1949. Land was bedded and roots dropped in middles and covered by rebidding. Cotton was planted on April 20, 1949 on beds about 3 inches above the roots. The cotton was cultivated like the other cotton except the last plowing was left off. There were 3 plowings. Cotton in the photo made about 1/3 bale per acre and cotton adjacent to grass made a little more. 130 acres will be terraced and this strip will be accommodate the drainage. Terraces will be constructed on November, 1949 and after terracing, the strip will be fenced and used as pasture. Note excellent grass cover. This is a follow up of TX-45, 727. TX-46, 437.
Date:
October 1949
Creator:
Brock, C. G.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History