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Cotton Field Enclosed in Effective Windbreaks on Frank Babeck's Farm

Photograph of John Logan, Farm Forester, and his dog kneeling in a forty-acre cotton field enclosed by effective windbreaks on Frank Babeck's farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Forty-acre cotton field enclosed by effective windbreaks."
Date: September 27, 1949
Creator: Gardner, G. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Aerial Shot of Lake Creek Windbreaks

Photograph of an aerial shot of an extensive windbreak pattern just east of Lake Creek in the Greer County Soil Conservation District. The back of the photograph proclaims, "The beginning of an extensive windbreak pattern just east of Lake Creek in the Greer County Soil Conservation District. T. R. Hunter, E. E. Norman and other farmers in the area are already citing real benefits from the existing plantings. Additional belts are planted for the future, Farm windbreaks are also gaining in popularity. Nets contour plantings at upper left."
Date: September 27, 1949
Creator: Postlethwaite, Hermann
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cotton Field Enclosed in Effective Windbreaks on Frank Babeck's Farm

Photograph of John Logan, Farm Forester, and his dog kneeling in a forty-acre cotton field enclosed by effective windbreaks on Frank Babeck's farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Forty-Acre cotton field enclosed by effective windbreaks. This is on the Frank Babeck farm 3 miles East of Willow, Okla. John Logan, Farm Forester, is the man in the picture.”
Date: September 27, 1949
Creator: Postlethwaite, Hermann
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cotton Field Enclosed in Effective Windbreaks on Frank Babeck's Farm

Photograph of John Logan, Farm Forester, and his dog kneeling in a forty-acre cotton field enclosed by effective windbreaks on Frank Babeck's farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, "A cotton field protected by windbreaks on the Frank Babeck farm in the Greer County Soil Conservation District, 3 miles East of Willow, Okla. Mr. Babeck's very sandy farm is divided into field of 15 to 20 acres by three-row windbreaks. He is a staunch believer in windbreaks for sandyland [sic] areas and annuity reports soil stabilization benefits and increased crop yields much beyond those obtained in open fields. John Logan, Farm Forester, Mangum, Oklahoma, holds down the log in the foreground."
Date: September 27, 1949
Creator: Postlethwaite, Hermann
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Granite Community Windbreak Pattern

Photograph of the beginnings of a community windbreak pattern about seven miles northeast of Granite. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Beginning of a community pattern about seven miles northeast of Granite, Oklahoma, in the Greer County Soil Conservation District. While some of the plantings are 10 years or more in age, the remaining links in the planned scheme of protection have been slow in developing, owing to the lack of technical assistance until very recently."
Date: September 27, 1949
Creator: Postlethwaite, Hermann
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Greer County Soil Conservation District Windbreaks

Photograph of an aerial shot of a concentration of field and farmstead windbreaks in the Northeastern part of the Greer County Soil Conservation District. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Windbreaks protecting valuable farm land east of the Lake Creek Store in the Northeastern part of the Greer County Soil Conservation District. The heavily foliaged windbreak cutting the lower right-hand corner of the photograph is a partnership planting on the Craig and Wilde farm boundary. It was planted in 1935 by the Forest Service. The dark-colored fields are alfalfa, a crop that responds particularly well in seed production when protected from wind."
Date: September 27, 1949
Creator: Postlethwaite, Hermann
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History