Livestock

Photograph showing some of the 175 hives of bees that are pollinating Madrid and Hubam Sweetclover on this 850 acre farm. There are 435 acres of Madrid of which 60 are to be harvested for seed. Bee pollonation increases seed production. TX-45-668.
Date: July 2, 1949
Creator: Fox, Lester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a strip of hairy vetch and rye fertilized with 150 pounds of superphosphate. OK-10-152.
Date: July 2, 1949
Creator: Jordan, M. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Mr. Warrenburg and Two UNIDENTIFED Men Standing in a Field of Hairy Vetch

Photograph of Mr. Warrenburg and two UNIDENTIFED men standing in a field of hairy vetch, which was planted after peanuts as cover crop. The photograph does not identify the left to right positions of Warrenburg or the two UNIDENTIFED men. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Mr. Warrenburg in field of hairy vetch which was planted after peanuts as cover crop."
Date: July 2, 1949
Creator: Davis, T. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Red Plains Conservation Experiment Station Plots 4, 5, 6, & 7

Photograph of plots 4, 5, 6, and 7 on the Red Plains Conservation Experiment Station. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Plots 4, 5, 6, and 7 of the Control Plots established in 1929 to record soil and water losses from different kinds of cover and cropping systems, on Stevensville Fine Sandy Loam with 7.7% slope. Plots 5, 6, and 7 are the rotation studies."
Date: September 2, 1949
Creator: Postlethwaite, Hermann
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Red Plains Conservation Experiment Station Plots 8, 9, and 10

Photograph of plots 8, 9, and 10 on the Red Plains Conservation Experiment Station. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Plots 8, 9, and 10 of the Control Plots established in 1929 to record soil and water losses from different kinds of cover and cropping systems, on Stevensville Fine Sandy Loam with 7.7% slope. Plots 8, 9, and 10 are the effect of cover studies."
Date: September 2, 1949
Creator: Postlethwaite, Hermann
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Red Plains Conservation Experiment Station Plots 1, 2, & 3

Photograph of plots 1, 2, and 3 on the Red Plains Conservation Experiment Station. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Plots 1, 2, and 3 of the Control Plots established in 1929 to record soil and water losses from different kinds of cover and cropping systems, on Stevensville Fine sandy Loam with 7.7% slope. Plots 1, 2, and 3 are the length of slope studies."
Date: September 2, 1949
Creator: Postlethwaite, Hermann
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of bees from this row of 23 hives are pollinating 35 acres of hairy vetch from which seed crop will be harvested. Bee pollination increases seed production. TX-45. 667.
Date: July 2, 1949
Creator: Fox, Lester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a rice field, poorly trained. Note rice field equipment. Land being prepared for rice production in April. TX-45, 071.
Date: March 2, 1949
Creator: Davis, David O.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of Soil Conservation District technician Wesley Meinders, examining grass drills prior to seeding native grass for 1949. OK-9914.
Date: March 2, 1949
Creator: Lowe, Sam D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Canadian Goose Nesting

Photograph of a Canadian Goose nesting on the bank of a farm pond. Wild ducks have stayed on this pond all year.
Date: May 2, 1949
Creator: Smith, Gordon S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History