Plot 172 Range Cover Evaluation

Photograph of Plot 172 range cover evaluation. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Soil coverage is measured on a vertical photograph of a sample of cover showing a white ruler inserted beneath the forage and litter. On this photograph of range cover evaluation plot 172, 40% of the ruler is obsured [sic] by the cover."
Date: November 7, 1949
Creator: Osborn, Ben
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Plot 173 Range Cover Evaluation of threeawn Cover In Controlling Soil Splash on Red Shale Hills Site

Photograph of Plot 173 range cover evaluation of three-awn cover in controlling soil splash on red shale hills site. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Range cover evaluation on plot 173, in poor condition range on red Shale hills site (soil unit 24-RR) had 1288 lb. threeawn cover per acre, which was 48% effective in control soil splash. Detachability was 28% and splash amounted to 17,869 lb. per acre."
Date: November 7, 1949
Creator: Osborn, Ben
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