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Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of orchardgrass. This was planted as part of a trial. It is one of the better grasses for improved irrigated pastures. Notice the large volume of leaves and ground cover from this plant. TX-45, 457.
Date:
May 12, 1949
Creator:
Rechenthin, C. A.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of the harvesting of 35 acres of King Ranch bluestem grass on the A. E. Bryant farm /ranch. A combine with a spike-tooth cylinder was used. Two days were required to harvest the grass. Mr. Bryant estimates he harvested 1500 pounds of clean seed. Planting was made in the spring of 1947. A good seed crop was harvested in June, a light crop in July and a good yield will be harvested in October. From 2 harvests in 1948 a total of 2500 pounds of seed were harvested. Mr. Bryant needs the following adjustments on his combine for harvesting the crop: the cylinder set at a speed of 1080 rpm; the header set high [unclear] off the air; a ¼ to 3/8 inch clearance on the cylinder; and the reel set forward and down. This is a perennial grass that appears to have a wide adaptation as to soil & rainfall. Note that the grass is waist-high. Planted in 3 feet rows (105 pounds on 35 acres). It has been kept in rows as row plantings tend to yield more than drilled plantings. Bryant has obtained good results by [unclear] dressing this grass with 100 pounds of ammonium sulphate …
Date:
July 9, 1949
Creator:
Brock, C. G.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of a new type of pasture mowing machine which was made by W. H. DuPay from the rear ends of Model A Ford cars and pipes. The blades on the machine were removed from a one-row stalk cutter. Mowers in tandem will cut 11 feet in one month and will cut only weeds. Sprouts approximately the size of a man’s thumb can be cut. This pasture was mowed with the machine. Note weeds near the fence. These 3 mowers cost approximately $110 to manufacture. They are hitched in tandem when mowing and as moved along a road they can be hooked one behind the other with the blades inverted. W. H. DuPuy states the mowers will do the work in one day of more than 3 tractor mowers and there is very little maintenance. Wheels of the mowers furnish the power to turn the blades. The machine works on the same basis as the homemade superphosphates distributor. TX-46, 157.
Date:
September 1949
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of a guar or cluster bean field. Close up showing seed crop being produced. Jack Idol, ranch manager, in the picture. TX 46, 074.
Date:
August 26, 1949
Creator:
Mika, F. P.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of a shop-made brush rake used by W. C. Little of Abilene, Texas, to rake and windrow trees and brush following a tree-dozer and rear cutter. TX-45, 929.
Date:
July 13, 1949
Creator:
Liston, M. W.
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 Antelopehorn on a rocky area. TX-45, 378.
Date:
May 1, 1949
Creator:
Allred, B. W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of mealycup salvia in foreground among Engleman daisies. TX-45, 385.
Date:
May 1, 1949
Creator:
Allred, B. W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of a follow-up of a roadside drop-inlet flood control structure adjoining the Sid Lundy farm. The structure was built where formerly a dangerous wooden bridge spanned a gully on a school bus and mail route. County Commissioners furnished the pipe and the Soil Conservation District put in a fill through the Soil Conservation Service Flood Control program. The permanent basin is full of water. OK-9600-D.
Date:
July 13, 1949
Creator:
Archer, Sellars G
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of a drop-inlet gully control structure built by the Soil Conservation Service [SCS] Flood Control Program in the spring of 1948. Diversions bring the water into this gully plug and protect other gullies. Drainage area is 195 acres. OK-10, 213.
Date:
July 13, 1949
Creator:
Archer, Sellars G
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph noting the stand of pine seedlings after the hardwood area was removed.
Date:
August 15, 1949
Creator:
Hodson, E. A.
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
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph that follows up from OK-9233. This photo shows growth of trees since before the picture was made. Soil Conservation Service {SCS] technicians E. J. Hayes and N.E. Rowley are in the photo. OK-9233-B.
Date:
August 11, 1949
Creator:
Hart, James
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of a planting machine planting a shelterbelt consisting of three rows, 2 rows of Chinese Elm and 1 row of Mulberry. 30 minutes for 1/2 mile. One row to planted right through the center of farm. The pattern is to be completed in the future. OK-9910.
Date:
March 15, 1949
Creator:
Gardner, G. C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of a concentration of field and farmstead windbreaks in the northern portion of the Greer County Soil Conservation District, Oklahoma. This is an unusually good observational area as windbreaks of all types are present. Note the lack of continuity in the single row plantings--a constant characteristic of such belts in limited rainfall zones. OK-79, 501.
Date:
September 27, 1949
Creator:
Postlethwaite, Hermann
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of the community patterns of windbreaks in the northeastern part of the Greer County Soil Conservation District, Oklahoma. Plantings date from 1935 and are being added to each year. This area was formerly treeless, and even along the stream courses, but now—from a distance—it has almost the aspect of a wooded country. Variations in continuity and vigor of the belts is chiefly due to differences in degree of care and protection afforded the plantings—the soils for the most part being well suited for the storage of moisture. OK-79, 497.
Date:
September 27, 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
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
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 Antelope Horn milkweed on a rocky area. TX-45, 378.
Date:
May 1, 1949
Creator:
Allred, B. W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wind, Wind Erosion, Sand Storms and Dunes
Photograph of windbreaks, showing a row of 60 year old cottonwood trees planted by John Rhus. The present state of the trees without understory is causing a more detrimental wind action than if no trees were present by funneling of the wind along the ground surfaces. Underplanting is needed [i.e., to fill around, under, or among, for example, trees, with lower-growing plants]. John Logan, Farm Forester is the man in the picture. OK-79, 489.
Date:
September 27, 1949
Creator:
Postlethwaite, Hermann
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of agricultural terraces. Collective terrace outlet sprig sodded to Bermuda grass in March, 1949 and planted to cotton in May, 1949. Cultivation of cotton results in the cultivation of Bermuda grass. The width of the strip is 160 feet and will be fenced and utilized as pasture after grass is well-established and the terraces are constructed. TX-45, 717.
Date:
July 6, 1949
Creator:
Brock, C. G.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History