Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management

Photograph of sorghum stubble catching blowing soil on Dalhart fine, sandy loam. OK-820-11.
Date: March 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of drilling wheat. This is being done with a Hobel drill on land with an excellent mulch cover [OK ID # illegible].
Date: August 10, 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of H. J. Beaker and Work Unit Conservationist [WUC] Fred Hindman checking on the amount of stubble mulch left on a field after wheat was drilled with a Wobble drill. OK-934-2.
Date: August 10, 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a close-up of the new type of harrow plow being used by H. J. Becker. Note the crankshaft on the end of the frame. The harrow goes in circular motions making about a one-fourth turn and leaves straw evenly distributed over the field. Bunches of straw are eliminated thereby improving drilling operations. OK-929-3.
Date: September 1, 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a rod weeder being used. OK-929-12.
Date: September 1, 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of plow packer being used on a field with heavy stubble cover in preparation for planting wheat. Note the straw standing up in rows as if it had grown there. This may be better than flattening the straw out since it will aid in catching snow. OK-929-9.
Date: September 1, 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wheat Growing on Richfield Loam

Photograph of a wheat field growing on Richfield loam thick surface phase near Floris, Okla. A group of UNIDENTIFED buildings and windmills are visible in the background of the photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Wheat growing on Richfield loam thick surface phase near Floris, Okla.”
Date: June 1959
Creator: Allgood, F. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Deep Sand Site, Pratt Loamy Fine Sand Range on the Barby Ranch

Photograph of a deep sand site, Pratt loamy fine sand range on Barby ranch. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Deep sand site, Pratt loamy fine sand. Sec. 8-2-27. Barby Ranch."
Date: August 1959
Creator: Snock, E. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Loamy Prairie Site

Photograph of a Loamy Prairie Site, Carey Silt loam. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Loamy Prairie Site, Carey Silt loam. Sec. 14-4-22. Logan Gregg C. R. planting in 1957, 3 years old. Little bluestem, sideoats grama, Indian grass, and bluestem and blue grama. 1.52 lbs. PLS seeded per acre."
Date: August 1959
Creator: Snock, E. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Beaver County Wheat, Oil, & Gas

Photograph of a wheat field, oil grasshopper, and oil wells in Beaver County. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Wheat, oil and gas bring profitability to Beaver County, Oklahoma."
Date: May 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wheat Growing on Richfield Loam

Photograph of wheat growing on Richfield Loam. A UNIDENTIFED building stands in the distant background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Wheat growing on Richfield Loam. Near Floris, Okla."
Date: June 1959
Creator: Allgood, F. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Drilling Wheat with Noble Drill

Photograph of drilling wheat with a Noble Drill on field containing good mulch cover.
Date: August 10, 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Drilling Wheat with Noble Drill

Photograph of drilling wheat with a Noble Drill on field containing good mulch cover.
Date: August 10, 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Checking on Remaining Stubble Mulch

Photograph of H.J. Becker and WUC Fred Hindman checking on the amount o stubble mulch left on field after wheat was drilled with Noble drill.
Date: August 10, 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sorghum Catches blowing Soil

Photograph of sorghum stubble catches blowing soil on Dalhart fine sandy loam.
Date: March 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a rod weeder being used. OK-989-12.
Date: September 1, 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a rod weeder being used. OK-929-12.
Date: September 1, 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of the seeding of native grass on the L.S. Woodbury Farm in Beaver County, Oklahoma.
Date: March 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of sorghum stubble catching blowing soil on Dalhart fine, sandy loam. OK-820-11.
Date: March 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wind, Wind Erosion, Sand Storms and Dunes

Photograph of valuable topsoil is left to choke a roadway after a duststorm. OK-820-1.
Date: March 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Alfalfa Harvest

Photograph of alfalfa hay being harvested from irrigated spar soils
Date: June 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Blowing Soil

Photograph of Sorghum stubble catches blowing soil on Dalhart fine sandy loam.
Date: March 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a combination of agriculture and natural resources in Beaver County, OK. OK-861-9.
Date: May 1959
Creator: Allgood, F. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Field of Little Bluestem, Hairy Grama, and Silver Bluestem Grasses Growing on Mansker-Potter Complex Soils

Photograph of field of little bluestem, hairy grama, and silver bluestem grasses growing on Mansker-Potter complex soils. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Mansker-Potter Complex 30-OK Mixed weeds and shallow site. Cultivated 1902-06. Out of cultivation 1906-59. Little bluestem, hairy grass and Silver bluestem."
Date: May 19, 1959
Creator: Snock, Ernest
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History