Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mary Jean Thorne discussing about the possible date for Imperial Sugar Company meeting, an article in the enclosed October issue of the Imperial Crown and incorporation of an area at Sugar Land.

Photograph of “Rancher Jack Kelsey explaining how new diversion will provide additional water supply for stock pond.”

Photograph of a UNIDENTIFED man on a Ferguson tractor with seed driller drilling native grass seed in excellent sorghum cover on CR land in accordance with GPCP plan. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Seeding Grass. Drilling native grass seed in excellent sorghum cover on CR land in accordance with GPCP plan.”

Photograph of district owned tractor and drills seeding native grass in good sorghum stubble.

Photograph of Jack Kelsey (in white hat) watches construction of reservoir for livestock water on his Woodward County ranch.

Photograph of Farm Superintendent Johnnie Nemecek standing with four of the Western State Hospital's prize winning Duroe brood sows on this small grain pasture owned by the hospital. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Some of the Hospital's prize winning Duroe brood sows on small grain pasture. Farm Superintendent Johnnie Nemecek in picture."

Photograph of Farm Supervisor Johnnie Nemecek standing in part of the Western State Hospital's 90 acres of excellent pasture of seeded native grass mixture. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Farm Superintendent Johnnie Nemecek stands in an excellent pasture of seeded native grass mixture on hospital land. Approximately 90 acres."

Photograph of Farm Superintendent Johnnie Nemecek standing with part of the Wester State Hospital's ninety-cow dairy herd. The dairy cows are grazing on alfalfa in the photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Part of 90 cow dairy herd grazing alfalfa. Farm Superintendent Johnnie Nemecek in photo."

Photograph of a shallow range site near Quinlan, Oklahoma. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Shallow Range Site near Quinlan, Oklahoma. The soils are primarily Quinlan 10sm 5 to 12% slopes with minor amounts of rough broken land and Woodward loam 5 to 8% slopes."

Photograph of a Breaks Range Site in or near Woodward, Oklahoma. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Rough, broken land, Breaks Range Site showing topography and vegetation."

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man (P. L. Hutchison") using a Caterpillar D7 to construct a stock pond in accordance with GPCP plan. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Constructing stock pond in accordance with GPCP plan. Tractor owned by Hutchison."

Photograph of sand lovegrass is gone and little bluestem seedlings have taken over the area. No grazing since 1953

Photograph of Shallow Range Site near Quinlan, Okla. The soils are primarily Qinlan loam 5 to 12% slopes with minor amounts of rough broken land and Woodward loam 5 to 8% slopes.

Photograph of an isolated remain of the geological formation that the Cimarron River and tributaries are eroding away. The rough broken land, Quinlan and Vernon material, occors on very steep slopes, while the clay outcrops, Vernon Material, occurs in the more level foreground. First Soil is the Breaks and the second the Shallow Range Sites.

Photograph of a cooperative effort in the county to combine roads with proper water distribution for livestock in the construction of dams in Woodward County SCD. This dam has the proper upstream slope as a comparison to OK-805-8.

Photograph of good residue with minimum of 6 inches sown feed stocks. If only lightly grazed, this cover is sufficient to combat wind erosion on these soils. Topography showing Pratt loamy fine sand hummocky phase in extreme foreground to the left center, and Carwile complex in the center and right. Deep Sandy Range Site.

Photograph of rough, broken land Breaks Range Site showing topography and vegetation.

Photograph of a closeup of Little Bluestem grass. It was a major grass in the climax of many soils in the County. The quantity of certain soils helps the range man to determine the condition of the range.

Photograph of a tributary of the Cimarron River has dissected the gypsum bedrock. Notice the many directions that the bedrock is tilling as it is effected by this dissection. Where tributaries are relatively close, the gypsum rock is tilled in all directions which causes the breaking and heaping of the bedrock and the exposure of the underlain clay to water that eroded small caves, bridges, etc. Canyons are usually Vernon clay loam, 5 to 12% slope of the Shallow Range Site. Foreground is Cottonwood-Vernon complex of the Gypsum Range Site.

Photograph of Tivoli fine sand in Dune Range Site showing the extreme sandy nature of the soil and the type of vegetation.

Photograph of the intensity of homesteading contributed to the cultivation of land that wa too steep and shallow. Consequently, many inches of high fertility topsoil were removed by sheet and gully erosion to be forever lost for man's use. Such depletion of the land can only mean less intensive use, lower yields, and evidently a lower standard of living for the nation. Quinlan-Woodward loam, 5 to 12% slope. Shallow Range Site.

Photograph of Chimney Rock, landmark of the pioneer days and a tourist attraction of Woodward County. Notice the stratified layer as deposited by the old Permian sea.

Photograph of Mr. Hutchison examining hooded pipe spillway in erosion control dam built with GPCP assistance on his Belva ranch.

Photograph of a trailer equipped with a power take-off device that is used for unloading silage in the silo.