Peavine Watershed Site No. 7

Photograph of site no. 7 Peavine Watershed. 2 1/2 tons of prairie hay mulch on slopes.
Date: April 20, 1960
Creator: Howell, T. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Peavine Watershed Site No. 6

Photograph of contractor, Quinnill, cutting in mulch on floodwater retarding structure.
Date: April 22, 1960
Creator: Howell, T. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita River Sloughing-off Damage

Photograph of R. C. Longmire showing how sloughing -off of the Washita River has damaged his farm by destroying valuable bottomland.
Date: 1960-09-XX
Creator: Lowe, Sam D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Rotation

Photograph of Truman Moody and A.L. Brewer showing an excellent crop of grain sorghum following 5 years of hairy vetch.
Date: September 1960
Creator: Lowe, Sam D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Organic Matter and Soil Fertility

Photograph of Lowell Caskey and Walter Hart discussing organic matter and soil fertility. This field has had a crop of vetch in rotation every year since 1936, the oldest vetch planting in the country.
Date: September 19, 1960
Creator: Lowe, Sam D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Spreading Mulch

Photograph of young men spreading mulch on floodwater retarding dam.
Date: April 21, 1960
Creator: Howell, T. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Bermuda Sprigging

Photograph of bermuda sprigging on Site No. 5 Criner Creek floodwater retarding structure. Contractor, Tate and Son.
Date: May 2, 1960
Creator: Howell, T. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Rotation

Photograph of A.L. Brewer showing an excellent crop of sorghum grain following a crop of alfalfa in rotation.
Date: September 1960
Creator: Lowe, Sam D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation. Bob Byford and Walter Hart in an excellent crop of Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation following vetch. OK-1194-7.
Date: September 16, 1960
Creator: Lowe, Sam D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of brush control at the I. L. Stewart farm or ranch in Pauls Valley. Mr. Stewart, shown, is moving to control persimmons in his pasture. OK-1192-2.
Date: September 1960
Creator: Lowe, Sam D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Peavine Watershed Site No. 7

Photograph of spreading mulch on flood-water retarding dam.
Date: April 20, 1960
Creator: Howell, T. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita River Sloughing-off Damage

Photograph of R. C. Longmire showing damage to his farm from over-flows of the Washita River. Large amounts of valuagle bottom land sloughs off each year.
Date: 1960-09-XX
Creator: Lowe, Sam D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of sweetclover. Sweetclover growing along the airline county road. Construction material is made of crushed limestone and firnished the ncessary lime to grow sweetclover. OK-1142-9.
Date: June 1960
Creator: Lowe, Sam D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Crop Rotated Field on the Lowell Caskey Farm

Photograph of Lowell Caskey and Walter Hart discussing and posing with organic matter and soil fertility on the Lowell Caskey Farm. The Lowell Caskey Farm, according to the photograph, has the oldest vetch planting in the country due to his crop rotation of vetch since 1936. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Lowell Caskey, 2. Walter Hart. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Lowell Caskey and Walter Hart discussing organic matter and soil fertility. This field has had a crop of vetch in rotation every year since 1936, the oldest vetch planting in the country."
Date: September 19, 1960
Creator: Lowe, Sam D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History