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Construction of flood control dams in the upper reaches of the Salt Creek Watershed project in Pottawatomie County
This is a film that was produced in 1960 by the USDA Soil Conservation Service (now named the Natural Resources Conservation Service). The 20-minute film shows the construction of flood control dams in the upper reaches of the Salt Creek Watershed project in Pottawatomie County. The dams are located approximately 15 miles northwest of Konawa, Oklahoma. The dams were constructed by the Konawa and Shawnee Conservation Districts with assistance from the USDA Small Watershed Program (Public Law 566).
Date:
1960
Creator:
United States. Soil Conservation Service.
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Pasture Management
Photograph of Fescue-Ladino mixture on soil unit 4. Fescue crowded out by clover, resulting in danger of bloat. Cooperator and SCS technicians agreed on method of planting clover width of drill, leaving strips of fescue with no competition from the clover. This pasture was drown out in the May flods.
Date:
May 17, 1960
Creator:
Brown, G. C.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Kentucky 31 and Fescue
Photograph of soil unit 4 overflow land cleared of timber and seeded to mixture of Kentucky 31 and Fescue, Common bermudagrass (seed), Ladino clover and Burr clover. Topdressed with 80 lbs. of Ammonium Nitrate per acre.
Date:
May 24, 1960
Creator:
Brown, G. C.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Hay Crimper In Action
Photograph of a hay crimper in action. The stems of the alfalfa are crushed about 1 inch apart. This allows the moisture to escape which permits quick curing. Using this machine alfalfa can be cut one day and baled the next day in dry weather.
Date:
July 3, 1960
Creator:
Davis, T. J.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Vetch Overseeded on Weeping Lovegrass
Photograph of Vetch overseeding on weeping lovegrass.
Date:
July 7, 1960
Creator:
Fry, Chester
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Soil Unit 4 Overflow Land
Photograph of soil unit 4 overflow land cleared of timber and seeded to mixture of Kentucky 31 and Fescue, Common bermudagrass (seed), Ladino clover and Burr clover. Topdressed with 80 lbs. of Ammonium Nitrate per acre.
Date:
May 24, 1960
Creator:
Brown, G. C.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Young's Berries for Wildlife Shelter
Photograph of Billy F. Howard standing by Young's berries planted in 1946 for wildlife shelter.
Date:
May 20, 1960
Creator:
Fortney, Fred
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Watermelons
Photograph of watermelons growing on Stephenville fine sandy loam. Nationally famous Rush Springs watermelons are grown in Southern Grady County. Yeilds may be as high as 4 tons per acre.
Date:
July 8, 1960
Creator:
Meinders, H. C.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Green Bean Harvest
Photograph of Green bean harvest on Bodine stony silt loam (7Xc-BE). This is an excessively well drained soil of the Ozark Highlands, formerly coverred with hardwood timber and used extensively for strawberry production. Slopes are very strong to steep. Field had previously been cleared of timber and had been producing strawberies for 3 years.
Date:
July 23, 1960
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Combining King Ranch Seed
Photograph of combining King Ranch seed from windrow.
Date:
November 10, 1960
Creator:
Riley, K. E.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Green Bean Harvest
Photograph of a green bean harvest on Peck silt loam (7w.B). Three to four tons per acre is average production with occasional yeilds under favorable conditions of 6 to 7 tons per acre. Returns from beans to farmers in Adair County about $600 thousand in 1959.
Date:
June 23, 1960
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Inundation
Photograph of a water impound lot, looking north, constructed by ARS-SCS to study inundation tolerance of selected species of plants associated with watershed treatment (floodwater retarding structures). Water will be 5 feet deep at lower end of plot. Six plots are planned for the study. Reddish Prairie, virgin rangeland, Noble loam, slope 7%, erison 1, Class IV. Work is under the supervision of Edd. D. Rhoades, Agricultural Engineer, ARS. Project is in response to SCS research needs.
Date:
May 16, 1960
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Inundation Studies
Photograph of water impounding plot (one of six) constructed by ARS-SWC to study inundation tolerance fo 24 selected species of plants associated with water shed treatment (floodwater retarding structures). Water will be 5 feet deep at lower end of plot with controlled periods of inundation. Common Switchgrass, lowland switchgrass and Midland Bermudagrass. Work is under supervision of E.D. Rhoades, Agricutural Engineer, ARS-SWC. Project in response to SCS research needs.
Date:
August 3, 1960
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Inundation Studies
Photograph of water impounding plot (one of six) constructed by ARS-SWC to study inundation tolerance fo 24 selected species of plants associated with water shed treatment (floodwater retarding structures). Water will be 5 feet deep at lower end of plot with controlled periods of inundation. KR bluestem, common Bermudagrass and NK-37 Bermudagrass. Project is under supervision of E.D. Rhoades, Agricutural Engineer, ARS-SWC. Project in response to SCS research needs.
Date:
August 3, 1960
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Inundation Studies
Photograph of water impounding plot (one of six) constructed by ARS-SWC to study inundation tolerance fo 24 selected species of plants associated with water shed treatment (floodwater retarding structures). Water will be 5 feet deep at lower end of plot with controlled periods of inundation. Eastern gramagrass, Caddo switchgrass, sand bluestem, river switchgrass, and big bluestem. Project is under supervision of E.D. Rhoades, Agricutural Engineer, ARS-SWC. Project in response to SCS research needs.
Date:
August 3, 1960
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Inundation Studies
Photograph of water impounding plots constructed by ARS-SWC to study inundation tolerance fo 24 selected species of plants associated with water shed treatment (floodwater retarding structures). Water will be 5 feet deep at lower end of plot with controlled periods of inundation. Project is under supervision of E.D. Rhoades, Agricutural Engineer, ARS-SWC. and concurred in by M.D. Gamble, Agronomist, SCS. Project in response to SCS research needs.
Date:
August 3, 1960
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Inundation Studies
Photograph of water impounding plot (one of six) constructed by ARS-SWC to study inundation tolerance fo 24 selected species of plants associated with water shed treatment (floodwater retarding structures). Water will be 5 feet deep at lower end of plot with controlled periods of inundation. Buffalograss, knotgrass, alkali sacaton, vine mesquite and prarrie cordgrass. Project is under supervision of E.D. Rhoades, Agricutural Engineer, ARS-SWC. Project in response to SCS research needs.
Date:
August 3, 1960
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Inundation Studies
Photograph of water impounding plot (one of six) constructed by ARS-SWC to study inundation tolerance fo 24 selected species of plants associated with water shed treatment (floodwater retarding structures). Water will be 5 feet deep at lower end of plot with controlled periods of inundation. Midland Bermudagrass, El-Kan bluestem and weeping lovegrass. Project is under supervision of E.D. Rhoades, Agricutural Engineer, ARS-SWC. Project in response to SCS research needs.
Date:
August 3, 1960
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Inundation Studies
Photograph of inundation of impoundment basin number 6, showing the complete killing of KSU lowland switchgrass following an early-spring (Mar. 21-Apr 10) flooding of 20 days and a mid-spring (May 2-22) flooding of 20 days at a depth of 5 feet. Work is being conducted by Edd D. Rhoades, Agricultural Engineer, ARS, in response to SCS research needs.
Date:
July 6, 1960
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Former Cropland Planted to Native Tallgrass
Photograph of H. Neal Stidham, Range Conservationist from Ada, Okla, observing former cropland planted to native tallgrass.
Date:
May 12, 1960
Creator:
Fry, Chester
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Vetch Overseeded on Weeping Lovegrass
Photograph of Vetch overseeded on weeping lovegrass
Date:
July 9, 1960
Creator:
Fry, Chester
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Agronomy, Cotton and Cow Peas
Photograph of cotton and cow peas. Strip cropping on contour. 4 rows of cotton. 2 rows of cow peas with two skip rows an each side.
Date:
October 7, 1960
Creator:
Bryan, Hugo
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Hairy Vetch
Photograph of a registered polled hereford bull grazing hairy vetch overseeded on fescue. Port fine sandy loam (90).
Date:
April 22, 1960
Creator:
Fry, Chester
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Inundation Studies
Photograph of the east view of site where water impoundment plots will be constucted to study inundation tolerance of selected vegetation as related to watershed treatment. Location-southesat of Lake Chickasha; Sec. 22, R9W, T8N, Soil-Reddish Prairie, virgin rangeland, Noble loam, slope 7%, erosion 1, Class IV. This study is in response to SCS research needs. Work is under the supervision of Edd D. Rhoades, Agricultural Engineer, ARS-SWC.
Date:
April 1, 1960
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History