Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Upper Black Bear Creek. Topping out embankment fill and emergency spillway in the foreground of Site # 44 on the Upper Black Bear Creek in Noble County, OK. OK-1497-2.
Date: December 21, 1961
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation [?].

Photograph of grain sorghum. Chairman of the Board of Supervisors practicing what he preaches. Grain sorghum in rotation. OK-1463-9.
Date: September 21, 1961
Creator: Costner, Andrew
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation [?].

Photograph of grain sorghum. Chairman of the Board of Supervisors practicing what he preaches. Grain sorghum in rotation. OK-1463-9. Repeat of 2019.061.B3.05167 (entry # 471).
Date: September 21, 1961
Creator: Costner, Andrew
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pasture Spraying Test Plot

Photograph of pasture spraying test plot. Area on left sprayed with 1 lb. low vol-ester in 3 gallon of water, area on right not sprayed.
Date: September 21, 1961
Creator: Hager, P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Test Plot for Spraying

Photograph of pasture spraying test plot. Area on right sprayed with 1 lb. low vol-ester in 3 gallon of water, area on left not sprayed.
Date: September 21, 1961
Creator: Hager, P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Photograph of a typical view of brushy and wooded range in the Sandstone Mountain area. OK-1456-9.
Date: September 21, 1961
Creator: Warth, Peter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Conservation, Management and Utilization

Photograph of the conservation farmer of the week: Alton Mindeman observes his heavy growth of weeping lovegrass. OK-1450-1.
Date: August 21, 1961
Creator: Smith, Bob J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Conservation, Management and Utilization

Photograph of the conservation farmer of the week: Alton Mindeman observing lovegrass after continuous grazing. OK-1450-2.
Date: August 21, 1961
Creator: Smith, Bob J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a root plow in operation in a mesquite thicket. Area sprayed previously, it appeared that most trees were dead but sprouted back. Present trees are from old sprouts. Plow cutting from 8 to 12 inches deep. The principle grass is buffalograss. OK-1407-7.
Date: July 21, 1961
Creator: Hager, P. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a bulldozer with a special blade for brush control. Land had been bulldozed with a second growth elm predominant. The special blade was designed for mesquite control. Cat. D-7 owned by the Agricultural Contractor Harold Lester. The farm resides in Jefferson County. OK-1457-3.
Date: July 21, 1961
Creator: Riley, K. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a root plow in action. Principal woody species include greenbriar, dewberry, buck brush, green ash and small oak. Principal grasses: buffalograss, tumblelove grass, tall dropseed, small amounts of switch grass, sideoats gama, and little blue stem. Plow cutting from 8 to 10 inches deep. OK-1407-5.
Date: July 21, 1961
Creator: Hager, P. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of a close-up of mesquite roots showing a bud zone. Trees had been sprayed previously and appeared dead. Present trees sprouted from old roots. Roots were plowed up with a root plow. OK-1407-8.
Date: July 21, 1961
Creator: Hager, P. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of a bulldozer with a special blade for brush control. Land had been bulldozed with a second growth elm predominant. The special blade was designed for mesquite control. Cat. D-7 owned by the Agricultural Contractor Harold Lester. The farm res
Date: July 21, 1961
Creator: Riley, K. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of a root plow in action. Principal woody species include greenbriar, dewberry, buck brush, green ash and small oak. Principal grasses: buffalograss, tumblelove grass, tall dropseed, small amounts of switch grass, sideoats gama, and little bluestem. Plow cutting from 8 to 10 inches deep. OK-1407-5.
Date: July 21, 1961
Creator: Hager, P. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Mesquite Roots Showing Bud Zone

Photograph of a close up of mesquite roots showing the bud zone. Trees had been sprayed previously and appeared dead. Present trees sprouted from old roots. Roots were plowed up with a root plow.
Date: July 21, 1961
Creator: Hager, P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Root Plow in Action

Photograph of a root plow in action. Principal woody species green briar, dewberry, buck brush, green ash and small oak. Principal grasses: buffalo grass, tumblelove grass, tall dropseed, small amounts of switchgrass, sideoats grama and little bluestem. Plow cutting from 8 to 10 inches deep.
Date: July 21, 1961
Creator: Hager, P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Root Plow in Operation

Photograph of a root plow in operation in mesquite thicket. Area sprayed previously, it appeared that most trees were dead but sprouted back. Present trees are from old sprouts. Plow cuts from 8 to 10 inches deep. Principal grass: buffalograss.
Date: July 21, 1961
Creator: Hager, P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

UNIDENTIFED Man Clearing Elm for Brush and Mosquito Control

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man in a bulldozer using a special blade to clear elm from land for brush and mosquito control. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Bulldozer with special blade for brush control. Land had been bulldozed-second growth elm predominant-special blade designed for mosquito control. Cat. D-7 owned by Agricultural Contractor Harold Lester. Farm in Jefferson County." *Note: the city of Courtney is listed on maps in Love County, not Jefferson County.
Date: July 21, 1961
Creator: Riley, K. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History