Photograph of Aerial spraying of Mesquite trees, 1960. Note resprouts of mesquite in tops of the mesquite trees.

Photograph of overseeding an excellent stand of Bermuda with Vetch, Rye, and Button Clover; 200 lbs. superphosphate per acre being put down. Pasture dream drill being used. Chickasha fine sandy loam (7) soil.

Photograph of overseeding an excellent stand of Bermuda with Vetch, Rye, and Button Clover; 200 lbs. superphosphate per acre being put down. Pasture dream drill being used. Chickasha fine sandy loam (7) soil.

Photograph of a view of the breaks range site, excellent condition, with light use.

Photograph of topsoil being blown from field on the left. Dust storms are common when the soil surface is barren of crops or crop residues thru a lack of residue management agains the forces of wind erosion.

Photograph of emergency tlling just prior to seeding to protect the field from wind erosion. This is a good practice that could have been delayed or prevented by minimum tillage and a good system of residue management. Note the lack of vegetation on the field and the recent deposits of topsoil in the fence row.

Photograph of a field that is barren of crop residue just prior to seeding. This fiedl is being wind eroded, which could have been prevented under a good system of residue management.

Photograph of mesquite trees being treated with diesel oil. Density approxiamtely 300 per acre. Approximate cost, labor and oil, $15 per acre. Cost shared under the GP program. OK-1544-4.

Photograph of topsoil being blown from field on the left. Dust storms are common when the soil surface is barren of crops of crop residues through a lack of residue management against the forces of wind erosion. OK-1435-3.

Photograph of deferred native pasture, Leroy Mindeman farm / ranch. Native grass pasture east of the house. Grass was grazed into the ground. This is how it looks after grazing was deferred for one year. New pond in the background. OK-1430-2.

Photograph of grass land near Ryan, Oklahoma. A typical landscape. Deep sand range site, fair condition, Minco fine sandy loam soil type. Principal forage species are little bluestem, sideoats grama, tall dropseed, Scribner’s panicum. Non forage plants are sandage, gaura, spp. [Latin = species pluralis: “multiple species”], doze-daisy; yucca-woody species are sand plum and prickly ash. OK-1466-1.

Photograph of the result of tree planting for critical area to stabilize the banks on the gully.

Photograph of two men surveying gully improvement project on Ionine watershed.

Photograph of floodwter retarding structure, site #16, Rock Creek Watershed. Picture series on cutting trench for drawdown pipe construction. Clyde Pratt, inspector of the Soil Conservation Services, crawling through the pipe.

Photograph of waterway. This gully was a critical silt source area on the flood plain of Wildhorse Watershed. Gully was shaped into a watersay and a pond was built at the head of it with a pipe in it (Ok-14131-3 & 4). Waterway will be needed this fall and sprigged with rows 18' apart, and fertilized. Soil is 7s-C-13.

Photograph of hybrid field corn growing on Minco silt loam soil type nearly level Class I land. For use in Jeferson County Soil Survey Report.

Photograph of grain sorghum on Yahola fine sandy loam, Class I bottomland soil. For use in Jefferson County Soil Conservation Report.

Photograph of a typical landscape. Dee sand range site, fair condition, Minco fine sandy loam soil type. Principal forage species are little bluestem, sideoats grama, tall dropseed, Scribner's panicum. Non forage plants are sandsage, gaura, spp., doze daisy, yucca-woody species are sand plum, prickly ash.

Photograph of eight UNIDENTIFIED fire fighters extinguishing a native grass range fire behind a fireguard. The original photograph sleeve proclaims, “Approximately 600 acres of native grass range in excellent condition was set on fire by lightning 8-12-61. It took approximately 100 men and 6 fire trucks to put this fire out. Before the fire, the range had a carrying capacity of about 7 acres per mother cow unit. It has been sprayed with 2, 4-D last year for ragweed control and had improved to excellent condition. With proper management, it will take approximately 4 years for this grass to come back to excellent condition. Note: Fire guard along fence which aided in controlling the fire and kept losses to a minimum."

Photograph of a hilly field of switchgrass and a slope in the distant background. The trees in the background are growing in and around a gully. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Silt Source area treatment. Switchgrass was planted in March 1957. There has been no grazing by domestic livestock. Trees are growing in and along huge gully. Slope in the distance was planted at the same time. See Ok-425-1."

Photograph of emergency tillage just prior to seeding to protect the field from wind erosion. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Emergency tillage just prior to seeding to protect the field from wind erosion. This is a good practice that could have been delayed or prevented by minimum tillage and a good system of residue management. Note the lack of vegetation on the field and the recent deposits of topsoil in the fence row."

Photograph of sand bluestem and sideoats grama growing on Nash-Quinlan soil. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Soil Profile. Area associated with Nash-Quinlan mapping unit. Sand bluestem and sideoats grama are dominant."

Photograph of a pasture of Midland Bermudagrass above Site 27, Cavalry Watershed. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Midland Bermuda Grass pasture above Site 27, Cavalry Watershed. Grass grows well up to the water line and eliminates and boggy problems."

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED farmer on a tractor overseeding an excellent stand of Bermudagrass with vetch, rye, and button clover with 200 pounds of superphosphate per acre for pasture improvement. A few heads of cattle are also present in this field. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Overseeding excellent stand of Bermuda with Vetch, Rye and Button Clover; 200 lbs. superphosphate per acre being put down. Pasture dream drill being used. Chickasha fine sandy loam (7) soil."