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

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of hybrid field corn growing on Minco silt loam soil type nearly level Class I land. For use in Jefferson County Soil Survey Report. OK-1466-3.
Date: August 1, 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

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a four inch square sod to placed in a phytometer. OK-1466-8.
Date: September 24, 1961
Creator: Hager, P. E.
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 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

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Photographic follow-up of OK-1002-7. Timber cleared in 1951, sprayed in 1959. OK-1467-8.
Date: September 3, 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

Brush Control

Photograph of brush control, this strip, 150 feet wide and one half mile long, sprayed in 1959 and again in 1960.
Date: September 3, 1961
Creator: Hager, P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Native Grass Seeding on Complex

Photograph of native grass seeding on complex.
Date: September 3, 1961
Creator: Hager, P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Max Kafer Sprigging Midland Bermuda on a 16-Acre Field

Photograph of Max Kafer sprigging Midland Bermuda on a 16-acre field to be used for root harvest. An UNIDENTIFED man stands near the trucks in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Max Kafer sprigging Bermuda (Midland) on a 16 acre field to be used for root harvest."
Date: March 23, 1961
Creator: Hager, P. E.
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

Native Grasss on Slick Spot Follow Up

Photograph of native grass on slick spot. Follow up of OK-1002-8.
Date: September 4, 1961
Creator: Hager, P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Brush Sprayed with 2-4-5T

Photograph of brush sprayed with 2-4-5T.
Date: September 3, 1961
Creator: Hager, P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Overuse on Red Clay Prairie Range Site

Photograph of land overuse on Red Clay Prairie Range Site. Note erosion, cactus and mesquite.
Date: March 2, 1961
Creator: Hager, P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Native Grass Seeding Made 1951

Photograph of a native grass seeding made in 1951. This is the first year out of CR contract.
Date: September 3, 1961
Creator: Hager, P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Native Grass Mixture Made 1957

Photograph of native grass mixture seeded in spring of 1957
Date: September 3, 1961
Creator: Hager, P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Timber Clearing

Photograph of timber cleared in 1951 and sprayed in 1959.
Date: September 3, 1961
Creator: Hager, P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Native Seeding on Claypan Site

Photograph of native seeding [grass] on claypan site.
Date: September 3, 1961
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Typical Landscape

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.
Date: August 1, 1961
Creator: Hager, P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Native Grass Planting 1957

Photograph of native grass planting in 1957. This is a follow up photo of OK-487-10.
Date: September 3, 1961
Creator: Hager, P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Gully Before Shaping

Photograph of a gully before shaping. Note dead mesquite killed by basal treatment.
Date: September 3, 1961
Creator: Hager, P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Little Bluestem in Phytometer

Photograph of little bluestem in phytometer, clipped at 3 different levels weekly during growing season.
Date: September 24, 1961
Creator: Hager, P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Little Bluestem in Phytometers

Photograph of Little Bluestem in phytometers, clipped at 3 diffeent levels weekly during growing season.
Date: July 17, 1961
Creator: Hager, P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History