Agronomy, Crop of Guar

Photograph of Lloyd Kopecek, chairman of the board of supervisors of the Greer County SWCD and Goodyear outstanding cooperator awardee, Wayne Clark, esamine a crop of guar on the Clark farm. Guar is a major cash and soil improving crop in the Greer County SWCD.
Date: September 18, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Agronomy, Sorghum Stubble

Photograph of Sorghum stubble held 9 inches of snow in field in spite of high witnds, very little drifting.
Date: March 13, 1968
Creator: Allen, Charles
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Automatic Drawdown Pipe Instillation for a Wildlife Fish Pond

Photograph of the installation of an automatic drawdown pipe for a Wildlife Fish Pond five miles east and 2 ½ miles north of Binger. The back of the photograph proclaims, “The Installation of an automatic drawdown pipe that will release water 6 feet below water surface.”
Date: August 1968
Creator: Orr, Ervin T.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Bermudagrass Pasture Sprigging on Jack Kibby Place

Photograph of Jack Kibby and a UNIDENTIFED man using a tractor to sprig Bermudagrass on a prepared seedbed and equipment. The photo does not clarify the position of Jack Kibby. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Sprigging bermudagrass on a prepared seedbed and equipment.”
Date: April 1968
Creator: McCampbell, James B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Big Wewoka Flood

Floodwater after a 4 inch run off rain - this is 1 mile north of Site 41, Big Wewoka. Site 41 did not go around the emergency spill. There is about 1500 acre watershed that comes into the creek just behind the structure.
Date: May 13, 1968
Creator: McCambell, James B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Biology-Fish Management

Photograph of John Hopkins releasing channel catfish into fish pond on the Burl Wilcox farm. Note bottom water release in background.
Date: November 6, 1968
Creator: Dudley, Bill
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Biology-Fish Management

Photograph of John Hopkins releasing channel catfish into fish pond on the Burl Wilcox farm. Note bottom water release in background.
Date: November 6, 1968
Creator: Dudley, Bill
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Bison

Photograph of bison grazing north of Grama Lake, Wichita Mts. Wildlife Refuge. OK-3210-4.
Date: September 18, 1968
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Borrow Pit Stabilization

Photograph of erosion as a result of a small amount of runoff. Diversion protects this borrow pit from overhead water, yet erosion is occuring in this highly erosive alluvial soil. Before the protecting diversion was contructed a gully 30' wide as deep as the pit (about 30') had formed at the NE corner of this pit and was extending into adjoining cropland field. Although this gully was filled and overhead water diverted erosion is in progress.
Date: April 30, 1968
Creator: Cluff, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Boyd and Glenn Jones Farm Tame Pasture Regulation and Flood Prevention

Photograph of “Glenn Jones, left, and his father, Boyd Jones, regulate grazing on the upstream flood prevention structure located on their farm. The reservoir is a part of the Delaware Creek watershed project.” People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Glenn Jones, 2. Boyd Jones.
Date: October 31, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Broomcorn Harvest

Photograph of crew thrashing and bailing broomcorn.
Date: October 6, 1968
Creator: Wood, Calvin
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Bull Elk at Pasture

Photograph of bull Elk in exhibition pasture. Boulder Ridge range in good condition.
Date: November 20, 1968
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Burn Recovery Area

Photograph of increased growth of switchgrass compared to earlier photos. This area was burned in August 1963. Switchgrass which spreads by rhyzomes was less damaged than bunch type grasses.
Date: April 4, 1968
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Burn Recovery Area

Photograph of the area just outside the August 1963 burn.
Date: April 3, 1968
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Burnline of August 1963 Fire

Photograph of the burnline of the August 1963 fire looking into the OU permanent enclosrue from the south. Boulder Ridge Range Site.
Date: April 3, 1968
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Calvin C. Reeves Jr. Studying Eram Soil

Photograph of "Calvin C. Reeves Jr., Student-Trainee Soil Scientist, studying Eram soil, and it's [sic] potential for rangeland."
Date: July 28, 1968
Creator: Lowe, George H.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cattle Grazing on Bermuda grass

Photograph of cattle grazing on Bermuda grass pasture on Parsons silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes.
Date: August 15, 1968
Creator: Newland, Claude
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cattle Grazing on Midland Bermudagrass Pasture

Photograph of forty plus heads of cattle grazing on pastureland consisting of irrigated Midland Bermudagrass on Floyd Steinert’s Farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Cattle grazing irrigated Midland Bermuda grass on Floyd Steinert farm north of Fargo, Okla.”
Date: October 1968
Creator: Gordon, Z. V. , Jr.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cattle Grazing on Tame Pasture Consisting of Ladino and Fescue

Photograph of eighteen Purebred Hereford cattle grazing on fescue and ladino in former timber covered land northwest of Atoka. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Purebred Hereford cattle grazing fescue and ladino on land formerly in timber."
Date: October 31, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cattle Grazing on Tame Pasture Consisting of Ladino and Fescue

Photograph of five Purebred Hereford cattle grazing on fescue and ladino in former timber covered land northwest of Atoka. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Purebred Hereford cattle grazing fescue and ladino on land formerly in timber."
Date: October 31, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cattle on Snow Covered Range

Photograph of a herd of cattle grazing in a snow covered field. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cattle in snow. Notice how the snow has packed up due to proper use."
Date: March 11, 1968
Creator: McCampbell, James B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Clean Tilled Field, No Snow

Photograph of a clean tilled field that did not hold blowing snow.
Date: April 1, 1968
Creator: Mathiews, Jerry
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Coal Mining

Photograph of soils, featuring mine pits and dumps in Coal County, Oklahoma. A typical area of the mine pits and dumps mapping unit. (100). OK-3290-10.
Date: December 1968
Creator: Moebius, Gordon
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Completed Farm Pond on Barton Ranch

Photograph of the "Completed farm pond on Barton ranch."
Date: April 16, 1968
Creator: Perryman, Tom
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History