Diamond Bar Ranch Calves and Pasture Management

Photograph of numerous calves on the Diamond Bar Ranch waiting in pens. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Calves being weighed on the Diamond Bar Ranch before being shipped to feed lots.”
Date: August 4, 1972
Creator: Price, Neil M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Row Planting of Sand Bluestem

Photograph of row planting of Sand Bluestem at the Plant Materials Center in Knox City.
Date: September 1972
Creator: Combs, Sam, Jr.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a drop structure. A drop structure formed on the Dean Little farm. OK-4022-7.
Date: October 1972
Creator: Thornborough, Kenneth J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a drop structure. Looking down a gully before shaping for a drop structure. OK-4922-2.
Date: October 1972
Creator: Little, Dean
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Plaques and Awards

Photograph of Hubert Murray, District Conservationist receiving the Outstanding Award Certificate from Bob Day, Engineering Specialist. Lawton Soil Conservation Service Field Office. OK-4957-15.
Date: November 8, 1972
Creator: Hunter, Carl J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Plaques and Awards

Photograph of Winona Cavett, clerk, receiving the Outstanding Performance Award certificate from Bob Day, Engineering Specialist. Lawton Soil Conservation Service Field Office. OK-4957-12.
Date: November 8, 1972
Creator: Murray, Hubert J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Charles Kuntz, Soil Conservation technician, receiving the Outstanding Performance Award certificate from Bob Day, Engineering Specialist. OK-4957-13.
Date: November 8, 1972
Creator: Murray, Hubert J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Awards

Photograph of Cletus White displaying the Goodyear Award he received for being the outstanding conservation farmer in the Comanche County Conservation District. Others in the picture are Mrs. White and son and Mike Walker, a Goodyear Co. representative. OK-4957-11.
Date: November 7, 1972
Creator: Murray, Hubert J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of the Little River. Silt and debris damage on Alton Fairchild farm on the Red River. Filed was composed of fescue and ryegrass pasture. Flooding occurred during December 1971. OK-4606-3.
Date: March 1972
Creator: Lambeth, Nickey J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watershed Maintenance

Photograph of Upper Black Bear watershed, site # 47. Growth of a sandbar willow and wave action damage. OK-4218-7.
Date: May 12, 1972
Creator: Millen, Glen L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watershed Maintenance

Photograph of wave action damage repaired by rock rip-rap. OK-4592-13.
Date: February 1972
Creator: McCampbell, James B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fish and Wildlife Management

Photograph of channel catfish fingerlings lost to a protozoan parasite infestation. OK-4705-13.
Date: May 1972
Creator: Baullard, Gary
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pollution

Photograph of pollution abatement. Edgar Lowman (left) and District Conservationist Bill Harney examine new environmentally-controlled furrowing house on Lowman's farm. Note slatted floor on the left side of the floor. A liquid manure pit is constructed under the building. OK-4588-5.
Date: February 24, 1972
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of brush piled at the edge of Washita channel. May cause right bank to begin cutting. OK-4809-10.
Date: July 1972
Creator: Fisher, Clayton
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pollution

Photograph of pollution abatement. Charles Young (right) removes a grate from an opening into liquid manure pit located adjacent to a new grade "A" dairy barn as District Conservationist (DC) Bill Harvey looks on. OK-4588-10.
Date: February 24, 1972
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Great Plains Conservation Program

Photograph of District Conservationist Wes Oneth and Soil Conservationist John Upton (right) shown near a tailwater recovery pit constructed on the Dr. Ralph Triplett farm north of Mooreland, Oklahoma. OK-4589-12.
Date: February 23, 1972
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pollution

Photograph of pollution abatement. Charles Young, Woods County dairyman, standing next to bulk milk tank at his Grade "A" dairy. OK-4588-3.
Date: February 24, 1972
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pollution

Photograph of pollution abatement. Woods County swine producer Edgar Lohman shows District Conservationist Bill Harney the removable floor section of new controlled environmental furrowing house. OK-4588-2.
Date: February 24, 1972
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pollution

Photograph of pollution abatement. Woods County swine producer Edgar Lowman shows the type of insulated ventilation siding used in a new furrowing house. OK-4588-4.
Date: February 24, 1972
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pollution

Photograph of pollution abatement. Charles Young (right) explains operation of an automatic feeding system to District Conservationist (DC) Bill Harney of Alva. OK-4588-9.
Date: February 25, 1972
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pollution

Photograph of pollution abatement. District Conservationist Bill Harney (left) and dairyman Charles Young examine a load of alfalfa hay. OK-4588-6.
Date: February 24, 1972
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pollution

Photograph of pollution abatement. Edgar Lowman (left) shows District Conservationist Bill Harney the outlet where waste from liquid manure pit is removed. OK-4588-5.
Date: February 24, 1972
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Waste Management

Photograph of Sanitary Landfill, Lawton. An opened trench ready to receive trash in a sanitary landfill. Note the stockpile soil for necessary cover. The Lawton system is a designed system, functioning correctly. OK-4720-3.
Date: May 9, 1972
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soil Conservation Service, Plant Materials Center

Photograph of this selection of blue grama from near Duncan, Oklahoma has potential use on the red bed soils of Texas and Oklahoma. TX-13639-4.
Date: September 13, 1972
Creator: Allen, Dale D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History