Photograph of a quarter horse rancher. Bud and Reba Warren, receiving long distance call relative to business. Mrs. Warren is a business partner and secretary makes the Ranch a common daily routine of the home. OK-1264-12.

Photograph of a wheat field where water concentrates. Waterway is to be shaped in the near future and sprigged to bermuda. This is a continuation of a waterway starting on the joining Irwin Curby farm on the north. Keith residence in the background. OK-1575-5.

Photograph of oats and cotton drilled on contour and terraces on the Frank DeVorak farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Oats drilled on contour in a strip and on the terraces and between two strips of cotton, which is also planted on the contour."

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED farmers using horse drawn equipment spreading lespedeza and sweetclover seeds on contour ridges in native pasture. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Seeding contour ridges in native pasture, using lespedeza and sweet clover. The ridges were built with two rounds with terracing plow, then worked with orchard disc. Seed broadcast by hand. Covering with two mower wheels as drag or harrow."

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED farmer using an improvised device harrowing contour furrows. The back of the photograph proclaims, "This shows an ingenious device, improvised by the farmer, doing a good job of harrowing contour furrows after they have been broadcasted to lespedeza and sweet clover. It consists of two moving machine wheels chained together in such a way that one wheel is on each side of the furrow."

Photograph of a UNIDENTIFED man cultivating grain sorghum on the contour with a two row cultivator. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Cultivating grain sorghum on the contour with a two row cultivator."

Photograph of four cows grazing on buffalo and grama grasses grown on contour pasture ridges. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Contour pasture ridges one year old, built in March, 1937. The predominant grasses here are buffalo and gramma. Picture taken about 3 hours after a heavy rain."

Photograph of "Contour pasture ridges a year and four months after construction. These were built in November, 1936. The vegetation here consists of Buffalo and Grama grasses. Picture was taken about 3 hours after a heavy rain."

Photograph of Pasture contour ridges after a heavy rainfall. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Pasture contour ridges, spaced about 60 feet apart, after a heavy rain. The water had risen to the top of the ridges and in many cases overflowed. An earth dam is visible in the center right, and terraces can be seen in the field in the foreground."

Photograph of Black Bear Creek flooding on Gebble farm, 18 mi. east of Perry. Small grain in back ground entire crop lost.

Photograph of five miles east, three north of Perry, Oklahoma, looking norht with George Hall farm in background covered by a flooding Black Bear Creek. Creek approximately 3/4 mile wide at this point.

Photograph of five miles east, three north of Perry, Oklahoma, looking norht with George Hall farm in background covered by a flooding Black Bear Creek. Creek approximately 3/4 mile wide at this point.

Photograph of a flood on the Black Bear Watershed. OK-368-5.

Photograph of a grassed waterway. This waterway was sodded to Bermuda grass in 1955 following heavy rains. Waterway runs north to south. OK-62-11.

Photograph of native Bluestem grasses sowed on overgrazed depleted pasture land.

Photograph of a waterway. Bermudagrassed waterway designed to carry disposal water from terraced Class III land. OK-247-11.

Photograph of a waterway. Bermudagrassed waterway designed to carry disposal water from terraced Class III land. OK-247-12.

Photograph of a waterway. Bermuda-grass waterway on wheat land, Class III, showing terraced outlets. This farm is under agreement with the Soil Conservation Service {SCS]. OK-247-1.

Photograph of Second year sweet clover in rotation with wheat. Oats and sweet clover then (rotated) with 4 years of wheat. OK-297-12.

Photograph of a second year sweet clover crop in rotation with wheat. Oats and sweet clover then 4 years wheat.

Photograph of floodwater across Highway 64 due to Long Branch Creek going out of its banks after a 5 inch rain on the watershed. Photo made 10 hours after crest of 1.6 feet flowed across the highway. Flood control structures have been staked on Sites No. 8 & 11 for Long Branch Creek watershed by the Soil Conservation Service.

Photograph of flood waters. Country road south of driveway. Water is 1/2 mile wide flowing out of a Long Branch Creek near Morrison, OK. Water is approximately 1 feet deep in an oat field on the right and 2 to 2 1/2 feet deep on wheat and alfalfa land on the left. A flood control project is planned for Long Branch Creek by the Soil Conservation Service. OK-488-6.

Photograph of Sweetclover in a cropping system to improve organic matter and soil stucture. Uses honey bees to polonize the clover for seed production. Bees are Swarming. One swarm has just settled on fence post, leaders come to direct their swarm to their new home.

Photograph of Watershed Project Site 11. Mr. George Will, District Supervisor, observing Mr. & Mrs. E. C. Webb signing the first easement on Long Branch Watershed. This easement started the proceedings to clear easements and right-of-ways for constructing Site 11 Detention Dam. Main part of dam is on Perry Cerlile's farm. The three are seated on a culvert bridge showing flood water that covered their bottomland farm 15 times in 1957, located in the Black Bear bottom, 2 miles east of Morrison.