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Combining Native Grass Seed

Photograph of combining native grass seed. Seed mixtire includes Little and Big bluestem, switch and Indian grass. Meadow baled in early July. Seed harvested 10/9/58. Meadow yeilded 16,560 lbs. seed on approximately 160 acres.
Date: October 10, 1958
Creator: Eaton, J. L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Combining Native Grass Seed

Photograph of combining native grass seed. Seed mixture includes Little and Big bluestem, Switch and Indian grass; Meadow baled in early July. Seed harvested 10/17/58. Meadow yeilded 12,840 lbs. seed on approximately 100 acres. O'Neal Teague, County Agent, Wesley Fowler, SCS technician, and H. Wimberly, rancher, examining grass.
Date: October 17, 1958
Creator: Eaton, J. L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Combining Native Grass Seed

Photograph of combining native grass seed. Seed mixtire includes Little and Big bluestem, Switch and Indian grass. Meadow baled in early July. Seed harvested 10/17/58. Meadow yeilded 12,840 lbs. seed on approximately 100 acres.
Date: October 17, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Combining Native Grass Seed (2)

Photograph of combining native grass seed. Seed mixture includes Little and Big bluestem, Switch and Indian grass; Meadow baled in early July. Seed harvested 10/17/58. Meadow yeilded 12,840 lbs. seed on approximately 100 acres. O'Neal Teague, County Agent
Date: October 17, 1958
Creator: Eaton, J. L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Combnining Native Grass Seed

Photograph of combining native grass seed. Seed mixture ncludes Little and Big Bluestem, Switchand Indian grass. Meadow baled in early July. Seed harvested 10/17/58. Meadow yeilded 12,840 lbs. seed on approximately 100 acres.
Date: October 17, 1958
Creator: Eaton, J. L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Rodent Destroyed Native Grass Meadow Seed Crop

Photograph of Soil Conservation Service Technician Jim Eaton evaluating destruction of native grass seed crop by field rats and mice. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Soil Conservation Service technician Jim Eaton looking at native grass meadow where field rats and mice have destroyed the seed crop. In 1957 this meadow yielded almost $10,000.00 worth of seed."
Date: October 24, 1958
Creator: Eaton, J. L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Rodent Destroyed Weed

Photograph of SCS Technician Wesley Fowler looking at damaged caused by rats to a large weed. The back of the photograph proclaims, "SCS Technician Wesley Fowler looking at a large weed where rats have cut off the top limbs about 3 feet above the ground. Not the damage to the native grass seed heads. This meadow yielded almost $10,000.00 worth of seed in 1957."
Date: October 24, 1958
Creator: Eaton, J. L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History