Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of bottom land. The owner cleared this bottom land and conditioned it with a heavy disc plow. This land was seeded to sweet clover to be followed by oats and rye and then sodded to Bermuda grass. Pasture will be fenced into 3 ten acres sections with reservoir water in each section. OK-31-6.
Date: April 29, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

JR White

Photograph of fJR White, farm operator, seeding weeping lovegrass on Dr. Robert Adams' farm.
Date: April 29, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of owner-cleared bottom land that was conditioned with a heavy disc plow. This land was seeded to sweet clover to be followed by oats and rye and then sodded to Bermuda grass. Pasture will be fenced into 3 ten acre sections with resevoir water in each section. OK-31-6.
Date: April 29, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pasture Seeding

Photograph of Jr. White, farm operator, seeding weeping love grass for pasture. This pasture will be used by a pure bred Angus herd.
Date: April 29, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soil Classification

Photograph of sample of soil from a newly cleared piece of bottom land. This land will be used as an improved pasture. It will be planted with; sweet clover, oats, rye and bermuda grass.
Date: April 29, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

W. O. Lawson Agricultural Number 291 Vetch, Rye, and Hay Pasture

Photograph of cropland producing vetch and rye pasture and hay, with Lawson, a horse drawn team, and two UNIDENTIFIED neighbors putting up hay in stacks. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Cropland producing vetch and rye pasture and hay. Lawson and neighbors putting up hay in stacks." Photograph does not specify who or where Lawson is in said photograph.
Date: July 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of three men discussing farjming practices.
Date: July 6, 1955
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Austrian Pines in Widlife Area

Photograph of Lundy standing inside a wildlife area developed on a hillside slope. Austrian pines planted in 1950.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Blackjack Clearing

Photograph of Connelly standing at the edge of the Blackjacks that covered 90% of his farm when he started clearing in 1951.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Charley Connelly

Photograph of Charley Connelly standing next to his dairy herd.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Charley Connelly

Photograph of Charley Connelly standing next to his dairy herd.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Dairy Herd

Photograph of a dairy herd.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Dairy Herd

Photograph of Charley Connelly's dairy herd.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Dairy Herd Grazing

Photograph of dairy herd grazing on portion of 52 acre bottom land Bermudagrass and legume pasture.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Dairy Herd Grazing

Photograph of Charley Connelly's dairy herd in Lovegrass 2 years old, on land cleared in 1953, followed by heavy disc to cut underground roots.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Dairy Herd Grazing

Photograph of dairy herd grazing on portion of 52 acre bottom land Bermudagrass and legume pasture.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Dairy Herd Grazing

Photograph of Charley Connelly standing beside dairy herd. Weeping Lovegrass pasture 2 years old. Land cleared 3 years ago with bulldozer followed with 7500 lb. brush disc.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of Charley Connelly standing beside a diary herd. The Weeping Lovegrass pasture is 2 years old, per the date of the photo. The land itself was cleared 3 years prior with a bulldozer followed with a 7500 pound brush disc plow. OK-119-2.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fish Stocked Reservoir

Photograph of Tansel feeding fish in a newly stocked reservoir constructed July 1954. Bass weighing 1 1/2 lbs in 6 months. Three and four inch fingerlings planted with Blue Gills.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fisheries and Fish Management

Photograph of Frank Tansel feeding fish in a newly stocked reservoir constructed in July, 1954. The bass weighed 1 ¼ pounds in 6 months. Three and four inch fingerlings planted with Blue Gills. OK-120-6.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fisheries and Fish Management

Photograph of a conservation group studying farm ponds and fish management on a pond stocked in 1951. The pond is yielding bass and catfish weighing 4 to 5 pounds each. OK-120-2.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fisheries and Fish Management

Photograph of Frank Tansel casting for bass in a reservoir dug and stocked in 1954. Extra large fingerlings were planted and the bass weighed about 1 ¼ pounds in July, 1955. OK-120-7.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Frank Tansel Feeding Fish

Photograph of Frank Tansel feeding fish in a newly stocked reservoir constructed July 1954. Bass weighng 1 1/4 lbs in 6 months. Three and four inch fingerlings planted with Blue Gills.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of filed stripping [or strip cropping] peanuts and grain sorghum for wind erosion protection. Field located across the road south from State Center School, on Indian land. OK-120-3.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History