Photograph of a view seen in Okla. 10-778-B after the construction of a road fill and drop inlet pipe (inlelt end shown) on the county road 4 miles W of Bessie, Okla. The fill replaces the old bridge.

Photograph of gully has 20 feet vertically below field above. SCS Technician Horace Haws points out bone once buried in bottom of a former gully which later silted up 8 feet higher, then washed out again 3 feet deeper. Near the tope he holds an old chain still embedded int he background.

Photograph of an aerial shot of a floodwater retarding structures under construction and complete on Cavalry Creek. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Floodwater retarding structures under construction and complete.”

Photograph of an aerial shot of a floodwater retarding structures under construction and complete on Cavalry Creek. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Floodwater retarding structures under construction and complete.”

Photograph of floodwater retarding structure under construction and complete.

Photograph of a waterway. Alfalfa waterway built in 1952 and established in alfalfa in the fall of 1954 to provide a safe outlet for terrace water. OK-94-1.

Photograph of a waterway. An alfalfa waterway built in 1952 and established in alfalfa in the fall of 1954 to provide a safe outlet for terrace water. OK-94-1.

Photograph of Calvary Creek flooding. Overflow into newly planted cotton field from north Cavalry Creek on Molen farm operated by Kenth Boggs. Cotton will be replanted.

Photograph of Austrian winter peas are used for legume rotation. Nelson, in photo, practices complete soil conservation program of legume rotation, terraces, waterays, and crop residue management.

Photograph of a line of trucks waiting to unload their wheat payload into an elevator located in Cordell. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Wheat harvest. Wheat trucking waiting to be unloaded into Cordell elevator. Wheat yields have been good in county since adoption of conservation practices such as terraces, waterways, legume rotation, and crop residue management."

Photograph of Lee Brown, operator, is plowing under mature cover of rye after it has been grazed about 5 months by livestock. Knie uses this field, approximately 100 acres of Class I, II, and III land, exclusively for grazing. He says the cattle gained about 2 lbs. per day and this utilization of the land produces considerable more than harvest crops by machine.

Photograph of fish being stocked in Boggs lake, site 15 Cavalry Creek watershed. Approximately 3000 bass were placed in water on this trip. Leslie Hess, SCS, and Jody Deputy, Washita Co. Game Ranger, are in the photo with representatives from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services of Tishamingo.

Photograph of the distibution unit of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of Tishamingo placing fish in the boggs lake site 15 Cavalry Creel Watershed.

Photograph of fish being stocked in Boggs lake, site 15 Cavalry Creek watershed. Approximately 3000 bass were placed in water on this trip. Leslie Hess, SCS, and Jody Deputy, Washita Co. Game Ranger, are in the photo with representatives from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of Tishamingo.

Photograph of native grass planting. A. R. Bartel planting a mixture of native grasses consisting of little bluestem, sideoats grama, blue grama, switchgrass and sand lovegrass. This mixture is being seeded into a [unclear] cover. The drill used for this operation is owned by the Washita County Soil Conservation District. OK-893-7.

Photograph of surplus wheat. Bountiful crop of 1958 in the Washita Soil Conservation District was too much for local elevators and 250,000 bushels had to be piled on the ground. All this crop was produced from land where good soil conservation practices are carried out. OK-708-5.

Photograph of teamwork, showing representatives of various agencies studying grass identification and range management. Left to right: Jack Harper, Vocational Agricultural Instructor; Harvey Schmidt. farmer; W. G. Nash [?], district supervisor; Arnold Bowen, farmer; Ralph Olson, section manager of Cordell Chamber of Commerce; Fred Whittington, Range conservationist, Soil Conservation Service [SCS]. OK-893-5.

Photograph of Herb Nelson showing his field consisting of wheat and Austrian Winter peas mixed with small grain. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Legume Rotation. Austrian winter peas growing in rotation with small grain. Nelson has been cooperation with the Washita County Soil Conservation District for several years. He stands between wheat and Austrian peas."

Photograph of Kidred Sasseen, Chairman of the Washita County Soil Conservation District, shows shrub oak and skunk brush in his pasture. OK-705-8.

Photograph of brush control. Eldred Sasseen, Chair of the Washita County Soil Conservation District [SCD], shows shrub oak and skunk brush on his pasture. OK-705-8.

Photograph of brush control. Rotary brush mower being used to clear large brush. Eldred Sasseen exhibits the size of brush the mower cuts. OK-705-11.

Photograph of brush control. Eldred Sasseen, Washita County Soil Conservation District [SCD] co-operator, makes a first round in shrub-oak and skunk brush infested pasture with a rotary mower. Pasture in present condition is worthless. OK-705-9 shows brush removed and the grass left. OK-705-10.

Photograph of Kidred Sasseen, Washita County Soil Conservation District cooperator, makes the first round in shrub-oak and skunk brush infected pasture with a rotary mower. Pasture in present condition is worthless. OK-705-9 shows brush removed with grass left. OK-705-10.

Photograph of Austrian winter peas growing in rotation with small grain. Nelson has been cooperating with the Washita County Soil Conservation District for several years. He stands between wheat and Austrian peas.