Photograph of a 1953 planting of bluestem mixture. Good stand-grazed off during past winter-deferred now. East side of road, across from the 1956 planting.

Photograph of 1957 native grass planting--blue grama and bluestem mixture. Excellent, well-prepared seedbed planted in April, 1957. Good stand is now showing. Close-up shot by 3rd highline pole north of the east turn in the road. Soil Banks Program. OK-487-10.

Photograph of eight acre native grass planting with district equipment--a combination drill and culti-packer. Well prepared seedbed, mixture of bluestem grama. Drill moving. OK-488-1.

Photograph of King Ranch bluestem planting made in April and May 1957. Pure stand. Picture to be followed up as stand develops.

Photograph of native grass, bluestem mixture, planted spring 1953. Rough seed bed.

Photograph of eight acre native grass planting with district equipment-combination drill and cultipacker. Well prepared seedbed, mixture of bluestem, grama. Drill pictured is moving.

Photograph of 1956 native grass planting bluestem mixture. West side of road across from 1953 planting.

Photograph of an old pond, damaged and eroded due to poor topsoil which prevented development of vegetative cover. Soil mixed and highly dispersed.

Photograph of planting native grass on well prepared seedbed. Mixture of bluestem, grama and sideoat. Using district equipment to plant grass, combination drill and cultipacker, muddy spots in field at planting time. 8 acres.

Photograph of Rye and Vetch cover crop, soil improvement and seed harvest. Vetch inoculated and fertilized-rotated over farm each year.

Photograph of Left-Loamy prairie range as included in loamy slickspot range site. Supports tallgrass mixture of little bluestem, Indiangrass and switchgrass. Smaller amounts of sideoats grama. Note grass plants growing on exposed subsoil. Right-Claypan area as included in loamy slickspot site, supports meadow dropseed, blue grama, annual threeawn, sand dropseed, western ragweek, sideoats grama, fringeleaf paspalm, gummy lovegrass, and more whorled dropseed.

Photograph of the Loamy Slickspot range site. On left is slickspot with alkali sacaton, whorled dropseed, and tumblegrass. On right is claypan with meadow dropseed, western ragweed, sideoats grama, and fringeeleaf paspalm, gummy lovegrass and some whorled dropseed.

Photograph of Red Prairie Range Site in excellent condition. Dominant vegetation-switchgrass with little bluestem, big bluestem, Indiangrass, sideoats grama.

Photograph of slickspot. Typical slickspot as found in a loamy, red clay prairie site. [Some text too faded]. OK-785-11.

Loamy Area of Loamy Slickspot Range Site. Loamy Prairie Vegetation: Big Bluestem, Little Bluestem, Switchgrass, Indiangrass, Tall Dropseed. 4,750 pounds of vegetation per acre.

Photograph of Loamy Slickspot Range Site in excellent condition showing contrast in vegetation on loamy area and claypan area on left. Clippings and transects made on both areas.

Photograph of typical slickspot as found in loamy slickspot site and red clay prairie site. Relict area. Transect and clippings made. Slickspot Vegetation: Texas grama, alkali sacaton, Tumblegrass, Whorled dropseed, Buffalograss. 1,000 pounds per acre.

Photograph of 1957 Soil Bank grass planting of native bluestem mixture on slick spot in a field of mixed prairie upland. A check will be makd to see if bluestem grasses will survive on this spot.

Photograph of native grass planting made in the spring of 1958. Grass consisted of a bluestem mixture with heavy addition of blue grama and some buffalo. It was shredded in June to control weeds and Johnson grass growth. This is a good stand of grass but the Johnson grass competition is heavy.

Photograph of oak and blackjack timber sprayed in the spring of 1957. The kill looks fair but will need retreatment. The grass growth is good in the sprayed area and has been deferred from grazing. The brush was sprayed by airplane with 2-4-5-T and land owner was assisted under the ACP program.

Photograph of looking east on oak and blackjack timber sprayed by airplane with 2-4-5-T. This area was sprayed in May, 1957 and a good kill is showing. This area has been deferred from grazing and the grass is making good growth.

Photograph of a 1957 Soil Bank planting of a native bluestem grass mixture. The mixture had an extra amount of blue grama added. A good stand was present in May of 1957 and this photo shows a good cover now developing. There is a good stand now but it will need shredding or mowing next June to eliminate weed competition.

Photograph of a farm pond built in the spring of 1958 was rebuilt over an existing pond that had broken. Existing pond was not built large enough to fully utilize site and it was necessary and to use additional time and money to build pond as it should have been done in the irst place. Weeds and grass in pond show old mud flat of previous pond.

Photograph of farm pond construction showing how the base of the pond is cleared off and the soil is pushed up to the back side. This top soil will be pushed up to the top and back sides of the 3:1 slope on the pond. This will aid in controlling erosion and will make establishment of a vegetative cover much easier. This type construction is required in the Jefferson County Soil Conservation District.