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Churches
Photograph of the Reverend Murray Kay delivering a conservation sermon every year in observance of Soil Stewardship Sunday but he practices conservation the year-round on his farm in the Round Grove Community. He is a cooperator with the Upper Leon Soil Conservation District and is a member of the Round Grove group. Reverend Kay’s great-great grandfather is in the picture’s background. He founded the Round Grove Church in 1871 (the founder’s name was Ruben Rome). TX-46, 504.
Date:
March 2, 1950
Creator:
Putnam, Jack
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Conservation Planning
Photograph of a typical meeting of the Round Grove Conservation Group at the community church. Dean Gardner, group leader, takes charge of the meeting. Reverend Murray Kay, great-grandson of the founder of the church, right foreground, is pastor of the church and a conservation farmer in the Round Grove Conservation Group. TX-46, 502.
Date:
March 2, 1950
Creator:
Putnam, Jack
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Erosion Wind
Photograph of peanut land blowing. SCS Techinicians Charles Terrant and Oran Bailey in photo.
Date:
March 9, 1950
Creator:
Gardner, G. C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Erosion Wind
Photograph of peanut land blowing. SCS Techinicians Charles Terrant and Oran Bailey in photo.
Date:
March 9, 1950
Creator:
Gardner, G. C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Erosion Wind
Photograph of wind erosion on 7-0 A slop 2R. Needs soil management. Fence rows drifted 4 feet.
Date:
March 9, 1950
Creator:
Gardner, G. C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wind Erosion
Photograph of visibility of 100 yards. Peanut field blowing in wheat section of addo County.
Date:
March 9, 1950
Creator:
Gardner, G. C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wind, Wind Erosion, Sand Storms and Dunes
Photograph of a wind storm. Visibility 100 yards. Peanut field is blowing into wheat section of Caddo County. OK-10, 356.
Date:
March 9, 1950
Creator:
Gardener, G. C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wind Erosion
Photograph of Lowell Casky, member, board of supervisors, Garvin-Murray SCD, showing a field from which wind erosion completely closed a road in less than 2 weeks.
Date:
March 24, 1950
Creator:
Lowe, S. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wind Erosion
Photograph of Lowell Casky, member of board of supervisors, Marvin-Murray SCD, shown in a road that was completely closed by wind erosion - 2 wind storms over a period of 2 weeks.
Date:
March 24, 1950
Creator:
Lowe, S. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Auto Stalled in Sand Trap in Dust Storm
Photograph of an automobile stalled in sand trap in dust storm in March 26, 1950.
Date:
March 26, 1950
Creator:
Webb, C. G.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Soil Digging
Photograph of original dark soil being dug from under 7 1/2 of deposition.
Date:
March 26, 1950
Creator:
Lowe, S. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Soil Erosion
Photograph of automobile stalled in sand trap in dust storm March 26, 1950. Only fields not suffering from erosion in this immediate vicinity are those fields where vetch and small grain furnished cover.
Date:
March 26, 1950
Creator:
Gardner, G. C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wind, Wind Erosion, Sand Storms and Dunes
Photograph of an automobile stalled in sand trap in dust storm on March 26, 1950. Only fields not suffering from erosion in this immediate vicinity are those fields where vetch and small grain furnish cover. OK-10, 359.
Date:
March 26, 1950
Creator:
Gardener, G. C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wind, Wind Erosion, Sand Storms and Dunes
Photograph of an automobile stalled in sand trap in dust storm on March 26, 1950. Only fields not suffering from erosion in this immediate vicinity are those fields where vetch and small grain furnish cover. OK-10, 359.
Date:
March 26, 1950
Creator:
Gardener, G. C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Relocating Drainage Ditch
Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED worker using a crane and excavator to relocate a drainage ditch. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Relocating drainage ditch."
Date:
March 28, 1950
Creator:
Lowe, S. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Showing Original Dark Soil Being Dug By Excavator
Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED worker using a crane and excavator to dump dirt into a pile. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Showing original dark soil being dug from under 7 ½" of deposition."
Date:
March 28, 1950
Creator:
Lowe, S. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Mr. West Applying Anhydrous Ammonia to A Bermudagrass Waterway
Photograph of Mr. West on a Farmall tractor applying anhydrous Ammonia to a Bermudagrass waterway, which was sodded in 1949. Seven additional UNIDENTIFIED people stand off in the background next to a truck and one next to the fence near the small sheds. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. UNIDENTIFED, 2. UNIDENTIFED, 3. UNIDENTIFED, 4. UNIDENTIFED, 5. UNIDENTIFED, 6. UNIDENTIFED, 7. UNIDENTIFED, 8. UNIDENTIFED, 9. Mr. West. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Applying anhydrous Ammonia to a Bermuda grass waterway which was sodded in 1949. This was a method application meeting on fertilization of grasses. Mr. West Operator of the machine is applying 50 pounds of the fertilizer per acre."
Date:
March 1951
Creator:
Brock, C. G.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of Graft Jordan (left) and Marshall Jordan, SCS technician (right), observing native bluestem pasture which Graft has brought back by resting it periodically. This pasture was rested from August 1, 1949 to August 1, 1950, then grazed until December 1, 1950 and rested again until May 1, 1951. The predominating grass is little bluestem. Graft’s range is divided into three large prairies. “If I winter my cattle on one of the pastures,” he says, “that pasture is not used during the following growing season.” He stocks his native grass pastures during the growing season at a rate of 20 to 25 head of cattle per quarter section. [Unclear]—High good, range condition. OK-10, 587.
Date:
March 21, 1951
Creator:
Tompkins, Gordon
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of Indiangrass, planted in March 1949, which has been harvested twice for seed. A. W. Shoup, gets early spring grazing, harvests seed on October. He pulls the cattle off about May 1 to make a good seed crop. From five acres of Indiangrass, Shoup took 131 pounds of re-cleaned seed in October, 1949, and 490 pounds in October, 1950. The Indian grass was preseeded for five years by vetch and small grain (oats and rye). From left are Bill Haiser and E.E. McAllester, Soil Conservation Service technicians. III - 5CT. TX-47, 505.
Date:
March 28, 1951
Creator:
Fox, Lester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of a waterway. This waterway was seeded on March, 1951, to King Ranch bluestem and Indian grass. From the left are E.E. McAlister and Bill Heizer, Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technicians. V – 20P. TX-47, 497-A.
Date:
March 28, 1951
Creator:
Fox, Lester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Location of Ditch Staked Ready to be Cut
Photograph of "Location of ditch staked ready to be cut."
Date:
March 17, 1952
Creator:
Loftin, L. L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
SCS Technicians Staking Lateral Ditch and Field Drains
Photograph of two UNIDENTIFIED SCS technicians staking lateral ditch and field drains. The back of the photograph proclaims, "SCS technicians staking lateral ditch and field drains."
Date:
March 17, 1952
Creator:
Loftin, L. L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Two UNIDENTIFED Men Staking Double Field Drains
Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED men staking double field drains. A barn and a few small structures are seen in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Staking double field drains."
Date:
March 17, 1952
Creator:
Loftin, L. L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Unspread Spoil and Ditch Being Cut With Dragline
Photograph of an unspread spoil and ditch being cut with dragline by two UNIDIENTIFIED people. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Spoil unspread. Ditch being cut with dragline."
Date:
March 19, 1952
Creator:
Loftin, L. L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History