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Crop Residue Management
Photograph of burning stubble after the harvest of wheat. This stubble is being burned to make working the land easier. This area produced only 15 bushels of wheat per acre in 1958. This reduced yeild is due to land condition which is poor because of the practice of burning stubble. Stubble properly managed will improve the condition of the land and the amount of production.
Date:
June 16, 1958
Creator:
McConnell, John
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Bees
Photograph of Claude Webb, and K.C. Bennett, SCS Representative, proudly display a few bees from the 70 bee hives on the Webb farm. Bees are a most important factor in the pollination of soil conservation legumes. This is a very economical way, according to K.C. Bennet, to get more and better returns from legumes in a planned soil and moisture program. Bees feed on vetch, sweet clover, peach and other blossoms on the Webb farm. Webb sold around $500.00 worth of honey last year.
Date:
May 16, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
President Eisenhower Stop at Woodward
Photograph of President Eisenhower.s stop at Woodward Oklahoma.
Date:
January 14, 1957
Creator:
USDA
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Flooded Farmland
Photograph of flooded farmland west of Stillwater. Flooded hundreds of acres of armland and homes in the lowland.
Date:
October 13, 1959
Creator:
Chance, E. J.
Object Type:
Photograph
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.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Pen Raised Quail
Photograph of pen raised Quail on the farm of Lamar Hendrix.
Date:
March 11, 1959
Creator:
Sullivan, E. G.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Disking New Land
Photograph of Pat Martin farm in Valliant district. Herschel Ginn is disking new land with heavy disk. Martin says the disk cuts stove wood as it prepares corn land.
Date:
April 19, 1956
Creator:
Hayes, E. J.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Multiflora Rose Seed Crop
Photograph of Multiflora Rose Seed Crop. Excellent food for wildlife as well as shelter. 4 acre area established spring 1955 under supervision of SCS technicians.
Date:
July 10, 1958
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Field Cultivator Close Up
Photograph of a close up of the work the field cultivator does.
Date:
August 6, 1957
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Blackjack Spraying
Photograph of Ralph Leonard, County Administrator of FHA, observing the kill and deterioration of woody growth following chemical treatment which was supplied in 1956 and 1957.
Date:
June 6, 1958
Creator:
Judge, Earl R.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Angus Cattle Grazing
Photograph of Angus Cattle grazing on native grass established in spring of 1949. Range Condition - Excellent. M.A. Neff ranch.
Date:
June 4, 1958
Creator:
Stokes, G. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Root Plow
Photograph of Hadley Meinders (WBC) inspecting a home made root and sprout plow.
Date:
August 6, 1957
Creator:
Dowling, Leo E.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Forestry-Tree Farm
Photograph of First member tree farm. This plan is registered with the American Tree Farm System. It consists of 30 acres of pine released by girdling undesireable hardwoods in 1953. A selective cut was made in 1957. Excellent natural reproduction is evident from a good seed crop in 1957.
Date:
July 22, 1958
Creator:
McConnell, John
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wolf Eradication
Photograph of a rack of 24 wolves and coyotes killed by plane and dogs. Shot and wounded from a airplane and caught on the ground by dogs. These wolves and coyotes are eliminated because of the damage they do to chickens and calves. They also rob the nests of ground birds of eggs and young birds. The eradication of the wolves and coyotes in this photo is being done by the Welch, Okla. wolf hunters Association.
Date:
May 15, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Stillwater Creek Flooding
Photograph of Stillwater Creek floodwater damage, vicinity of Stillwater.
Date:
May 21, 1957
Creator:
Brune, G. M.; Curry, Jerald; Mullins, Tilman & Holden, Harold
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Crop Damage from floodwater
Photograph of two man and a boy inspecting wheat damage after a flood. Caption on back of the photo is mostly illegible but states that damage to crops is estimated at 40 bushels per acre. Flood waters were over 6 feed deep at this location.
Date:
June 21, 1957
Creator:
Chance, E. J.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wildlife Are Improvement Water Control
Photograph of a part of a 17 acre planted, flooded field and a water control system in a hardwood bottom for ducks. The cultivated field was planted to browntop millet in July and the seeds produced were flooded in October. The flooded hardwood bottom made the acorns produce on the Nuttall oak trees. The hardwood area is drained during the summer so as to not kill the trees. Over a thousand mallards were using this field the day the picture was taken.
Date:
January 17, 1959
Creator:
Dillon, Olan W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Swarming Bees
Photograph of Sweetclover in a cropping system to improve organic matter and soil stucture. Uses honey bees to polonize the clover for seed production. Bees are Swarming. One swarm has just settled on fence post, leaders come to direct their swarm to their new home.
Date:
July 5, 1957
Creator:
Chance, R. J.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wildlife Area Improvement Quail
Photograph of pen raised Bob White Quail heading for cover (40 acre trap that has been deferred from livestock grazing). Quail were raised at Tyler Hatchery and cost landowner 50 cents each.Landowner must satisfy game warden that like will provide adeqate protection. These birds are about 6 weeks old and had been in crates 5 days and nights but showed no ill effects. Native quail make a remarkable recovery when adequate cover is provided as in photo.
Date:
October 11, 1957
Creator:
Roark, James F.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Checking Growth of Yellow Sweet Clover
Photograph of SCS Tech. Clarence E. Stith checks growth of biennial yellow sweet clover. Stith planted the clover in the spring of 1952 in this 20 acre wheat field solely to improve the soil, the deep roots opening up the soil for the free circulation of air and water. He also uses hairy vetch turned in to add organic matter. To follow clover with wheat for 4 or 5 years.
Date:
July 3, 1953
Creator:
Fox, Lester
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Kudzu
Photograph of Kudzu at roadside. Planted by CCC boys in 1939. This Japanese plant is famous in the south for controlling gullies and steep land. It High in protein it is excellent forage.
Date:
August 6, 1959
Creator:
Hayes, Earl J.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Button Clover
Photograph of Earnest Allen showing a part of is 46 acres of button clover at seeding time that was planted in the fall of 1957. A excellent crop was made in the planting with vetch.
Date:
July 28, 1958
Creator:
Lowe, Sam D.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Guar
Photograph of Guar being grown on soil unit 12 where it had been very difficlut to secure a stand of any crop. Guar is grown as a soil improving crop. Cooperators rotation on this land is guar and cotton. Farmer estimates cotton yeilds have increased 30% since he has been using Guar in his rotation.
Date:
August 8, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Guar Trial Planting
Photograph of Bill Storm, County Agent, and Ted Lahman, WUC, examine a trial planting of Guar. Six to eight pounds of seed planted per acre, in 36 inch rows. A good stand was received and indications are that a good seed harvest will be made. However, some drought damage was present. Guar shows promise as a catch crop in this area of Oklahoma. More observations are needed to see if stubble will control wind erosion and if sub-soil moisture is lowered to the point of affecting the following year's crop.
Date:
August 25, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History