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Pumpkins
Photograph of Sam Holmberg with pumpkins (corn in background) grown on his farm. Pumpkin crop goes to Erick Band Mothers for purchase of band uniforms. Last year pumpkin crop of 1/4 ac. Produced $185.00 for Holmberg son's senior class which was used for trip to Washington. Holmberg is 1959 Father of the Year in Oklahoma as well as being a supervisor in the North Fork of Red River SCD. Holmberg is an excellent conservation farmer on this 640 ac. farm.
Date:
September 16, 1959
Creator:
Bryan, Hugo
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Seed Harvest-Grass
Photograph of district equipment harvesting weeping lovegrass seed. The grass in this area was not fertilized but was planted on virgin Cross Timbers soil and will produce an excellent seed crop.
Date:
July 18, 1958
Creator:
McConnell, John
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Combining Native Grass Seed
Photograph of combining native grass seed. Seed mixtire includes Little and Big bluestem, Switch and Indian grass. Meadow baled in early July. Seed harvested 10/17/58. Meadow yeilded 12,840 lbs. seed on approximately 100 acres.
Date:
October 17, 1958
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Combining Cheyenne Indian Grass
Photograph of combining Cheyenne Indiangrass seed.Seeded in 1958. Seed for this planting furnished by Plant Material Center.
Date:
September 18, 1959
Creator:
Bryan, Hugo
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Native Grass
Photograph of combining switchgrass that has been windrowed.
Date:
October 29, 1957
Creator:
Woodward, G.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Combining Native Grass Seed
Photograph of combining native grass seed. Seed mixtire includes Little and Big bluestem, switch and Indian grass. Meadow baled in early July. Seed harvested 10/9/58. Meadow yeilded 16,560 lbs. seed on approximately 160 acres.
Date:
October 10, 1958
Creator:
Eaton, J. L.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Harvesting Native Grass
Photograph of four self-propelled 14' combines with operator and sacker on each combine. C.S. Thompson, resident of Ponca City and owner of the ranch, standing on first combine. C.E. Riley, Pawnee contractor standing in front of the combines. The ranch is over 5000 acres and approximately 2000 acres is being harvested for native grass seed.
Date:
October 28, 1957
Creator:
Chance, R. J.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Combnining Native Grass Seed
Photograph of combining native grass seed. Seed mixture ncludes Little and Big Bluestem, Switchand Indian grass. Meadow baled in early July. Seed harvested 10/17/58. Meadow yeilded 12,840 lbs. seed on approximately 100 acres.
Date:
October 17, 1958
Creator:
Eaton, J. L.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Harvesting Woodward sand Bluestem Seed
Photograph of Marshall Smith and SCS technician B.F. Prickett harvesting Woodward sand bluestem seed. This 8 acre field was seeded in spring 1938. Produced approximately 2400 lbs. combine ran seed in 1959. Seed for this planting furnished by Plant Material Center.
Date:
September 17, 1959
Creator:
Bryan, Hugo
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Harvesting Native Grass
Photograph of a native grass harvest. Approximately 2000 acres of this 5000 acre ranch is being harvested for native grass seed. Picture shows loading seed from combine to truck. C.E. Dilley, of Pawnee, is the contractor.
Date:
October 28, 1957
Creator:
Chance, R. J.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Harvesting Grass
Photograph of Harvesting native grass seed with self-propelled combines. Meadow has been managed properly and conditioned maintained. Estimated yield of combine run seed was 100 lbs. per acre. Ranch planned and range managed in cooperation with Soil Conservation Service.
Date:
October 17, 1957
Creator:
McClung, F.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Seed Harvest-Grass
Photograph of district equipment harvesting weeping lovegrass seed. The grass in this area was not fertilized but was planted on virgin Cross Timbers soil and will produce an excellent seed crop.
Date:
July 18, 1958
Creator:
McConnell, John
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Harvesting Seed
Photograph of harvesting native grass seed. Predominately little bluestem with mixtures of Switch, Little blue stem and Indiangrass. Estimated yields of 100 lbs. per acre. Air dry.
Date:
October 17, 1957
Creator:
McClung, F.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Combining Native Bluestem Grass
Photograph of Houston Hicks, combining native grass from the Alva Tims farm. Rotation grazing and conservation ranching had permitted this grass to make an excellent seed crop in 1955. 58 pounds of good seed per acre, principally little bluestem and Indiangrass were harvested.
Date:
November 10, 1955
Creator:
Martin, J. Vernon
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Extensive Growth of Vetch
Photograph of left to right, Henery Heman, District cooperator, WUC, SCS K.C. Bennett, and Bart Brewster, neighbor. Brewster is shown admiring the extensive growth of vetch on the Heman farm, while Heman proudly looks on. The vetch is a common occurance now in Ottawa County with approxomately 60,000 acres grown annually. The vetch was practically not known before the beginning of the district in 1946.
Date:
May 16, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Bees
Photograph of Claude Webb proudly displayes a few of the live bees from the 70 bee hives on his farm. Bees are the most important factor in the pollination of soil conservation legumes. This is a very economical way, K.C. Bennett, SCS technician, says 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 $500.00 worth of honey last year.
Date:
May 16, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Bees
Photograph of Claude Webb proudly displaying a few of the live bees from the 70 bee hives on his farm. Bees are the most important factor in the pollination of soil conservation legumes. This is a very economical way, K.C. Bennett, SCS technician, says 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 $500.00 worth of honey last year.
Date:
May 16, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wheat and Clover Rotation
Photograph of Armin Groeneman, district cooperator, and WUC, K.C. Bennett, in field of wheat on the Groeneman farm where sweet clover is used in crop rotation. Wheat is fertilized with 125 pounds of 5-20-20 and 100 pounds of 0-20-0 per acre. Groeneman is a firm believer in the value of sweet clover as a soil builder.
Date:
May 16, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Salah, Algeria
Photograph of Salah, the southernmost of the Algerian cases.
Date:
December 17, 1952
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Flooding
Photograph of Flooded hundreds of acres of farmland and homes in the lowland.
Date:
October 13, 1959
Creator:
Chance, R. J.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Strawberries
Photograph of typical sample of strawberry land. This land is mostly rock and gravel. It will grow strawberries for 3 to 6 years before it should be put into bermudagrass and clovers to conserve the soil from further depletion from erosion and leaching. Strawberries can be grown onthos land again in about 20 years.
Date:
May 23, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Strawberries
Photograph of a packing shed where strawberries are taken by the pickers. The pickers are paid as they bring the berries to the shed. The berries are packed in crates and are prepared to be shipped to market or the freezing plant. Berries are picked and handled quickly to conserve loss from spoilage.
Date:
May 23, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Poultry
Photograph of the interior of a 48,000 capacity broiler house which is 30' x 300' in size. The yearly output of broilers on the Edds Farm is approximately 98,000.
Date:
May 23, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Coastal Bermuda
Photograph of Coastal Bermuda set late June, 1957. Growth resulting from lultivation. Runners covered in furrows will become winter hardy and provide root stock for quick cover secceeding year.
Date:
September 8, 1957
Creator:
McCollum, W. C.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History