Photograph of “John C. Craft, Soil Conservation Service, Engineering Aid, watching Hap Ray, contractor fill core trench for farm pond.” People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Hap Ray, 2. John C. Craft.

Photograph of George Eldred and Clay Wilson, SCS technician, studying grass growth in an 80-acre field seeded to native grass mixture in March 1950. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Clay Wilson, SCS Technician, 2. George Eldred.” The back of the photograph proclaims, “Eldred, right, and Clay Wilson, SCS technician, studying grass growth in an 80-acre field seeded to native grass mixture in March, 1950. This picture was taken in a 9-acre area which was fertilized in April, 1951, with 150 lbs. of 5-10-5 an acre. Grass in this area has evidenced much better growth than grass in non-fertilized area. Grass has not been grazed. Eldred will use it for winter grazing after it becomes well established. 7RP-IV.”

Photograph of little Bluestem plants invaded a seeding of weeping Lovegrass.

Photograph of the Washita River 8 miles west of Hammon looking east. Showing sanding of the river channel.

Photograph of installing a drawdown pipe in a farm pond.

Photograph of Jack Jones sprigging Bermuda grass roots in newly constructed waterway.

Photograph of Lawrence Steiner planting Bermuda grass roots in a new waterway-using district-owned equipment.

Photograph of levee break, sediment and scour damage caused by storm of May 18-19 on Cow Creek.

Photograph of levee breaks, sediment and scour damage caused by storm of May 18-19 on Cow Creek.

Photograph of SCS Engineer Harry Miricle showing high water mark during operation of Owl Creek Watershed #5 after May 10-11 rainfall of about 15 inches.

Photograph of looking south along Owl Creek Detention Reservoir No. 1. Water is now at permanent pool level. On May 11 after 30 hours of rainfall, totaling nearly 15 inches, water reached spillway level but did not flow through spillway. Conservation treatment and condition of range in drainage area believed reason acre runoff did not reach proportions of that on Dams 4 and 5.

Photograph of aerial view of infertile overwash and floodplain scour caused by storm of May 18-19, 1955 on Cow Creek.

Photograph of aerial view of levee breaks, sediment and scour damage caused by storm of May 18-19, 1955 on Cow Creek.

Photograph of aerial view of levee breaks, sediment and scour damage caused by storm of May 18-19, 1955 on Cow Creek.

Photograph of Leroy (Buck) Barnett on farm. Although he had tried every year for seven years he had bee on the place he had not been able to make a crop on the 12 acres of bottomland. Each year floods wiped out his efforts. However, this time his crop of corn was undamaged in spite of the 15 inch rainfall of May 10-11. His field is immediately below Dam 5 on Owl Creek. In 1948 Burnett had cut and shocked a crop of oats which he estimated would produce 40 bushels to the acre. A Flood destroyed the shocked grain. Fences also repeatedly washed out.

Photograph of farmer Dick Long pointing to high water levels reached during downpour of May 10 and 11, 1950. Rainfall total was approximately 15 inches in 30 hours. Eighteen inch drew down pipe ran 90 hours. Water ran over spillway short time. Engineer Harry Maricle, shown with Long, estimates capacity of reservoir filled two and one-half time in 72 hour period. Sloughing of sod protection in one place caused residents to fear dam might break during storm. Long, who worked on such dams, told them, "Those dams will be there when we are all gone. "

Photograph of irrigation well pumping 600 g. p. m. electric motor.

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.

Photograph of a level row irrigation system that has less than 0.2 foot overall grade.

Photograph of a level row irrigation system that has less than 0.2 foot overall grade.

Photograph of irrigating small grains by using gated pipe and corrugated rows.

Photograph of an 8" pipe leading water from the riser connected to 12" concrete pipe below.

Photograph of strawberries being harvested from hillside field. This field has a slope of from 20 to 30%. This land has recently been cleared from brush and will produce good strawberries from 3 to 6 years before it will need to be planted to bermudagrass and overseeded with lespedaza and clovers to conserve the soil that will be damages by erosion and leaching. Strawberries can be grown on this land again in about 20 years. OK-293-3.

Photograph of the planting of Bermuda grass. District owned and operated equipment is planting Midland Bermuda grass on F.R. Dobbs' farm. Class I land. Planted under a plan developed with the Soil Conservation District [SCD] with technicians of the Soil Conservation Service [SCS]. To be over-seeded with Korean Lespedeza. Follow up pictures to be taken. OK-852-7.