Severe Erosion, Sild Deposits in Stock Pond

Photograph of the lower portion of a natural draw. Erosion severe with silt being deposited in stock water pond across road. Surface of pond water can be seen beneath trees in distance.
Date: August 25, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

No Soil Loss After Rain

Photograph of wheat planted on contour with terraces. This field was subjected to an excess of 6-inch rainstorm. No soil loss nor damage to the crop. Looking down a terrace channel.
Date: August 25, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

No Soil Loss After Significant Rainfall

Photograph of West side of SH 54. Wheat planted on contour with terraces. This field subjected to an excess of 6-inch rainstorm. No soil loss nor damage to the crop.
Date: August 25, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Detention Storage for Protection

Photograph of a view of a pond from the spillway. Pond has detention storage to protect state and county highways and cropland from flood damage. Fence will be above permanent water level.
Date: August 25, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Silt and Water Over County Road

Photograph of silt and water from Deer Creek over county black top road at Dead Woman's Crossing. Mud bar blocks entrance to bridge.
Date: August 25, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fescue Grass Ladino Clover Bottomland Pasture

Photograph of Martin examining part of his 48 acres of fescue-ladino clover bottomland pasture. He turned 112 head of cattle on this 48 acres in December 1950, and left there until April 1, except during three weeks of severe weather in January. During that three months Martin says, the livestock had nothing else to eat, yet they fared better than cows that were on straight ladino and ryegrass and being given a couple of pounds of cake each day. Martin also has fescue-ladino planted on 15 fertile upland acres.
Date: July 25, 1951
Creator: Tomkins, Gordon
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cutting Oats and Vetch for Hay

Photograph of cutting oats and vetch for hay.
Date: May 25, 1955
Creator: Evans, Charles A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Examining Flood Discharge into Concrete Riser

Photograph of Glenn Beecham, Supervising Technician and Project Engineer examining flood discharge into 30" x 30" concrete riser. Note debris guard, concrete baffle wall, and creosoted wood baffle wall fin.
Date: May 25, 1954
Creator: Ritchey, Leonard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita Watershed Wildhorse Creek Sub-Watershed

Photograph of SCS 36" I. D. concrete pipe trench excavation, grade stakes and better boards.
Date: September 25, 1957
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita Watershed Wildhorse Creek Sub-Watershed

Photograph of site 22, Wildhorse Creek. Second anti-seep collar trench excavation on SCS 36" concrete pipe.
Date: September 25, 1956
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Flood Control

Photograph of site 22, Wildhorse Creek. Cat. D-9 loading Cat. DW-21 in municipal structure excavation.
Date: September 25, 1956
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soil Sample

Empty envelope J. A. Killough preparing for soil sampling with an Oliver soil sampling tube.
Date: January 25, 1955
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Composite Surface Soil Sample

Photograph of J. A. Killough in fourth of a series: How to take a composite surface soil sample. After you have taken a thin slice of soil from the hole, take a core about a half inch wide from the center of the slice and place in a clean bucket. Repeat for each spot selected within the field or area to be sampled.
Date: January 25, 1955
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Composite Surface Soil Sample

Photograph of J. A. Killough in second of a series: How to take a composite surface soil sample. At each spot the plant growth, trash or mulch is cleared from the ground where the hole is to be dug.
Date: January 25, 1955
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Gully Control

Photograph of trial basis of healing gullies. Gully sloped with a bulldozer. Cost estimated at $80. 00 for bulldozer work, $10. 00 for roots and planter. Gully approximately 550 feet long, 20 to 30 feet wide and 10 to 15 feet deep.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Frank Tansel Feeding Fish

Photograph of Frank Tansel feeding fish in a newly stocked reservoir constructed July 1954. Bass weighng 1 1/4 lbs in 6 months. Three and four inch fingerlings planted with Blue Gills.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cotton Hulls for Cover

Photograph of Cotton hulls placed on field as cover crop. The hulls will also add organic matter to thte soil.
Date: November 25, 1959
Creator: Nelson, P. I.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Bindweed Control

Photograph of Ted Lehman, WJC, and Bill Storm, County Agent, examining an area treated for bindweed. Farmer applied Boroacu at the rate of 2300 pounds per acre in the Spring of 1953. A good kill was received except around the edges. Note size of area that has been out of production for three years. Bindweed is considered a serious problem in some areas of the High Plains. OK-138-4.
Date: August 25, 1955
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of newly pitted rangeland just after a ¾ inch rain fell. The pits caught the rain and more ran off the area. The moisture penetrated into the soil in the pits 10 ½ inches deep, whereas in an adjoining area not pitted the soil was wet only 2 or 3 inches deep. TX-48-277.
Date: July 25, 1952
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Photograph of Dierks Forest [from the lumber company established by the Dierks family beginning in 1903] in Valliant, Oklahoma. Follow-up of OK_656-9. 25c OH soil Class VII. Forest cleared by a D8 crawler tractor. Cut on and planted with pine seedlings on March 1958. OK-1072-3.
Date: November 25, 1959
Creator: Killim, O. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of land plowed in preparation for fall seeding. This operation of pulling a section harrow over land further reduces the size of clods, increasing the wind erosion hazards. Too much tillage is a problem that must be overcome in combatting wind erosion. Ted Lehman, WUC [Water Usage and Conservation] of Beaver, Oklahoma, says this is the "powder keg for blowing." OK-138-5.
Date: August 25, 1955
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of land plowed in preparation for fall seeding. This operation of pulling a section harrow over land further reduces the size of clods, increasing the wind erosion hazards. Too much tillage is a problem that must be overcome in combatting wind erosion. Ted Lehman, WUC [Water Usage and Conservation] of Beaver, Oklahoma, says this is the "powder keg for blowing." OK-138-5.
Date: August 25, 1955
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management

Photograph of soil sampling. Second of a series: How to take a composite surface soil sample. At each spot of the plant growth, trash or mulch is cleared from the ground where the hole is to be dug (See OK-2-4, 2-6, 2-9 and 2-11). This is photo OK-2-5.
Date: January 25, 1955
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management

Photograph of soil sampling. Fourth in a series: How to take a composite surface soil sample. After you have taken a thin slice of soil from the hole, take a core about a half inch wide from the center of the slice and place in a clean bucket. Repreat for each spot selected within the field or area to be sampled (See OK-2-4, 2-5, 2-6 and 2-11). This is photo OK-2-9.
Date: January 25, 1955
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History