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Good Soil Management Makes Strawberries
Photograph of Wilson DeGroot and wife packaging strawberries. Good soil management makes strawberries. Contour rows, fertilization and check-row cultivation has simplified labors. This "pick-em-yourself" four acre project grossed $1,600 in 1960. Over 2,000 people picked for home use according to DeGroot. This retired bricklayer says his hobby is interesting and profitable.
Date:
May 10, 1961
Creator:
Hayes, Earl J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of charter member of the Board of Supervisors of the Valliant Soil Conservation District [SCD], William E. Clarkson. Mr. Clarkson pruned all the young pine on his ranch in the fall of 1959 and spring of 1960. It is estimated if all this pine were in one block it would be about 40 acres. Clarkson has shifted from row crops to cattle raising. His overall plan is to shift to tree farming. OK-969-9.
Date:
May 27, 1960
Creator:
Bryan, Hugo
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management
Photograph of class Iiw land showing wetness on Caddo fine sandy loam. OK-2986-4.
Date:
April 1968
Creator:
Foster, Arlis D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of school forest girls peeling pine posts as part of the School Forest Harvest at Beachton, Oklahoma. The students pealed over 300 posts in the 1956 harvest, with some help from parents. OK-238-2.
Date:
April 3, 1965
Creator:
Hayes, Earl J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of the Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Gash farm, Oak Hill, Oklahoma. “It’s a long way from the seed bag to the milk pail,” as Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Gash ponder ways to get grass in a hurry on their sandy dairy farm. They are using Coastal Bermuda on part of it and NKI-37 [Bermuda grass] on another part. Soon they should choose one. OK-957-3.
Date:
May 1960
Creator:
Hayes, Earl J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of Jesse McBrayer controlling of the undesireable hardwood over pine works. Competition from oaks and low brush is now reduced sufficiently for maximum pine production. He planted pine in hardwood. OK-1442-2.
Date:
October 16, 1961
Creator:
Hayes, Earl J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of the Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Gash farm, Oak Hill, Oklahoma. The Gash’s say $92 for this little dab of Bermuda seed had better get results. They are discussing seedbed preparation and planting methods for a first class job. They also have a new tractor ready to go. OK-957-2.
Date:
May 1960
Creator:
Hayes, Earl J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Kentucky 31 and Fescue
Photograph of soil unit 4 overflow land cleared of timber and seeded to mixture of Kentucky 31 and Fescue, Common bermudagrass (seed), Ladino clover and Burr clover. Topdressed with 80 lbs. of Ammonium Nitrate per acre.
Date:
May 24, 1960
Creator:
Brown, G. C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
You-Pick-Em Berry Patch
Photograph of the rush season, field and shed are full of town pickers. Scarcity of labor made this 4-acre berry patch a "you-pick-em" deal and everyone is happy.
Date:
May 10, 1961
Creator:
Hayes, Earl J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Soils, Harvesting Cotton
Photograph of harvesting cotton on the Tom Deberry farm. Soil is 9x Idabell very fine sandy loam.
Date:
November 6, 1969
Creator:
Reasoner, Robert C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Bridge Enlargement
Photograph of A. A. Boren, member of Conservancy District Board, checking bridge to be enlarged on Main Channel No. 1, Whitegrass-Waterhole project. Area in background inundated by approximately 4 inches of water on the Boren Ranch will be cleared and developed to improved pasture as soon as channel is completed on this project.
Date:
1962~
Creator:
McCollum, W. C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Whitegrass-Waterhole Project Main Channel No. 1
Photograph of the J. P. Harkey tract now owned by Barney Holland. This is excellent soil but produced less than 10% of the potential prior to this project. Water would stand from 4 to 10 inches deep for several weeks at a time prior to this project.
Date:
1962-08-XX
Creator:
Bryan, Hugo
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History