Elbon Rye Being Harvested

Photograph of Elbon rye being harvested. Rye was planted for cover crop and pasture. Good seed crop was harvested. Approximately 30 bushels per acre.
Date: July 12, 1961
Creator: Hager, P. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a root plow in action. Principal woody species are green briar, dewberry, buck brush, green ash, and small oak. Principal grasses: buffalo grass, tumble love grass, tall drop seed, small amounts of switch grass, sideoats grama and little bluestem. Plow cutting from 8 to 12 inches deep. OK-1407-5.
Date: July 21, 1961
Creator: Hager, P. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wheat Following Alfalfa on Bottom Land

Photograph of wheat following alfalfa on bottom land. Note heavy straw. Yield approximaely 40 bushels per acre. Residue to be left on top not plowed.
Date: July 12, 1961
Creator: Hagar, P. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wheat Following Alfalfa

Photograph of wheat following alfalfa on bottom land. Note heavy straw. Yield approximaely 40 bushels per acre. Residue to be left on top not plowed.
Date: July 12, 1961
Creator: Hagar, P. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of a close-up of mesquite roots showing bud zone. Trees had been sprayed previously and appeared dead. Present trees sprouted from old roots. Roots were plowed up with a root plow. OK-1407-8.
Date: July 21, 1961
Creator: Hager, P. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a root plow in operation in a mesquite thicket. Area sprayed previously. It appeared that most of the trees were dead but sprouted back. Present trees are from old sprouts. Plow cutting from 8 to 12 inches deep. Principle grass: buffalo grass. OK-1407-7.
Date: July 21, 1961
Creator: Hager, P. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pecan Development on Beaver Creek

Photograph of a Pecan development on Beaver Creek. Note dense stand of timber in background where clearing has not taken place. Grass is beginning to improve.
Date: July 13, 1961
Creator: Hager, P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History