Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of the installation of 8 inch helcore corrugated pipe showing cut-off wall. Installed for principal spillway in an erosion control pond. Constructed under a General Partnership [GP] program. OK-1297-11.
Date: March 24, 1961
Creator: Hall, Joe B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of James Masters with SCS technician Joe Bob Hall looking over a proposed pond site. Also they are discussing mesquite Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control while preparing a conservation plan for a contract in the Great Plains Conservation Program. OK-1095-4.
Date: January 21, 1960
Creator: Nelson, Paul I.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Photograph of mesquite trees being treated with diesel oil. Density approxiamtely 300 per acre. Approximate cost, labor and oil, $15 per acre. Cost shared under the GP program. OK-1544-4.
Date: August 9, 1961
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sweep on Stubble Mulch Tillage

Photograph of stubble mulch tillage with use of 2-4 ft. sweeps mounted on Graham plow. First plowing operation was done with chisels.
Date: 1961~
Creator: Hall, Joe B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cotton and Cow Peas

Photograph of cotton and cow peas. Strip cropping on contour. 4 rows of cotton. 2 rows of cow peas with two skip rows an each side.
Date: October 7, 1960
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wildlife Habitat Area

Photograph of a Wildlife Habitat area seeded in 1959 to lespedeza, weeping lovegrass, sand love, Indian and little bluestem, swtich.
Date: October 7, 1960
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Recharge Well

Photograph of water flowing into a drop inlet of a recharge well. Well completed 10/29/68. Drainage area-Sandy Creek. Depth-75 feet.
Date: November 15, 1968
Creator: Evarett, Tom
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Recharge Well Under Construction

Photograph of a recharge well under construction. Well in backgound with vent pipe, lead-in pipe with cutoff wall, drop inlet and frame for trash guard. Well is 165 feet deep.
Date: January 10, 1969
Creator: Evarett, Tom
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Recharge Well

Photograph of a recharge well on Hugh Painter farm. 110 feet deep-1200 acres drainage-14 inch casing.
Date: May 25, 1968
Creator: Everett, Thomas H.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Well and Storage Trough

Photograph of a well and storage trough. Well, casing, and 15' trough cost shared under the GP program. Well located in a 50 acre field reseeded to grass under the GP program.
Date: March 1, 1962
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Agronomy, Cotton and Cow Peas

Photograph of cotton and cow peas. Strip cropping on contour. 4 rows of cotton. 2 rows of cow peas with two skip rows an each side.
Date: October 7, 1960
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Recharge Well

Photograph of a recharge well constructed in 1967. Provides drainage for 440 acres. Well is 137 feed deep with a 14" casing.
Date: May 9, 1968
Creator: Everett, Thomas H.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History