Agronomy Watermelons

Photograph of watermelons on Minco silt loam (7m-A). Pic #11
Date: July 22, 1966
Creator: Grimes, C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Tepee Type Exclosure

Photograph of a tepee style exclosure to be used for yield data and to help ranchers determine degree of use. Teepee's cost approximately $10 not including labor.
Date: March 22, 1961
Creator: Hager, P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Rush Creek Dam and Spillway

Photograph of dam, fence and spillway and gate looking East. This picture made before being sprigged with bermuda grass and before structure has filled with water. Present water is in borrow pit.
Date: December 22, 1960
Creator: Leonard, C. M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Peavine Watershed Site No. 6

Photograph of contractor, Quinnill, cutting in mulch on floodwater retarding structure.
Date: April 22, 1960
Creator: Howell, T. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Tame Pasture Planting

Photograph of Quarter horses grazing on a 10-acre field of bermuda grass.
Date: August 22, 1969
Creator: Conradi, Al
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Youth Range Camp

Photograph of Charles Grimes, Work Unit Conservationist [WUC], and Henry and Duane Harrell examining a watering facility. OK-3170-11.
Date: August 22, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Youth Range Camp

Photograph of Henry and Duane Harrell and ranchhands examining a watering facility. OK-3170-12.
Date: August 22, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Youth Range Camp

Photograph of Youth Range Camp plant identification. OK-3169-1.
Date: August 22, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Woodland Wildlife Planting

Photograph of W.C. Stewart's planting of 3 acres of Black locusts with multiflora Rose around edges in Feb. 1955. Claude Leonard in photo standing by Multiflora Rose. OK-1340-7.
Date: May 22, 1961
Creator: Trompler, Bill
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wind, Wind Erosion, Sand Storms and Dunes

Photograph of topsoil being blown from field on the left. Dust storms are common when the soil surface is barren of crops of crop residues through a lack of residue management against the forces of wind erosion. OK-1435-3.
Date: August 22, 1961
Creator: Rhoads, C. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Timber Stand Improvement

Photograph of J.W. Adams [left] and Wes Nunn [right], landowner. Mr. Nunn is showing Mr. Adams a method of holding a tree injector. OK-1203-4.
Date: September 22, 1960
Creator: Turney, Douglas
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Photograph of timber stand improvement. Left, J.W. Adams. Right, wes Nunn, landowner. Showing Mr. Adams method of holding a tree injector. OK-1203-4.
Date: September 22, 1960
Creator: Turney, Douglas
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Tame Fawn

Photograph of a tame fawn in the Cookson Hills State Game Refuge
Date: September 22, 1961
Creator: Warth, Peter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Topsoil Blown from Field

Photograph of topsoil being blown from field on the left. Dust storms are common when the soil surface is barren of crops or crop residues thru a lack of residue management agains the forces of wind erosion.
Date: August 22, 1961
Creator: Rhoads, C. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Emergency Tilling

Photograph of emergency tlling just prior to seeding to protect the field from wind erosion. This is a good practice that could have been delayed or prevented by minimum tillage and a good system of residue management. Note the lack of vegetation on the field and the recent deposits of topsoil in the fence row.
Date: August 22, 1961
Creator: Cole, E. L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grazing on Hairy Vetch

Photograph of a registered polled hereford bull grazing hairy vetch overseeded on fescue. Port fine sandy loam (90) soil.
Date: April 22, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wind Eroded Field

Photograph of a field that is barren of crop residue just prior to seeding. This fiedl is being wind eroded, which could have been prevented under a good system of residue management.
Date: August 22, 1961
Creator: Cole, E. L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Youth Range Camp

Photograph of Duane Harrell and ranchhands observing livestock and grass. OK-3170-15.
Date: August 22, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Youth Range Camp

Photograph of Charles Grimes and Henry and Duane Harrell and ranchhands observing livestock. OK-3170-13.
Date: August 22, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wind, Wind Erosion, Sand Storms and Dunes

Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. William Haynes showing their woodland windbreaks. Farmstead Windbreak consists of Red Cedar planted in front of Chinese Elm. OK-1346-2.
Date: May 22, 1961
Creator: Leonard, C. M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management

Photograph of a soil profile of Huntington silt loam. This is a deep, medium textured, first bottom soil which occasionally is overflown and is important agriculturally in Adair County. OK-1148-10.
Date: July 22, 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Photograph of woodland windbreaks. The framstead windbreak of Mr. & Mrs. William Haynes: Red cedar planted in front of Chinese Elm. OK-1346-2.
Date: May 22, 1961
Creator: Leonard, C. M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lake Francis

Photograph of natural spillway near dam on Illinois River forming Lake Francis.
Date: September 22, 1961
Creator: Warth, Peter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Hairy Vetch

Photograph of a registered polled hereford bull grazing hairy vetch overseeded on fescue. Port fine sandy loam (90).
Date: April 22, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History