Wildlife on Steps to Oil Tank Battery

Photograph of wildlife making a nest on the steps to an oil tank battery. Scissortail young, 3 birds. Pumper for Sanders and Britton has erected a shade to protect the bird from sun and hawks.
Date: July 10, 1961
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Shrubs

Photograph of bull nettle and purple nightshade before chemical treatment. Will be sprayed with 2-4-D at a rate of one pint of concentrate per acre. OK-1400-8.
Date: July 30, 1961
Creator: Collins, F. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of the follow-up on timber spraying. First spraying done in May, 1958. Soils are 6w-D-13. Sandy [?] Site. Before picture of OK-616-1. OK-1400-1.
Date: July 19, 1961
Creator: Riley, K. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a bulldozer with a special blade for brush control. Land had been bulldozed with a second growth elm predominant. The special blade was designed for mesquite control. Cat. D-7 owned by the Agricultural Contractor Harold Lester. The farm resides in Jefferson County. OK-1457-3.
Date: July 21, 1961
Creator: Riley, K. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a portable spray unit using cluster type spray nozzle. Treating persimmon and ragweed in Midland bermudagrass. Chemical used is 2-4-D, one pint of concentrate per acre. Soil unit # 7. OK-1400-6.
Date: July 30, 1961
Creator: Collins, F. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of a bulldozer with a special blade for brush control. Land had been bulldozed with a second growth elm predominant. The special blade was designed for mesquite control. Cat. D-7 owned by the Agricultural Contractor Harold Lester. The farm res
Date: July 21, 1961
Creator: Riley, K. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Bulldozer Brush Control

Photograph of a bulldozer with a special blade for brush control. Land had been bulldozed-second growth elm predominant-special blade designed for mesquite control. Cat D-7 owned by Agricultural Contractor Harold Lester. Farm in Jefferson County.
Date: July 21, 1961
Creator: Riley, K. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Nesting Scissortail

Photograph of wildlife, a Scissortail, on steps to oil tank battery. Scissortail young, 3 birds. Pumper for Sanders and Britton has erected a shade to protect the bird from sun and hawks.
Date: July 10, 1961
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of a bulldozer with a blade for Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control. Land had been bulldozed. Second growth elm predominant. Special blade designed for mesquite control. Cat. D-7 owned by Agricultural Contractor Harold Lester. Farm in Jefferson County. OK-1457-3.
Date: July 21, 1961
Creator: Riley, K. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

UNIDENTIFED Man Clearing Elm for Brush and Mosquito Control

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man in a bulldozer using a special blade to clear elm from land for brush and mosquito control. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Bulldozer with special blade for brush control. Land had been bulldozed-second growth elm predominant-special blade designed for mosquito control. Cat. D-7 owned by Agricultural Contractor Harold Lester. Farm in Jefferson County." *Note: the city of Courtney is listed on maps in Love County, not Jefferson County.
Date: July 21, 1961
Creator: Riley, K. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photographic follow-up of OK-1400-6. The chemical control of ragweed and persimmon. One-half pound 2-4-D concentrate used per acre. Soil unit 7. Before photo OK-1400-6.
Date: July 10, 1961
Creator: Collins, F. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History