Cattle Grazing on Savannah Site

Photograph of cattle grazing on deep savannah site. Grasses present are little bluestem, sand bluestem, switch grass, Indian grass and sand Lovegrass. These pastures has been sprayed three times for shinnery oak control under the GPCP.
Date: January 23, 1962
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Range Grasses

Photograph of native grass planting. Grasses present are Little Bluestem, Indian grass, Switch grass and San Lovegrass.
Date: January 23, 1962
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Agronomy Stubble Mulch

Photograph of Stubble mulch. Wheat seeded in about 1500 pounds of stubble and residue will be excellent conservation farming.
Date: January 23, 1962
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Great Plains Conservation Program

Photograph of the Great Plains Conservation Program [ 1957 - 1996]. Willis Sorrells, Great Plains technician, Soil Conservation Service [SCS], Clinton, Oklahoma, explains the Great Plains contract with Mr. AND Mrs. Dale Robinson, who sign an application for participation in the program. OK-1615-1.
Date: January 19, 1962
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Crop Residue Burning

Photograph of broomcorn stalks are being raked into windrows and burned rather than being turned under. Picture taken at dusk. Other fires in the background can be seen.
Date: January 8, 1962
Creator: Fortney, Fred J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Deep Plowing

Photograph of deep plowing. This field subject to severe wind erosion, has recently been deep plowed. Note clayey subsoil brought to the surface by deep-plowing.
Date: January 23, 1962
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wind, Wind Erosion, Sand Storms and Dunes

Photograph of a field subject to severe wind erosion that has recently been deep-plowed. Note clay subsoil brought to the surface by deep plowing. OK-1523-10.
Date: January 23, 1962
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Timber Creek Watershed

Photograph of Timber Creek. View west from bridge 1/4 mile south of farmstead. Timber Creek stream channel showing silt deposit before floodwater retarding structure completed.
Date: January 24, 1962
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History