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.

Photograph of native grass planting. Grasses present are Little Bluestem, Indian grass, Switch grass and San Lovegrass.

Photograph of Stubble mulch. Wheat seeded in about 1500 pounds of stubble and residue will be excellent conservation farming.

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.

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.

Photograph of a large field subject to severe wind erosion recently deep-plowed. Note the clay subsoil brought to the surface by deep-plowing. OK-1523-9.

Photograph of a group overlooking a later Bermuda grass planting, August, 1961., on Site 14, Upper Clear Boggy Creek. L to R: Phillip Busby, former president, Upper Muddy Boggy Watershed Improvement Association; Harral Allen, President, Sandy Creek Water and Soil Conservation District (WSCD); Irl Rhymes, District Cooperator; Drexel Sales, Chairman, Pontotoc County Soil Conservation District (SCD); Dave Roberts, District Supervisor; Ted Savage, secretary of the Ada Chamber of Commerce; Kenneth Yoakum, Work Unit Conservationist (WUC), Soil Conservation Service (SCS), Ada, OK; Jimmie Tzhomas, District Supervisor; and C.C. Burton, Jr., District Supervisor. OK-1612-7.

Photograph of Jimmie Thomas, District Supervisor of Pontotoc County Soil Conservation District, stands on ice near boat dock and principal spillway of Site # 35, Upper Clear Boggy Creek watershed, on the ranch of F. Howard Walsh, Fort Worth, TX, district cooperator. 10 acres surface of permanent water. Average depth is 30 feet. OK-1611-4.

Photograph of District Cooperator, Irl Rhymes, foreground, showing Kenneth Yoakum, Work Unit Conservationist (WUC), Soil Conservation Service (SCS), Ada, OK, seed head of native grass on one of his native grass pastures above the drainage area of Site # 9, Upper Clear Boggy Creek. Background L to R: Ted Savage, secretary, Ada Chamber of Commerce; Harrel Allen, President, Sandy Creek Water and Soil Conservation District [WSCD]; Jimmy Thomas, District Supervisor; C. C. Baxton, Jr., District Supervisor; Drexel sales, Chairman, Pontotoc County SWCD; and Uel Bumpers, District Supervisor, admiring the excellent condition of Rhymes’ grass.

Photograph of District cooperator, Irl Rhymes, foreground, with 200 of his whiteface heifers above drainage area of Site # 15, Upper Clear Boggy. He takes excellent care of his native grass—taking half and leaving half. Has 8 Black Angus bulls in pasture with heifers. He is a conservation rancher. OK-1612-9.

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.

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.

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.

Photograph of reviewing a Great Plains contract and conservaton plan with Mr. and Mrs Eldred Sasseen by Olen Rowlett, SCS Technician, Cordell, Oklahoma. Picture taken in their home.

Photograph of Ted Savage, secretary, Ada Chamber of Commerce, looks at a permanent pool of Site No. 35 at the Upper Clear Boggy, on a ranch of district cooperator, F. Howard Walsh, Ft. Worth, TX. Savage has assisted district supervisors and Conservancy District 100% in the program in Pontotoc County. Son of the late E.B. Savage, Harmon, OK, original board member of Upper Washita Water and Soil Conservation District (WSCD) and brother-in-law of L. L. "red" Males of Cheyenne, OK. OK-1611-5.

Photograph of Upper Clear Boggy Creek Watershed, Site # 38. From L to R: C. C. Burton, Jr., District Supervisor; Del Bumpers, District Supervisor; Harral Allen, President, Sandy Creek Water and Soil Conservation district (WSCD); Kenneth Yoakum, Work Unit Conservationist (WUC), Soil Conservation Service (SCS), Ada, OK; and ted Savage, Secretary, Ada Chamber of Commerce, observing core tranch for pipe of principal spillway. OK-1611-9.

Photograph of, from L to R, Kenneth Yoakum, Work Unit Conservationist (WUC), Soil Conservation Service (SCS), Ada, OK; Jimmy Thomas, District Supervisor; Ted Savage, secretary, Ada Chamber of Commerce; Drexel Siles, Chairman, Pontotoc County, Soil Conservation District (SCD); Phillip Busby, former president of Upper Muddy Boggy Watershed Improvement Assn.; Uel Bumpers, District Supervisor; Dave Roberts, President, Upper Clear Boggy Water & Soil Conservation District; C. C. Baxton, Jr., District Supervisor; C. C. Baxton, Jr., District Supervisor; Harral Allen, President, Sandy Creek Water and Soil Conservation District (WSCD); in specting [unclear] of Site # 35, Upper Clear Boogy Conservancy District, on the ranch of district cooperator, F. Howard Walsh, Ft. Worth, TX. Fill will be vegetated with Bermuda grass in March 1962. OK-1611-6.

Photograph of District Cooperator, Irl Rhymes, foreground, showing Kenneth Yoakum, Work Unit Conservationist (WUC), Soil Conservation Service (SCS), Ada, OK, that he is keeping sediment pool drum down on Site # 9 on his ranch so can sod to Bermuda in the Spring of 1962. If valve was closed Rhymes could have a 42 acre lake of water, but wants grass at this time. OK-1613-1.

Photograph of youthful badland soil/Eroded Red Clay range site showing rawness of material in foreground, and sparseness of vegetation. The limited vegetation shown in photograph includes mesquite and prickly pear. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Soil – Badland, showing rawness of material in foreground, and sparseness of vegetation. Usually some scattered mesquite and prickly pear occur on this raw, youthful soil. This in the Eroded Red Clay range site. Land Capability Class VIIs."

Photograph of SCS Technician Olen Rowlett and Willis J. Sorrells discuss the Great Plains conservaton plan with Mr. & Mrs. Eldred Sasseen. Sasseen is the first to sign a Great Plains contract in Washita County. Mr. & Mrs. Sasseen operate a 1200 acre Hereford ranch.

Photograph of red clay prairie range site. Vernon soils. Class VI land. Range is in fair condition.