Watesheds, Wildhorse Creek

Photograph of recreational facilities on this multipurpose flood prevention resevoir, completed in 1957. Considting of barges, boats, and docks, all privately owned.
Date: October 9, 1962
Creator: Brown, Bob R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Great Plains Program, Stockwater Tank

Photograph of a 19" diameter, 3,900 gallon concrete stockwater tank at corral serving 5 pastures.
Date: July 9, 1962
Creator: Pigg, Paul
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Improved Pasture

Photograph of an improved pasture with fescue and clover sod drilled in established bermudagrass pasture in fall of 1960. Not pastured since hay harvested in early July 1961.
Date: March 21, 1962
Creator: Shapley, Robert F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Boggy Flats

Photograph looking north of junction in road to Cut-throat Cap and Sugar Creek Spring. During drought period of 1953-56 this area was dominated by short grasses. Note the present vegetation containing a high percentage of little bluestem resulting from good management coupled with favorable climatic period. Taken during annual Soil Conservation Service cooperative grazing use check.
Date: April 11, 1962
Creator: Whittington, Fred
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Loamy Bottomland Site

Photograph of loamy bottomland site with excellent range condition. Grass guage showing 1961 growth of Eastern Gama grass. Merle Bennett, Assistant Refuge Manager, U.S. Fish abd Wildlife Service, in foreground. This is in the Lobo Flat in the Mt. Pinchot pasture. Taken during annual Soil Conservation Service cooperation grazinguse check.
Date: April 11, 1962
Creator: Whittington, Fred
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

Conservation, Environmental & Safety Education

Photograph of 2nd Annual Stubble Mulch Jamboree, the Stubble Mulch Judging Site--Louis Derr, State Soil Scientiist, SCS, Stubble Mulch Judging Committee in charge of this site and hole. OK-1622-6.
Date: July 25, 1962
Creator: Baggett, Beryl
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Conservation, Environmental & Safety Education

Photograph of 3rd place 4-H Club team from Custer County, Oklahoma, at the Stubble Mulch judging school held in conjunction with the 2nd Annual Stubble Mulch Jamboree at Enid, Oklahoma, July 24-25, 1962. Left to right: Arica Page, Scott Smith and Tony. OK-1624-1.
Date: July 25, 1962
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Conservation, Environmental & Safety Education

Photograph of contestants and interested spectators observing machinery dispalyed at the 2nd Annual Stubble Mulch Jamboree at Enid, Oklahoma, July 24-25, 1962. OK-1621-12.
Date: July 25, 1962
Creator: Baggett, Beryl
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Conservation, Environmental & Safety Education

Photograph of one of the great many pieces of equipment on exhibition at the 2nd Annual Stubble Mulch Jamboree at Enid, Oklahoma, July 24-25, 1962. Davies plow hooked to a Massey-Ferguson tractor. This is a sweep plow. OK-1621-6.
Date: July 25, 1962
Creator: Baggett, Beryl
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Conservation, Environmental & Safety Education

Photograph of contestants in the 2nd Annual Stubble Mulch Judging Contest held in conjunction wit the 2nd Annual Stubble Mulch Jamboree at Enid, Oklahoma, July 24-25, 1962. OK-1622-5.
Date: July 25, 1962
Creator: Baggett, Beryl
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Conservation, Environmental & Safety Education

Photograph of a group of 4-H and F.F.A. contestants receiving information from Fred Dries, Soil Scientist, SCS, during the stubble mulch judging contest held at the 2nd Annual Stubble Mulch Jamboree, July 24-25, 1962, at Enid, Oklahoma. OK-1622-9.
Date: July 25, 1962
Creator: Baggett, Beryl
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a grass seed catcher operating in K.R. Bluestem. Note the wiresacross the catcher seems to double the yiled of K.R. seed from the harvester. OK-1827-9.
Date: October 26, 1962
Creator: Welch, Archie
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Roadside erosion

Photograph of a roadbank demonstration. MI-1079-6.
Date: 1962
Creator: Moore, O. I.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wind, Wind Erosion, Sand Storms and Dunes

Photograph of a farmstead windbreaker that will reduce wind and dust around the house and provide wildlife and livestock production. OK-1595-12.
Date: May 4, 1962
Creator: Cole, E. L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a water facilities pond that supplies water for the farmstead and livestock. The owner has hereford cattle. Basic grasses are midland Bermuda and cotton Bermuda. The pond is also stocked with fish. OK-1632-3.
Date: March 3, 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

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Photograph of Fullingim Flat in the Mount Pinchot pasture of the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. Eastern view from the trail. Note the boulder ridge site in the background. This was a heavily grazed area during the 1940s and early 1950s. Improved management including mesquite control, salt location and change in season of use, has resulted in a change from buffalo grass and many low order short grasses to an overstory—principally of silver bluestem gradually taking its place. Photograph taken during the annual Soil Conservation Service [SCS] cooperative grazing use check. OK-1583-11.
Date: April 11, 1962
Creator: Whittington, Fred
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Photograph of bundled pine posts which have been peeled and are now ready to go to the treating [unclear]. OK-1748-12.
Date: July 3, 1962
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Photograph of a stack of wood ready to be made into charcoal. Many farmers are clearing pastures and woodlands and getting paid for the undesirable hardwoods they remove from their land. OK-1748-4.
Date: July 3, 1962
Creator: Smola, Norman
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grassed Water Outlet

Photograph of a grassed water outlet.
Date: December 4, 1962
Creator: Frie, Jimmie W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita Valley Flood Control Council Meeting

Photograph of Watersheds-Washita Valley Flood Control Council Meeting held at Chickasha, Okla., in Chamber of Commerce office each year. All districts give a progress report on flood prevention easements and construction. Dick Longmire, L.L. Red Maples, and L.L. Humphreys are checking a progress map of the Washita River.
Date: August 12, 1962
Creator: Brown, Bob R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita Valley Flood Control Council Meeting

Photograph of Watersheds-Washita Valley Flood Control Council Meeting held at Chickasha, Okla., in Chamber of Commerce office each year. All districts give a progress report on flood prevention easements and construction. Dick Longmire, L.L. Red Maples, and L.L. Humphreys are checking a progress map of the Washita River.
Date: August 12, 1962
Creator: Brown, Bob R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Tentative Range Site

Photograph of a tentative range site is Rocky prairie. Excellent condition Dolomite limestone rock with pockets of deep fertile soil between outcrops. Dpminant vegetation is big and little bluestem and Indiangrass.
Date: May 8, 1962
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History