Farm Work Performed by Oxen

Photograph of J.O. Loftis, SCS technician, watching oxen being hitched by Onva Hargis to a log. Mr. Hargiss uses the oxen for farm work.
Date: April 6, 1966
Creator: Davis, L. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Tree Planting

Photograph of J.L. Miller; Dan Issacs; Lewis Brown; Jerry Hicks; Dean Osborne; Ralph Guy; Ronnie Miller, Neighborhood Youth Corp enrollees, under direction of their supervisor, Dan Issacs and the landwoner Lewis Brown, planting white pine seedlings on very steep Class VIIe land. Ashe fine sandy loam.
Date: March 30, 1966
Creator: Greene, E. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

RC&D Aircraft Manufacturing

Photograph of the interior of the Douglas Aircraft Plant in Sparta.
Date: April 15, 1966
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Engineering. Bench-Type Terraces

Photograph of bench-type terraces. These terraces constructed on the contour and benched as shown in the picture, do a good job in erosion control, and are easy to work with mechanical equipment.
Date: April 6, 1966
Creator: Lyle, C. F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

RC&D Furniture Manufacturing

Photograph of furniture being assembled at Southern Manufacturing Company. This plant makes use of locally produced and processed hardwood lumber.
Date: April 15, 1966
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pasture Land Plane

Photograph of a land plane finishing up land grading job on Nolan Jones place.
Date: June 4, 1966
Creator: Winston, Jimmy
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stubble Mulch

Photograph of Roger Weedn pulling stubble mulch machine on the H.L. Weedn farm.
Date: June 6, 1966
Creator: Ottinger, A. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sparta Handle Mill

Photograph of the Sparta Handle Mill
Date: April 15, 1966
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Agronomy Cantaloupes

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

RC&D Furniture Manufacturing

Photograph of hardwood timber being processed into furniture framing.
Date: April 15, 1966
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watershed-Bear Hybarger

Photograph of Bear Hybarger Channel looking southeast from 4th Street, Lindsay, below channel.
Date: January 6, 1966
Creator: Dowling, Leo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Food Availability through Conservation Farming

Photograph of Mrs. Phyllis Johnson who is one of many house-wives that enjoys shopping in the modern day super-markets. Good conservation farming make many items of food available to the house-wife of today.
Date: February 6, 1966
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Old Water Mill

Photograph of the old water mill at Okalone.
Date: April 15, 1966
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Erosion

Photograph of splash erosion on side of "E" Citch on Whiting Field NAAS. Impact of rain-drop caused displacement of sandy material not protected by cover, in this rocks and other hard material. Complete ground cover would prevent this erosion.
Date: March 30, 1966
Creator: Holcombe, Ed
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

RC&D Interstate 40 Construction

Photograph of Interstate Highway 40 under construction.
Date: April 15, 1966
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wood Products, Charcoal

Photograph of charcoal being removed from a kiln is stockpiled prior to being hauled to a briquet plant
Date: February 4, 1966
Creator: Ball, Lemuel
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Crop Harvest

Photograph of Broomcorn workers bailing Broomcorn.
Date: July 6, 1966
Creator: Dowling, Leo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Agronomy Watermelon Harvest

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

Wood Products

Photograph of wood which has been charcoaled still retains some identity. The chunks are readily recognized as from an oak, hickory, etc.
Date: February 4, 1966
Creator: Ball, Lemuel
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watershed-Bear Hybarger

Photograph of Bear Hybarger Channel looking northwest from 4th Street.
Date: January 6, 1966
Creator: Dowling, Leo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Irrigation on Sod

Photograph of irrigation system irrigating new sodding job on Site 4, Chigley Sandy Watershed. This system was purchased by the Soil Conservation Service.
Date: 1966-07-XX
Creator: Graham, E. O.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Woodlands

Photograph of Soil Conservation Service (SCS) Technician Andrew Costner and Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) board member Jack Rabourn discuss a pine area on a soil best suited to woodland use. OK-2483-7.
Date: August 4, 1966
Creator: Ball, Lemuel
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Instillation of Anti-swirl Fin on Drawdown Pipe for Harry Moore Farm's Pond Construction

Photograph of Joe Kuntz, SCS Technician, looking at a proper installation of an anti-swirl fin an on draw down pipe for a future pond on the Harry Moore farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Proper installation of anti-swirl fin on draw down pipe.”
Date: Spring 1966
Creator: Dowling, Leo E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearing Undercutting Operation on Chester Craven's Farm

Photograph of Foy Hendrix, WUC standing next to a bulldozer in a land clearing undercutting operation on Chester Craven’s land. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Loading Bermudagrass sprigs from covered supply truck into two 2-rowsprigging machines with hitch for planting four rows at a time. Planting machines owned and operated by the Major County SWCD.”
Date: April 20, 1966
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History