Photograph of paul Horton, President, Southwest Water and Soil Conservation District, relating problems involved in water recharge effort.

Photograph of Joe Bob Hall, District Conservationist, checks the amount of water going into recharge well north of Hollis.

Photograph of District Conservationist Joe Bob Hall, Hollis, and Mr. Motley, member of the Board of Directors of Southwest Water and Soil Conservation District, discuss the operation and maintenance of underground water recharge well located in Lebos Creek on Motley farm.

Photograph of a recharge well constructed in 1967. Provides drainage for 440 acres. Well is 137 feed deep with a 14" casing.

Photograph of Paul Horton, President, Southwest Water and Soil Conservation District, and Joe Bob Hall discuss problems relating to underground water recharge effort.

Photograph of Joe Bob Hall, District Conservationist, examines desbris guard on water recharge well north of Hollis. Practically all the water from this drainage area becomes underground recharge.

Photograph of Guar being grown on soil unit 12 where it had been very difficlut to secure a stand of any crop. Guar is grown as a soil improving crop. Cooperators rotation on this land is guar and cotton. Farmer estimates cotton yeilds have increased 30% since he has been using Guar in his rotation.

Photograph of Cotton hulls placed on field as cover crop. The hulls will also add organic matter to thte soil.

Photograph of cotton and cow peas. Strip cropping on contour. 4 rows of cotton. 2 rows of cow peas with two skip rows an each side.

Photograph of an irrigation check improperly installed; apron set too high causing an over-fall.

Photograph of row irrigation; part of field is 2 percent slope, row direction down steepest slope; plastic sleeves in pipe lets water down each row.

Photograph of row irrigation; part of field is 2 percent slope, row direction down steepest slope; plastic sleeves in pipe lets water down each row.

Photograph of a well and storage trough. Well, casing, and 15' trough cost shared under the GP program. Well located in a 50 acre field reseeded to grass under the GP program.

Photograph of a recharge well under construction. Well in backgound with vent pipe, lead-in pipe with cutoff wall, drop inlet and frame for trash guard. Well is 165 feet deep.

Photograph of a recharge well on Hugh Painter farm. 110 feet deep-1200 acres drainage-14 inch casing.

Photograph of an irrigation check that was improperly installed; apron set too high causing an over-fall.

Photograph of water flowing into a drop inlet of a recharge well. Well completed 10/29/68. Drainage area-Sandy Creek. Depth-75 feet.

Photograph of a Wildlife Habitat area seeded in 1959 to lespedeza, weeping lovegrass, sand love, Indian and little bluestem, swtich.

Photograph of cotton and cow peas. Strip cropping on contour. 4 rows of cotton. 2 rows of cow peas with two skip rows an each side.

Photograph of stubble mulch tillage with use of 2-4 ft. sweeps mounted on Graham plow. First plowing operation was done with chisels.

Photograph of James Masters with SCS technician Joe Bob Hall looking over a proposed pond site. Also they are discussing mesquite Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control while preparing a conservation plan for a contract in the Great Plains Conservation Program. OK-1095-4.

Photograph of mesquite trees being treated with diesel oil. Density approxiamtely 300 per acre. Approximate cost, labor and oil, $15 per acre. Cost shared under the GP program. OK-1544-4.

Photograph of Joe Bob Hall, of the Work Unit Conservationist and the Soil Conservation Service [WUC, & SCS], checks the effectiveness of wind control measures that this District Cooperator has established. This field is Soil Unit 70, subject to severe wind erosion without effective cover. Rye and vetch were seeded in this field in sudan stubble. A seed crop was harvested from the sudan, and the ungrazed stubble left to protect the land until the rye and vetch could provide sufficient growth. There were nearby fields without cover that were damaged by wind erosion this season. OK-253-7.

Photograph of the installation of 8 inch helcore corrugated pipe showing cut-off wall. Installed for principal spillway in an erosion control pond. Constructed under a General Partnership [GP] program. OK-1297-11.