Photograph of Sweetclover in a cropping system to improve organic matter and soil stucture. Uses honey bees to polonize the clover for seed production. Bees are Swarming. One swarm has just settled on fence post, leaders come to direct their swarm to their new home.

Photograph of four self-propelled 14' combines with operator and sacker on each combine. C.S. Thompson, resident of Ponca City and owner of the ranch, standing on first combine. C.E. Riley, Pawnee contractor standing in front of the combines. The ranch is over 5000 acres and approximately 2000 acres is being harvested for native grass seed.

Photograph of a native grass harvest. Approximately 2000 acres of this 5000 acre ranch is being harvested for native grass seed. Picture shows loading seed from combine to truck. C.E. Dilley, of Pawnee, is the contractor.

Photograph of 20 acres Cornado sideoats planted Feb, 1948 in cultivated rows. It was fertilized and cultivated 1300 lbs. of certified seed was harvested Oct. 1958 or 65 lbs. per acre. This seed was used to seed 68 more acres of cropland and overseeded some poor stands of native grass pasture.

Photograph of a silt deposit caused by flood. The 5 or 6" rain Sept. 26, 1959 caused hundreds of silt deposit areas on tributaries of Red Rock Creek. This silt deposit area is in a field which is located 3/4 miles below a proposed detention dam site.

Photograph of waterway construction near Perry. Construction started in the spring of 1956.

Photograph of a scoured area caused by flooding. The 5 or 6" rain Sept. 26, 1959 caused hundreds of scour areas on tributaries of the Red Rock Creek. This scour area is 1 mile below a proposed detention dam site.

Photograph of a second year sweet clover crop in rotation with wheat. Oats and sweet clover then 4 years wheat.

Photograph of contour farming shown on good cross section channel type terraces constructed in 1952.

Photograph of Multi-flora rose planted around pond for wildlife protection and feed.

Photograph of Black Bear Creek flooding farmstead as result of Hurricane Carla.

Photograph of Site No. 71, Upper Black Bear. AC observing concrete workers preparing forms for the riser on the upper end of the principal spillway. Also shown to the left, a drainway to keep the natural drain open to prevent impoundment of water during construction.

Photograph of the city waterwork of Red Rock, Okla. inundated by floodwater from Red Rock Creek Watershed following rains caused by Hurricane Carla.

Photograph of Black Locust and Catalpa trees. Planting is approx. 25 years old.

Photograph of a pipe on backside of Site No. 11 Long Branch Watershed Project discharging water from the 17" pipe. From July 13 to 26, 16" of rain fell on this watershed and the water went around the emergency spillway on July 15 following 11' of the rain in 44 hours for about a 3 hour period. Everything worked perfectly and no damage to the bermudagrass cover in the waterway. About 100 to 150' of nativegrass above the permanent pool contour was damaged by standing water during this rain period.

Photograph of a waterway established to bermudagrass in 1955.

Photograph of Bud and Reba Warren, receiving a long distance call relative to business. Mrs. Warren a business partner and secretary makes the ranch business a common daily routine of the home.

Photograph of the principal spillway and dam of H.S. Diem property who gave one of the two necessary easments to permit construction. Shown is Daryl Bond, employee with Ben Haskins Construction Company, contractor on this site.

Photograph of a waterway which was established in 1952 and the average width is 54 ft. It was originally a natural drain that was shaped and planted to Bermudagrass. It is designed to handle the runoff from approximately 80 acres. Terraces now spill into the waterway. On the left is shown the end of a strip of Kafir and almum sorghum mixture to be cut for silage.

Photograph of Bermuda overseeded with wheat in 18 inch rows in the stud lot. Shown is Bud Warren with a prize stud. In the lot to the background is the nationally known stud that gave Bud and Reba their start in the quarter horse business.

the second operation of constructing channel type terraces being built by bulldozer. Billy Kay, Contractor.

Photograph of floodwater across Highway 64 due to Long Branch Creek going out of its banks after a 5 inch rain on the watershed. Photo made 10 hours after crest of 1.6 feet flowed across the highway. Flood control structures have been staked on Sites No. 8 & 11 for Long Branch Creek watershed by the Soil Conservation Service.

Photograph of 30 broad mares winter grazing on native grass field in top good condition.

Photograph of terraces. Constructing terraces with two, three bottom plows. This picture shows completed terraces as the 16 round was being made. This terrace is approximately 1000 feet long. It checked out 1.2 settled, height of ridge cross section of channel is 16 sq. ft. Ridge is 20 ft. from channel to toe on back side. OK-745-12.