Photograph of Chief of Soil Conservation Service Dr. H.H. Bennett talks to crowd of 800 visitors on soil conservation and Youth Day at Clinton, Okla. In speakers stand are Lt. Governor, Dr. Bennett, Pres. Okla. A&M Col., Dr. H.H. Bennett, and Louis P. Merrill, Reg. Conservator for SCS and others.

Photograph of Class I Land (Upland) in cultivated straight rows of cotton with corn in background. Ano apparent erosion. No conservation practices needed other than winter cover crops and crop rotation as practiced under sound farming methods. Chickasha Very Fine Sandy Loam.

Photograph of a windbreqak and post lot of Black Locust trees planted in 1937. Trees have been cultivated and have attained an excellent growth. Owner first cooperated with the Checotah Camp who furnished labor to set out the trees and he is now a cooperator and member of the Soil Conservation District Board of Supervisors.

Photograph of Severe gullying of roadside channels has been halted by sloping and sodding the banks and sodding the slopes to Bermuda grass. Work completed last part of June, 1940. Roadsides are now being utilized for terrace outlet channels. When work was started, the gullies on each side of the road were cutting back into the fields and damaging the fence. Yukon Camp.

Photograph of a roadside erosion control project site. The road is to be resectoned and the waterway will be prepared to carry both roadside water and the excess from terraced land. To be followd with later pictures. Chickasha Project, Yukon Camp.

Photograph of terraces holding water on wheat field drilled on contour terraces built in 1935.

Photograph of a roadside ditch that has been resectioned and sodded to Bermuda in 1938 for stabilization of erosion.

Photograph of a field day. Soil Conservation Service and Youth day. Two CCC enrolles (left) Joe Williams (right), James Tate, Asst. Leader, talk into microphone for a transcription for radio broadcast to questions of Mr. Lane Beatty, State Agricultural Statistician, Oklahoma State department of Agriculture. Recording was broadcast by radio over station WKY. Enrolles are from Clinton, OK, CCC Camp. Asked how they liked their work, both replied "I like it," and added that they were learning somethng that would benefit them in later life. OK-8312.

Photograph of flood damage caused by overflow waters of Cottonwood Creek. Over 5 blocks of Highway # 33 in Guthrie, Oklahoma were covered by water for 12 hours, causing approx. 100 families to leave their houses. Enormous damage was done to crops, soils, highways and bridges and other public and private property. Buildings on the left belong to the Mid-Continental Petroleum Company and tracks of the railroad spur and yards in the background. OK-8327.

Photograph of roadside erosion control. Severe gullying of roadside channels has been halted by sloping and then soding the banks and slopes with Bermuda grass. Work completed las tpart of June 1940. Roadsides are now being utilized for terrace outlet channels. When work was started, the gullies on each side of the road were cutting back into the fields and damaging the fences. OK-6450-B.

Photograph of a typical, run-down squatter's shack surrounded by overcut timberlands and eroded fields. Tenat works on Works Progress Administatration (WPA) projects for $2.32 a day. The monthly wage is approximately $15.00 a month. A garden of peas, sweet potatoes and other vegetables helps family eke out a meager existence. OK-8139.

Photograph of an interior of a squatter family shack on land recently purchased by the US government. This family of 8 has cleared 13 acres of forest land selling pine cross-ties and poles as a livlihood. House is a one room affair with kitchen adjoining. OK-8127.

Photograph of transient squatters in Idabel. Land Utilization (L.U.) Project. Family travels in a variant o fthe horse-drawn Hoover wagon, a seeming house on wheels. A typical mode of travel in McCurtain County. OK-8134.

Photograph of a farmstead near Cheyenne, Oklahoma. The owner runs a small store in the rear of the house and farms 40 acres of his own land and leases 160 acres of adjoining land. 12 acres of the 40 acres tract is under cultivation. OK-8144.

Photograph of terrace maintennance. Showing terrace harrowed [i.e., as using a harrow plow] to simulate appearance after plowed out channel has been settled by rain. Notice the changed slope of the channel as indicated by the ropes. The cross-sectional area of the channel has been increased by 3.9 square feet. OK-8117-B.

Photograph of variations in rate of spread between Buffalo grass plants set out in the Spring of 1941. The plant on the left measures 42 inches and the one on the right measures two and a half inches. OK-8388.

Photograph of Eragrostis trichodes, or sand love grass, Cultivated seed increase planting made in 1939. Plants in foreground killed by gophers. OK-8390.

Photograph of acres and acres of farm land on its way to the sea. The Arkansas Rivier shown as cutting away valuable farm land in a sharp bend in Section 30, Township 10 North, Range 27 East. [near Sequoyah, Oklahoma]. The large chunks of earth, covered with a good cotton crop, came off and washed away. OK-10/2406.

Photograph of unloading Atlas Sargo as cut with a silage cutter into the trench silo of approximately 150 tons of capacity. Silo possesses a stone floor. OK-8253.

Photograph of class IV Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control. Blue grama practically all gone. Most of the sparse vegetation is annual, principally 6-week grama, false buffalo and goat hand, although still remains traces of blue grama, tobosa and burro grass with a scattering of Sphaeralcea angustifolia. Severe erosion. Maria Silty Clay Loam. TX-40, 445.

Photograph of a squatters' shack on 40 acres of land belonging to a firm of investment brokers. Tenants say they have cut 1000 pine poles from adjoining fields in the last two or three months. Two men cut about 20 cross-ties a day. High quality timber is thus being wastefully cut. With proper care this timber would provide high-grade, salable building material. This tract will revert to McCurtain County and will go on resale in May, 1941. OK-8140.

Photograph of a typical squatter's shack on land recently purchased by the U.S. government. This family has cleared 13 acres of forest land selling pine cross-tiles and poles as a livelihood. The house is a one room affair with a kitchen. Family consists of a husband, wife and 6 children. OK-8126.

Photograph of the chief of the Soil and Conservation Service [name not legible] speaking to 800 visitors on soil Conservation and Youth day at Clinton, Oklahoma [much of the phot's text is too faded to be legible]

Photograph of grazing cows; range improvement. Pasture has been mowed regularly for weed control and protected from fire. Sale of steers from this pasture has averaged a return of $21.88 per acre in 1939 and $24.00 per acre in 1940. OK-8250.