Photograph of Salah, the southernmost of the Algerian cases.

Photograph of a portion of a 200-acre field level bordered in the Washita River bottom. This is the first water after leveling and corrugating. Winter oats were seeded and with Nitrogen fertilizer applied, yeilded 80 bushels per acre in 1953. Seeded to alfalfa in 1953 and with 400 lbs of 0-20-0 per acre produced 7 tons per acre. Water supply comes from the Washita River from a unit supplying 4,000 gallons per minute.

Photograph of vetch and rye plowed under for green manure. Shown in picture, Left to Right, K.C. Bennett, WUC, Clyde Brown, district cooperator, and Elmo Goss, neighbor, Howard Rutledge, Vocational Agricultural Instuctor, Fairland.

Photograph of young purebred bull calves on Dallis grass-white clover summer pasture. Through the last several years this field has come into a solid stand of Dallis grass and white clovers. Seeding has occurred mainly from droppings from areas previously established with Dallis grass and clovers. Also seeds have beebn spread by feeding Dallis grass-clover hay. One ton of lime each 8 years and 300 pounds of super-phosphates each 3 years are being applied to this field. This pasture, according to Mr. Wyatt, has a carrying capacity of a cow and a calf per acre. This farm unit consists of some 90 acres of Bermuda base pasture and 10 acres of Dallis grass pasture. The pasture supports some 50 purebred beef cows for some 10 months per year. Land Capability Class I 7-FC. Slight erosion.

Photograph of Harvesting hay following seed harvest on Kentucky 31 fescue and ladies clover pasture. Formerly cultivated land row crops and cotton. Capability Unit 1. Seed bed preparation: First broken on July, 1950; disked and rolled as necessary to control vegetation during the summer and fall. Seeded 10 pounds fescue and 2 pounds ladies clover on October 15, 1950. The fertilizer treatment: 400 pounds per acre rock phosphates at time of seeding. 100 pounds of 60% muriate of potash during the summer of 1951. 100 pounds of ammonium nitrate, April 1951. 200 pounds ammonium nitrate, September 1951. 160 pounds ammonium nitrate, March 1952 Grassed one animal unit per move, November 1, 1951 to April 1, 1952, with no supplemental feedings. Seed yield: 400 pounds per acre. Harvested 30 bales of hay per acre. OK-10-645-A.

Photograph of showing the rapid growth of pine during the past 11 months. Notice the absence of hardwood. OK-10-456-2.

Photograph of the interplanting of pine trees. Carried out in 1942. Compare with OK-10-564-B to contrast the growth rate. The hardwood has been girdled since the last picture was taken. More rapid growth should be expected. OK-10-565-B.

Photograph of rapid growth of pine following release from hardwood overstory. Girdled hardwood falling with no damage to young pine. Hardwood sprouts are growing from stumps but pine has the lead. OK-10-457-C.

Photograph of pine growth near Moon, Oklahoma. Observe the rapid growth of pine for the past 11 months. More than 1000 acres have been released cut on OK-LU-24 ["Oklahoma-Land Utilization-24"; the latter refers to the New Deal's Land Utilization Program, begun in 1934. This particular code specifically designates McCurtain County]. OK-10-458-C.

Photograph of grassland in Hugo, Oklahoma. Compatibility Land Class VI, 24-C GP. Slight erosion. Native grass rangelend. Range Condition Class--Good. Range conservation practices used for improvement. Controlled grazing of proper stocking. No burning. Futher recommendations: seeding with King's Ranch Bluestem. Carrying capactiy: 15 to 20 acres per animal unit through a 7 month long normal grazing season. OK-10-654.

Photograph of grazing cows; native grass rangeland. Range class--Excellent condition of Blackland Prairie Site. Land Compatibility Class I. 5 GP [= Gravel, Poorly graded**] Slight erosion. Carrying capacity 25 head of mature beef stock on 100 acres early spring to lae summer. Range conservation measures practiced, controlled grazing, no burning, phosphate application. This native grassland has received good treatment throughout the years from previous owners. OK-10-655 ** from the Unified Soil Classification System: USCS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Soil_Classification_System and https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a614144.pdf and https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/np215/Food%20security%20talk%20inputs%20Lunch%203-15-11.pdf.

Photograph of Hugo Nika (left) and R.E. Daniels [right] examine seed on blue panicum. The 2-row plantings of blue panicum, alternating with 40 ft. strips (12 rows) of clean-tilled land, serve as windbreaks to protect fields from wind damage. Strong winds in spring move soil and so "sand blast" young crops, causing severe damage. Farming is on a contour. These perennial grass strips have been very effective. They were planted in the Fall of 1951. TX-48-262.

Photograph of the rapid growth of pine trees following release from hardwood overstory. Girdled hardwood falling with no damage to young pine. Hardwood sprouts are growing from some stumps but the pine has the lead. OK-10-457-C.

Photograph of poison weed plots on the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station. Members of the Texas Section, American Society of Range Management view the enclosures while on a field tour. Livestock were excluded from the area since October, 1951. Various locoweed control treatments have been tried. One outstanding result of the enclosures is in the recovery of cane bluestem grass. The area receives a little extra water from the adjacent highlands. Outside the plot the few cane bluestem plants found were closely grazed. Blue grama and buffalo grass predominated. Inside the enclosure, bluestem predominated in spots, with a great increase in vigor and the number of plants. TX-48-350.

Photograph of Soil Conservation District [SCD] Board chairman Olean (left) and Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technician Albert T. Jordan (right) inspect a strand of cotton planted where guar was grown last year. Cotton planted as two rows in and one out. At left is cotton following cotton. Practically no cotton will be harvested around here this year because of drought. I 2 RR. TX-48, 201.

Photograph of Soil Conservation District [SCD] Board Chairman Olson (left) and Soil Conservation Service technician, Albert T. Jordan [right] standing in a field of cotton following cotton. Drought has ruined this cotton, planted 2 in and 2 out following. In the background in the 10-acre field of cotton planted 2 in and 1 out following soil-improving guar. I 2 RR. TX-48, 205.

Photograph of Soil Conservation District [SCD] Board Chairman Olson (left) and Soil Conservation Service technician, Albert T. Jordan [right] standing in a field of cotton following cotton. Drought has ruined this cotton, planted 2 in and 2 out following. In the background in the 10-acre field of cotton planted 2 in and 1 out following soil-improving guar. I 2 RR. TX-48, 204.

Photograph of Big Bend National Park, showing a part of the Tornillo Flats, where pitting was done last winter in strips. Where the pits are, they caught 2.4 inches of rain and was absorbed into the ground. A thick cover of annuals resulted, mostly 6-week grama, with some seedlings of perennials that were seeded following pitting. The strips not pitted are badly crusted and almost no water penetrated the soil. The area is almost bare. TX-48-176.

Photograph of the Upper West Fork Soil Conservation District Board of Supervisors discussing membership goals of the National Association of Soil Conservation Districts. From left to right: 1. Joe F. Wilhite, from Decatur, Texas. 2. Rollins Hill, from Antelope, Texas—Secretary. 3. H. G. Millican, Loving, Texas—Chair. 4. Cecil Bullard, Bridgeport, Texas. 5. Austin Wells, Vashti, Texas. TX-47-956-A.

Photograph of Photo of Upper West Fork Soil Conservation District Board of Supervisors. From left to right: 1. Cecil Bullard, Bridgeport, Texas. 2. Rollins Hill, from Antelope, Texas—Secretary. 3. H. G. Millican, Loving, Texas—Chair. 4. Austin Wells, Vashti, Texas. 5. Joe F. Wilhite, from Decatur, Texas. TX-47-956-B.

Photograph of a part of Tornillo Flats, Big Bend National Park, where pitting was done last winter in strips [i.e., creating pits that can capture water and prevent runoff). Where the pits are, they caught the rain of 2.4 inches and it was absorbed. A thick cover of annuals, mostly 6-weeks grama resulted, with some seedlings of perennials that were seeded following pitting. The strips not pitted are badly crusted and almost no water penetrated the soil. The area is almost bare. TX-48, 178.

Photograph of a part of Tornillo Flats, Big Bend National Park, where pitting was done last winter in strips [i.e., creating pits that can capture water and prevent runoff). Where the pits are, they caught the rain of 2.4 inches and it was absorbed. A thick cover of annuals, mostly 6-weeks grama resulted, with some seedlings of perennials that were seeded following pitting. The strips not pitted are badly crusted and almost no water penetrated the soil. The area is almost bare. TX-48, 178.

Photograph of John D. Faught, farm owner and Soil Conservation District [SCD] supervisor and J.L Coppedge, Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technician marvel at the way in which this King Ranch bluestem has grown and survived during 3 years of drought. The grass was planted in April, 1949, in 3-foot rows at the rate of 2 pounds per acre. Some barnyard fertilizer was used on the grass. TX-48-301.

Photograph of Ray McLaughlin, Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technician on the right and Nile Arnwine, operator, on the left discuss the merits of the King Ranch bluestem for terrace outlet protection. This waterway is 60 feet wide at the top and 200 feet wide at the bottom.