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Waste Management
Photograph of Sanitary Landfill, Lawton. An opened trench ready to receive trash in a sanitary landfill. Note the stockpile soil for necessary cover. The Lawton system is a designed system, functioning correctly. OK-4720-3.
Date:
May 9, 1972
Creator:
Bryan, Hugo
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of a cleat tractor and an off-set brush disk. Hap Ray, contractor, is disking the second time after trees, brush and crowns were removed and summer shaded crop. Disk weight approximately 7600 pounds and disk cut 8 to 10 inches. Area to be sprigged with Bermuda grass.next spring. OK-297-4.
Date:
May 9, 1956
Creator:
Chance, R. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of cleat tractor and offset brush disc. Hap Ray, contractor, is discing a second time after trees, brush and crowns were removed and a [planting a] summer shade crop. The disc weight is approximately 7600 pounds and the disc cut 8to 10 inches deep. The area to be sprigged to Bermuda grass the next spring. OK-297-5.
Date:
May 9, 1956
Creator:
Chance, R. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of a cleat tractor and off-set brush disk. Hap Ray, Contractor, disking second time after trees, brush, and crowns were removed and summer shade crop. Disk weight approximately 7,600 pounds and disk cut 8 to 10 inches. Area to be sprigged to bermuda next spring. OK-297-5.
Date:
May 9, 1956
Creator:
Chance, R. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of a cleat tractor and an off-set brush disk. Hap Ray, contractor, is disking the second time after trees, brush and crowns were removed and summer shaded crop. Disk weight approximately 7600 pounds and disk cut 8 to 10 inches. Area to be sprigged with Bermuda grass.next spring. OK-5103.
Date:
May 9, 1956
Creator:
Chance, R. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of stubble mulching equipment, here a rod weeder, as one of the two tools necessary to do the right kind of job when stubble mulching. OK-958-7.
Date:
May 9, 1960
Creator:
Chance, R. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Stubble Mulching Ewuipment
Photograph of Rod Weeder, one of two tools necessary to do the right kind of job of stubble mulching.
Date:
May 9, 1960
Creator:
Chance, R. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cleared Land Sprigged to Bermuda
Photograph of clear land plowed and sprigged to bermuda grass. Cattle grazing bermuda grass whee once stood heavy brush which made the land practically useless.
Date:
July 9, 1959
Creator:
Collins, F. W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fish
Photograph of an inlet to 7 acre fish pond from irrigation ditch. Water is from dug wells, 14,000 four inch fingerlings-10,000 channel and approximately 4,000 blue cat will be stocked 4-10-68. Fish will be commercially fed and sold. Pond will stand 4 feet in depth on north end to 5 feet in depth on south end.
Date:
April 9, 1968
Creator:
Collins, F. W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Conservation, Environmental & Safety Education
Photograph of members of the Oklahoma Fire Department demonstrating water safety. OK.
Date:
October 9, 1973
Creator:
Combs, Sam, Jr.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Conservation, Environmental & Safety Education
Photograph of teachers and students studying soil conservation with District Conservationist, George Brown. OK.
Date:
October 9, 1973
Creator:
Combs, Sam, Jr.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Conservation, Environmental & Safety Education
Photograph of members of the Oklahoma Fire Department demonstrating water safety. OK.
Date:
October 9, 1973
Creator:
Combs, Sam, Jr.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Conservation, Environmental & Safety Education
Photograph of Guthrie six-graders studying water eco systems with State Department of Education Ecologist, Howard Potts. OK.
Date:
October 9, 1973
Creator:
Combs, Sam, Jr.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Conservation, Environmental & Safety Education
Photograph of teachers and Guthrie sixth graders studying soil conservation with District Conservationist, George Brown. OK.
Date:
October 9, 1973
Creator:
Combs, Sam, Jr.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Range
Photograph of deep sand site on formerly cultivated land seeded to tall grasses on Giles Passmore farm. The grass has been properly managed.
Date:
October 9, 1968
Creator:
Connally, B. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of Bermuda sod on the front slope of a dam—sodded and fertilized in 1949—occasional light grazing. Sod shows some evidence of breaking up and probably should be fertilized in the near future. Has provided excellent protection to the structure. OK-3134-4
Date:
December 9, 1955
Creator:
Cooper, H. W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Conservation, Environmental & Safety Education
Photograph of Earl Seal, Noble County 4-H; David Schachle, Beggs, FFA; Clarence Benes, Morrison, FFA and Kent Hawkins working as ranch hands for the Junior Dean Ranch during the range judging contest held at the Range Youth Camp. OK-2887-1.
Date:
August 9, 1967
Creator:
Croom, Dan
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Range Youth Camp
Photograph of Earl Seal, Robie County 4-H; David Schachla, Beggs FFA; Clarence Benes, Morrison, FFA; and kent Hawkins working as ranch hands for the V4 Junior Dean Ranch during the range judging contest held at the Range Youth Camp.
Date:
August 9, 1967
Creator:
Croom, Dan
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of a view of part of Mr. Leslie Harris’ 280 acres of terraced land. The strips of sorghum and wheat run from terrace to terrace. Vetch grew last year on the strips from season to season. These are channel type terraces and they empty into a an alfalfa waterway (running across the picture in the center). The sorghum will be combined leaving the stubble on the strips. See TX-47, 218 and 47, 219. TX-47-217.
Date:
October 9, 1950
Creator:
Davis, D. O.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Leslie Harris' Terraced Land
Photograph of view of part of Mr. Harris’ 280 acres of terraced land. The back of the photograph proclaims, “View of part of Mr. Harris’ 280 acres of terraced land. The strips of sorghum and wheat run from terrace to terrace. Vetch grew last year on the strips now in sorghum. Mr. Harris rotates the crops in strips from season to season. These are channel type terraces and they empty into an alfalfa waterway (running across picture in center). The sorghum will be combined leaving the stubble on the strips. (See Tex-47-218 and Tex-47-219)."
Date:
October 9, 1950
Creator:
Davis, David O.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of a bulldozer in the process of filling a large gully. OK-1076-9.
Date:
February 9, 1960
Creator:
Davis, T. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of bindweed in bloom. OK-342-1.
Date:
July 9, 1956
Creator:
Engelman, Jack E.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of bindweed control. The field corner is abandoned due to bindweed. Bigtop dalea [legume], silver bluestem [grass], threeawn [grass] and sand dropseed [grass] are crowding the bindweed. OK-342-3.
Date:
July 9, 1956
Creator:
Engelman, Jack E.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sandlove Grass Drilled in Wheat
Photograph of Sandlove grass drilled in wheat in 1952 on Class III and IV land, Soil Unit 12.
Date:
July 9, 1955
Creator:
Engleman, Jack
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History