Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of grass. Native grass. Bluestem mixture planted in 1952 on a clean seedbed. Class IV land. Soil Unit # 6. Moderate grazing during fall and winter. OK-1004-5.
Date: September 15, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of grass. Native grass seeded to sideoats and blue grama. Planted in 1957 on a clean seedbed. Class III land. OK-1003-11.
Date: September 15, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of grass. Native grass planted in 1952. Class IV land. Moderately grazed during the winter. OK-1004-6.
Date: September 15, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of grass. Reseeded to native grass mixture. Sideoats and blue grama of 1957. Class IV land. OK-1003-9.
Date: September 15, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Hardland Range Site

Photograph of a Hardland range site in fair condition five miles west of Walters. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Range. Hardland range site. Foard silt. Fair condition." In the far distant background, some cattle are grazing in the adjacent field.
Date: January 22, 1961
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a wildlife area. Native grass and plum thickets. OK-1826-2.
Date: August 28, 1962
Creator: Coleman, Chester C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Lloyd Williams, a cooperator showing growth and seed development of native grass and King Ranch bluestem, Class IV soil. Grass planted in March 1962, mowed in late July to control weeds. 3 lbs. pure live seed [PLS] per acre. OK-1826-8.
Date: October 15, 1962
Creator: Coleman, Chester C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of King Ranch Bluestem. Roy Williams and grandsons planting King Ranch Bluestem. The oldest grandson Mahlon, then Mark and Mat. Class III Vernon soils. CR [?] deferred grazing. Grass planted on clean seedbed, 1 pound pure live seed per acre. Excellent stand and growth. OK-1826-12.
Date: November 2, 1962
Creator: Coleman, Chester C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Roy williams and grandsons in planting of King Ranch bluestem. The oldest grandson Mahlon, then Mark and Mat. Class III Vernon soils. CR [?] deferred grazing. Grass planted on clean seedbed, 1 pound pure live seed per acre. OK-1826-11.
Date: November 2, 1962
Creator: Coleman, Chester C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Livestock

Photograph of cattle near farm pond grazing native grass. 40 cows and 30 calves on 40 acres of grass for 2 months: July and August. Pasture has had deffered grazing for several years. OK-1826-1.
Date: August 27, 1962
Creator: Coleman, Chester C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a waterway sodded to midland bermudagrass and fertilized in the Spring of 1962 showing complete cover in one year. OK-1826-7.
Date: October 3, 1962
Creator: Coleman, Chester C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a waterway constructed and sodded in the Spring of 1962 shows gully erosion in the late part of the year. Weeds, repairs and resodding. OK-1826-6.
Date: October 3, 1962
Creator: Coleman, Chester C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Sarah Henry Farm after a heavy rain on 8-19-71. [illegible] soil, [illegible] slope. Land was bare. Gullies in some areas. Heavy silt bed in other areas. Immediate foreground shows road burrow ditch filled with silt. OK-4434-B.
Date: August 19, 1971
Creator: Cullen, Joe W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of loamy bottomland and slickspot range sites in excellent condition. There was little if any use during the growing season. Lower left corner is inland saltgrass. Lower right corner is alkali sacaton grass on an elevated area. The short grass is whorled dropseed. Spots of mid grass is alkali sacaton. The tall vegetation is abig sedge and eastern gama, switchgrass growing in an area of loamy soil. Some rhombopod grass is growing on alkali spots. The soil is (3Ø). Fort slickspot complex. OK-1175-6.
Date: August 11, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management

Photograph of a soil profile. Vernon clay loam. OK-1069-6.
Date: January 28, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management

Photograph of a landscape. Landscape: Lucien-Vernon complex soil type, Loamy Prairie--Excellent condition. Range site on either side of natural drain. Sandstone outcropping typical of this soil type--Class VI land. Little bluestem is the dominant vegetation. OK-1071-11.
Date: January 28, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management

Photograph of a landscape view showing Lucien-Vernon complex soil type, Loamy Prairie range site on either side of natural drain. Vegetation: Little Bluestem dominant. Excellent condition range. OK-1071-10.
Date: January 28, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of native grasses. Range seeded to native grass mixture of: little blue stem, blue grama and buffalo grass in March, 1951 on a well-prepared seed bed with an Easy-Flow planter. Planted on Class VII land, soil unit # 6 in an old cultivated field. This grass has had no fertilizer and has had little grazing due to low rainfall conditions. Grass has been grazed according to its capabilities. Old cultivated land was converted to grass to conserve soil on this Class VII and Class III land from further erosion. OK-363-9.
Date: August 10, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of King Ranch Bluestem. A King Ranch bluestem planting made in 1954. This grass was planted at the rate of 4 pounds per acre with an easy flow planter and fertilizer. It was planted on Class III land, soil unit 6 and will be used for grazing. OK-363-4.
Date: August 10, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of native grass. Mixture of bluestem grass seeded in January 1952 on a well-prepared seed bed, seeded with an easy flow seeder. Grass was seeded at the rate of 10 pounds per acre. Has had light grazing. Owner, John E. Guest, cut 340 bales of hay from this 20 acres in 1955. Grass was seeded in Class VII land soil unit # 6, old cultivated land. Grass has had no fertilizer and is in good condition. Owner plans to return most of hi sland to native grass. OK-383-5.
Date: August 10, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sheep Grazing on Contour Furrowed Buffalograss Pasture/Duncan Project

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED men in a contoured furrowed buffalograss pasture with a herd of sheep. A house and a barn are in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Sheep grazing on native buffalo pasture which has been contour furrowed."
Date: April 11, 1938
Creator: Slack, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Installing Underground Pipe

Photograph of the installation of a 24" steel underground pipe for irrigation of 800 acres land. Water pumped from Cache Creek. Steel pipe is 3100 feet long. Land is being leveled for row irrigation with asistance from Cotton Co. SCD.
Date: April 4, 1956
Creator: Woodward, Grant
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Irrigation

Photograph of a 24" steel pipe to deliver water from Cache Creek to large elevated ditch on SCD Cooperators, Elmer Graham's 700 acres of irrigated land near Temple, Oklahoma. Pipe will carry 10,000 GPM.
Date: May 4, 1956
Creator: Woodward, Grant
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Steel Pipe Irrigation

Photograph of the installation of 24" steel underground pipe for irrigation of 800 acres land on Elmer Graham Farm. Water pumped from Cache Creek. Steel pipe line is 3100 feet long. Land is being leveled for row irrigation with assistance from Cotton Co. SCD.
Date: April 4, 1956
Creator: Woodward, Grant
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History