Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Indiangrass, planted in March 1949, which has been harvested twice for seed. A. W. Shoup, gets early spring grazing, harvests seed on October. He pulls the cattle off about May 1 to make a good seed crop. From five acres of Indiangrass, Shoup took 131 pounds of re-cleaned seed in October, 1949, and 490 pounds in October, 1950. The Indian grass was preseeded for five years by vetch and small grain (oats and rye). From left are Bill Haiser and E.E. McAllester, Soil Conservation Service technicians. III - 5CT. TX-47, 505.
Date: March 28, 1951
Creator: Fox, Lester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Meadow Waterway Developed From Old Gully

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED men standing in a meadow waterway developed from an old gully. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Meadow waterway developed from old gully. In 1937 the gully was worked with a blade and seeded to bluestem. Excess terrace water from entire cultivated area of the farm is now being safely disposed of through this channel."
Date: April 21, 1945
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History