Photograph of (L-R): R.A. Lotspeich and Orvin Shuman, (Harper County farmers) and County Commissioner Oden Sheppard shown at the inlet of two large culverts installed under new farm-to-market road in Harper County. Culverts will be utilized to carry overhead water in the Ditch Valley Irrigation project.

Photograph of Harper County Commissioner Oden Sheppard (left), Ditch Valley Irrigation Company President Laurence Drake, and DC Clarence Stith (right) discuss operaton of irrigation water management system designed to protect new farm-to-market road in Harper County.

Photograph of Harper County Commissioner Oden Sheppard (left), Ditch Valley Irrigation Company President Laurence Drake, and DC Clarence Stith (right) discuss operaton of irrigation water management system designed to protect new farm-to-market road in Harper County.

Photograph of bindweed in bloom. OK-342-1.

Photograph of SCS Tech. Clarence E. Stith checks growth of biennial yellow sweet clover. Stith planted the clover in the spring of 1952 in this 20 acre wheat field solely to improve the soil, the deep roots opening up the soil for the free circulation of air and water. He also uses hairy vetch turned in to add organic matter. To follow clover with wheat for 4 or 5 years.

Photograph of a crawler-pulling brush chopper. This picture shows sunflower and cockle burr on the bottom pasture land being controlled by a brush chopper. The chopper measure 32 feet wide. OK-101-5.

Photograph of Stubble Mulch Tillage. First time over the tillage with a sweep plow. OK-1693-6.

Photograph of a deep cut made in realignment of Settlers Ditch which carries irrigation water approximately 40 miles from river to crop lands.

Photograph of the Settlers Irrigation Ditch, approximately 15' cut where main irrigation ditch leaves river bottom. This ditch will carry irrigation water for a distance of 40 miles.

Photograph of the Settlers Irrigation Ditch. 13.5 feet cut in realignment of Settlers Ditch. Through Oklahoma State School Land. This is portion of main irrigation ditch that will carry water from a diversion dam across the Cimarron River.

Photograph of the main supply ditch for the irrigation of farm land. Water is carried approximately one mile by diversion dam across Buffalo Creek. OK-8113.

Photograph of a diversion dam for irrigation across Buffalo Creek. OK-8112.

Photograph of a W.F. Project [Water & Flood Project?]. Irrigation head gate at concrete diversion dam across from Buffalo Creek for supplementative irrigation of 250 acres of crop land. OK-8111.

Photograph of where the diversion dam will be constructed across the Cimarron River for the Settlers Irrigation Ditch.

Photograph of two men at a 13.5 foot cut of the Settlers Irrigation Ditch, through Oklahoma State School land, that will carry water from the Cimarron River.

Photograph of active sand dunes becoming stabilized with the use of blow-out grass and sand bluestem grass. The sand in these dunes was blown up from the North Canadian river bottom.

Photograph of Midland bermuda grass pasture planted in the spring of 1954, pastured by 3 cows and 4 calves. Pasxture is 2 acres and is irrigated on 7x soil. This pasture could stand more grazing.

Photograph of a Midland Bermuda Grass pasture planted in the spring of 1954 pastured by 3 cows and 4 calves. Pasture is 2 acres and is irrigated on 7x soil. This pasture could stand more grazing.

Photograph of planting maize on land that has been leveled and is to be irrigated.

Photograph of planting maize on land that has been lev3eled and is to be irrigated.

Photograph of the root system of giant reed grass exposed by wind action. Giant reed grass will eventually stabilize this active blowing if deferred from grazing.

Photograph of sand dunes that wee at one time active becoming stabilized by giant reed bluestem grass.

Photograph of Stuve's lespedeza along margin of Blackjack timber in highway borrow ditch.

Photograph of Tick Clover along margin of blackjack timber growing in borrow ditch. This Tick clover is a wild legume and is doing well along the roadside.