Photograph of Double Creek Site 5 detention reservoir. See also OK 3-4. Construction completed 11-11-54

Photograph of a typical landscape of Bates-Collinsville complex with native grass cover.

Photograph of a flood prevention structure in Dewey, Oklahoma. OK-1677.

Photograph of structure outlet with water level in reservoir one foot over riser.

Photograph of view looking northwest across spillway entrance, show water pool elevation.

Photograph of setting concrete support blocks in trench to set concrete pipe on Site No. 4, Double Creek Sub-Watershed, Caney River Watershed

Photograph of D-7 tractor with dozer piling timber to be burned.

Photograph of a native hay meadow. Heavy bottom land range site in excelent condition. The meadow has been mowed twice this year. Vegetation on right has not been cut and illustrates the volume of growth made during the year. Prairie cordgrass comprises approximately 90% of vigitation and is 3.5 to 4 feet high where unmowed.

Photograph of a native grass seed scalper built by Charlie Kilpatrick and Ralph O. Knight, Soil Conservation Service technicians. OK-9821.

Photograph of a native grass seed scalper built by Charlie Kilpatrick and Ralph O. Knight, Soil Conservation Service technicians. OK-9821.

Photograph of Jack Padgett, laborer, stirring 7000 pounds of sideoat grass seed in order to insure proper drying. OK-9824.

Photograph of a one hundred acre field that has been drained, leveled and summer fallowed and will be planted in alfalfa in the fall of 1955. OK-39-10.

Photograph of showing a failed effort to improve pasture. In the effort to do so, Mr. W. M. Sears spot planted Bermuda grass sod every 16 square feet and overseeded it with Korean Lespedeza. The pasture was also limed with no results. The Bermuda grass did not spread and soon both the grass and the lespedeza were gone. This work was not done in accordance with proper land use. OK-274-10.

Photograph of tame pasture. This pasture, a mixture of alfalfa and tall fescue grass is not grazed in the summer so that it will go into the fall with 2 to 3 tons per acre of forage on the ground for winter. It is used in a pasture rotation system with a pasture of brown grass and alfalfa and one of midland Bermuda brome grass overseeded with vetch rye. The improvements were made on these pastures with the assistance of the Soil Conservation Service. OK-274-12.

Photograph of a typical landscape of Collinsville-Talihina complex in excellent native grass range.

Photograph of a horse drawn distributor used to spread chicken manure on oats. Dr. Weber spreads all his barnyard manure and chickenyard manure back on his fields.

Photograph of a crew using a scalper to clean up bluestem seed after it has come in from the combine. Claude Kilpatrick harvested about 50,000 pounds of little and big bluestem, Indiangrass and switchgrass. In the picture, left to right are Frank Zoski, Cecil Zoski and James Whitson. The scalper is located in Kilpatrick's barn. OK-9727.

Photograph of Kilpatrick and Clarence Bunch, Washita River Flood Control agronomist from Geary, Oklahoma, who was in charge of the Soil Conservation Service seed harvest of northeastern Oklahoma native grass seed, stand by sacked bluestem seed which Kilpatrick has harvested for sale. More of the sacked seed canbe seen under the barn. OK-9728.

Photograph of a crew using a scalper to clean up bluestem seed after it has come in from the combine. Claude Kilpatrick harvested about 50,000 pounds of little and big bluestem, Indiangrass and switchgrass. In the picture, left to right are Frank Zoski, Cecil Zoski and James Whitson. The scalper is located in Kilpatrick's barn. OK-9727.

Photograph of Weeping lovegrass 3-years old on the Thompson farm. It is being harvested for seed. OK-9590.