Photograph of Choska Drainage Ditch Number 1 Station 23 / 00 prior to Construction. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Station 23 / 00 on Lateral 1-A-1 of Drainage Ditch Number 1 prior to construction."

Photograph of land use capability, Class V land. Wet and salty. See OK-9769. OK-9770

Photograph of a tiller used to harvest Bermuda grass roots. Property of Northern Hughes County Soil Conservation District. This piece of machinery has proved to be very satisfctory. Side delivery rake is used to winnow the roots. OK-9708.

Photograph of four UNIDENTIFIED "Daily laborers cleaning and sacking little bluestem seed."

Photograph of daily laborers cleaning and sacking little bluestem seed. OK-9791.

Photograph of a squirrel-cage type seed cleaner being used to clean little bluestem seed. Troy Garner, a daily laborer from Indiana University [IU] is operating the machine. The cleaner, designed and built by Soil Conservation Service technician, Tom Elder, will handle 1000 lbs. of seeds per hour. OK-9788.

Photograph of harvesting little bluestem. Tract reseeded in 1944. Wendell Campbell operating his combine. OK-9790.

Photograph of harvesting little bluestem. Durwood Calvert doing the harvesting. OK-9787.

Photograph of the harvesting of lovegrass. This tract was reseeded in 1947. Mr. 7 Mrs. Alvin Butler, of Reydon, OK, are operating the combine. OK-9789.

Photograph of harvesting sand lovegrass. Tract reseeded in 1947. mr. and Mrs. Alvin Butler, of Reydon, Oklahoma, operating the combine. OK-9789.

Photograph of harvesting little bluestem on IU tract 574. Seeding made in 1944. OK-9785.

Photograph of harvesting little bluestem on IU tract 574. Seeding made in 1944. OK-9785.

Photograph of Troy Garner, LU Project daily laborer, cleaning little bluestem seeds using a squirrel –cage type seed cleaner designed & built by Tom Elder, Soil Conservation Service technician. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Squirrel-cage type seed cleaner being used to clean little bluestem seed Troy Garner, LU daily laborer, operating machine. Cleaner, designed & built by Soil Conservation service technician Tom Elder, will handle 1000 lbs. per hour.”

Photograph of Troy Garner, LU Project daily laborer, cleaning little bluestem seeds using a squirrel –cage type seed cleaner designed & built by Tom Elder, Soil Conservation Service technician. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Squirrel-cage type seed cleaner being used to clean little bluestem seed Troy Garner, LU daily laborer, operating machine. Cleaner, designed & built by Soil Conservation service technician Tom Elder, will handle 1000 lbs. per hour."

Photograph of Durwood Calvert and five UNIDENTIFED workers using John Deere combines to harvest little bluestem. The photograph does not specify who or where Durwood Calvert is on the photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Harvesting little bluestem. Durwood Calvert doing harvesting."

Photograph of Durwood Calvert and five UNIDENTIFED workers using John Deere combines to harvest little bluestem. The photograph does not specify who or where Durwood Calvert is on the photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Harvesting little bluestem. Durwood Calvert doing harvesting."

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man on a tractor combine harvesting little bluestem. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Harvesting little bluestem on LU tract 574. Seeding made in 1944."

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man on a tractor combine harvesting little bluestem. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Harvesting little bluestem on LU tract 574. Seeding made in 1944."

Photograph of Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Butler using a combine harvesting sand lovegrass. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: Mr. Alvin Butler and Mrs. Alvin Butler. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Harvesting sand lovegrass. Tract reseeded in 1947. Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Butler, Reydon, operating combine."

Photograph of Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Butler using a combine harvesting sand lovegrass. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: Mr. Alvin Butler and Mrs. Alvin Butler. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Harvesting sand lovegrass. Tract reseeded in 1947. Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Butler, Reydon, operating combine."

Photograph of Charlie Kilpatrick, Johnnie Blevins, Jack Padgett, Monsieur Moore, Ralf Knight, and Bill Padgett cleaning sideoats grama. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Charlie Kilpatrick, Soil Conservation Service technician, 2. Johnnie Blevins, 3. Jack Padgett, 4. Monsieur Moore, rancher, 5. Ralph Knight, Soil Conservation Service technician, 6. Bill Padgett. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cleaning sideoats grama grass. Scalper made by Ralph O. Knight and Charlie Kilpatrick, Soil Conservation Service technicians. Reading from left to right, Kilpatrick examining cleaned seed; Johnnie Blevins, holding sack; Jack Padgett, operating scalper; Monsieur Moore, rancher who allowed the District to combine seed from his ranch at no cost; Ralph Knight; Bill Padgett, ranch on ranch the Board combined serval thousand pounds of seed. The building os [sic] one of the free fair buildings owned by County Free Fair Board and loaned to the District Supervisors at no cost."

Photograph of Charlie Kilpatrick, Johnnie Blevins, Jack Padgett, Monsieur Moore, Ralf Knight, and Bill Padgett cleaning sideoats grama. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Charlie Kilpatrick, Soil Conservation Service technician, 2. Johnnie Blevins, 3. Jack Padgett, 4. Monsieur Moore, rancher, 5. Ralph Knight, Soil Conservation Service technician, 6. Bill Padgett. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cleaning sideoats grama grass. Scalper made by Ralph O. Knight and Charlie Kilpatrick, Soil Conservation Service technicians. Reading from left to right, Kilpatrick examining cleaned seed; Johnnie Blevins, holding sack; Jack Padgett, operating scalper; Monsieur Moore, rancher who allowed the District to combine seed from his ranch at no cost; Ralph Knight; Bill Padgett, ranch on ranch the Board combined serval thousand pounds of seed. The building os [sic] one of the free fair buildings owned by County Free Fair Board and loaned to the District Supervisors at no cost."

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.