Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a control plot, Red Plains Experiment station. Average annual soil loss from the Bermuda grass plot, bare hard fallow plot and de-surfaced plot. About 10 inches of the surface soilwas removed from the de-surfaced area in 1929 when the experiment was started. This area has been planted to continuous cotton with rows up an down the slope. OK-3348.
Date: December 1940
Creator: Elwell, H. M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a meadow outlet channel as developed from a gully which was being used to carry excess terrace water to the meadow at the foot of the slope. The entire area is fully utilized for the production of hay without loss of ground while the terrace channels gullying back into the field on both sides was also eliminated. The area has been sloped and sodded and a good vegetative cover has stabilized erosion. The entire area is now fully utilized for hay production and the former unprotected terrace outlets which were cutting back into the cultivated field have been eliminated by proper shaping and sodding. AR-D10-17-B.
Date: December 10, 1940
Creator: Rosborough, Craig
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History