Bluestem Meadow Broken Out Into 100-foot Width Contour Strips For Cultivation/Pryor Project

Photograph of bluestem meadow broken out into 100-foot width contour strips for cultivation. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Bluestem meadow broken out into 100-foot width contour strips for cultivation. Ends were left in meadow for turn rows."
Date: July 1, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Contour Pasture

Photograph of contour pasture ridges with Bermuda grass on the ridges.
Date: July 1, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a Civilian Conservation Corps [CCC] foreman using a copy of the Soil Conservation Service [SCS] cooperative agreement for on-the-job instruction to his enrollees. OK-6981.
Date: December 1, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of contour pasture ridges planted with Bermuda grass. OK-6570.
Date: July 1, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of the Red Plains Experiment Station, Guthrie, OK. East farm gully control studies. 4 1/2 miles south of Guthrie, OK. Clumps or pedestals of soil held from ending by bluestream grass. OK-6915.
Date: November 1, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Future Drop Inlet Site Constructed By Country Cooperative Highway Control Project/Elk City Project

Photograph of a country cooperative highway control project, which two bridges, one in the foreground, and one hidden in the center background, replaced with a drop inlet structure. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Country cooperative highway erosion control project. These two bridges are to be replaced by a drop inlet structure. To be followed with later picture."
Date: April 1, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Long View of Stripped Crop Area

Photograph of a long view of stripped crop area. Oats and wheat planted in rows.
Date: July 1, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Newly Constructed Water Outlet

Photograph of a newly constructed terrace and outlet channel. Outlet has been planted with Bermuda roots for four weeks and handles excess from fifty acres.
Date: July 1, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Old Wooden Bridge to be Replaced by Fill and Drop Inlet/Elk City Project

Photograph of an old wooden bridge to be replaced by fill and drop inlet two miles south and 2 miles west of Elk City, Oklahoma. The back of the photograph proclaims, “2 miles south, 2 west of Elk City. County cooperative highway erosion control project. Old wood bridge is to be replaced by a fill and drop inlet. To be followed with later pictures.”
Date: April 1, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Old Wooden Bridge to be Replaced by Fill and Drop Inlet/Elk City Project

Photograph of an old wooden bridge to be replaced by fill and drop inlet two miles south and 2 miles west of Elk City, Oklahoma. The back of the photograph proclaims, "2 miles south, 2 west of Elk City. County cooperative highway erosion control project. Old wood bridge is to be replaced by a fill and drop inlet. To be followed with later pictures."
Date: April 1, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Shocked Barley

Photograph of shocked barley on the contour so that the strip can be planted to cowpeas.
Date: July 1, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Silting and Farm Pond

Photograph of a silting and farm pond. Both have rock riprapped earth dams.
Date: July 1, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Strip Cropping

Photograph of a strip cropped area with wheat, oats, and sweet clover
Date: July 1, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Tree Planting

Photograph of Catalpa, locust, Osage, and mulberry trees on contour rows below a terraced field. These trees were planted in the spring of 1938 and have been cultivated twice. To be followed with later pictures.
Date: July 1, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

UNIDENTIFIED Man Mowing Contoured Pasture For Weed Control/Pryor Project

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man with horse drawn equipment mowing a contour ridged pasture for weed control. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Mowing in a contour ridged pasture for weed control.”
Date: July 1, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

UNIDENTIFIED Man Mowing Contoured Pasture For Weed Control/Pryor Project

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man with horse drawn equipment mowing a contour ridged pasture for weed control. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Mowing in a contour ridged pasture for weed control."
Date: July 1, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a farm pond with a riprapped dam completely full of water, the excess of which is being carried off slowly by a solidly sodded Bermuda grass outlet. OK-6577.
Date: July 1, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fence Row and Field Border

Photograph of a fence row and field border of sassafras, Rhus ambrosia, ulmus and chenopodium prior to winter grazing by farmer's livestock.
Date: November 1, 1938
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fence Row and Field Border

Photograph of a fence row and field border of sassafras, Rhus ambrosia, ulmus and chenopodium prior to winter grazing by farmer's livestock.
Date: November 1, 1938
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History