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Cattle
Photograph of cattle on the G. W. Cook farm.
Date:
July 18, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cattle
Photograph of some of W. H. Septer's cattle.
Date:
September 23, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Class I Land
Photograph of rows of cotton and corn on J. J. Briscoe's farm.
Date:
July 18, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Class I Land (Upland)
Photograph of Class I Land (Upland) in cultivated straight rows of cotton with corn in background. Ano apparent erosion. No conservation practices needed other than winter cover crops and crop rotation as practiced under sound farming methods. Chickasha Very Fine Sandy Loam.
Date:
July 18, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Class II Land
Photograph of rows of cotton, sudan, small grain, and sorgum on R. B. Fry's farm.
Date:
July 18, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Class II Land
Photograph of rows of cotton, sudan, small grain, and sorgum on R. B. Fry's farm.
Date:
July 18, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Class II Land
Photograph of rows of cotton, sudan, small grain, and sorgum on R. B. Fry's farm.
Date:
July 18, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Class III Land
Photograph of blackjack, postoak, and tall grass cover of brush on a section of Joe S. Hansen's land.
Date:
July 18, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Class III Land
Photograph of blackjack, postoak, and tall grass cover of brush on a section of Joe S. Hansen's land.
Date:
July 18, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Conservation Planning
Photograph of the chief of the Soil and Conservation Service [name not legible] speaking to 800 visitors on soil Conservation and Youth day at Clinton, Oklahoma [much of the phot's text is too faded to be legible]
Date:
July 16, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Contour Farming
Photograph of a new channel type terrace constructed with two Fresno scrapers and two teams (2 drivers and 2 dumpers). The terrace is 200 feet long constructed in 18 hours by the owner. Excess run off is carried into a natural drain. OK-8226.
Date:
September 23, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Contour Farming
Photograph of contour cultivation on terraced field. Hegari and Red Top sorghum shocked with second growth showing wall. Terrace on the right is drilled on a countour to small grain. Terraces constructed in 1939 empty into Bermuda pasture. OK-8284.
Date:
October 11, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cotton Harvest
Photograph of workers picking cotton on J. W. Long's farm.
Date:
September 27, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Diversion Terrace
Photograph of a diversion terrace on Clapp Morgan Mort. Company land.
Date:
September 23, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Dr. H. H. Bennett
Photograph of Dr. H. H. Bennett, Chief of Soil Conservation Service, speaking to a crowd of 800, during Youth Day, at Ball Park.
Date:
July 16, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farm Homes
Photograph of a farmstead near Cheyenne, Oklahoma. The owner runs a small store in the rear of the house and farms 40 acres of his own land and leases 160 acres of adjoining land. 12 acres of the 40 acres tract is under cultivation. OK-8144.
Date:
April 17, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of unloading Atlas Sargo as cut with a silage cutter into the trench silo of approximately 150 tons of capacity. Silo possesses a stone floor. OK-8253.
Date:
September 26, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of terrace maintennance. Showing terrace harrowed [i.e., as using a harrow plow] to simulate appearance after plowed out channel has been settled by rain. Notice the changed slope of the channel as indicated by the ropes. The cross-sectional area of the channel has been increased by 3.9 square feet. OK-8117-B.
Date:
February 18, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of crop rotation, terracing and contour cultivation. The terrace was built in 1940. Two rows of sorghum, one row of peas, and cotton on the left. Cotton will average ¾ of bale per acre and the cooperator says he would not have made more than ½ bale per acre without the terraces. Mr. C. H. Lewis is picking peas between corn rows. OK-8261.
Date:
September 26, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
I. G. Crotts
Photograph of I. G. Crotts standing between fields of corn and cotton.
Date:
July 18, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of Class I land untreated, closely drilled to oats. Large closely stacked shocks of grain indicate profitable yield. Due to long slope, the field will be terraced for water conservation. Less than 1% slope. Olustee, silty, clay loam. OK-8180.
Date:
July 17, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of grazing cows; range improvement. Pasture has been mowed regularly for weed control and protected from fire. Sale of steers from this pasture has averaged a return of $21.88 per acre in 1939 and $24.00 per acre in 1940. OK-8250.
Date:
September 26, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of Rhodes Grass Pasture Planted. Planted in 36 inch rows in 1939. This area has been mowed for hay twice this year, has been lightly grazed and is now almost ready for the third cutting. A complete cover has been attained. Absence of weeds is a result of mowing and proper management of the pasture. TX-40, 534.
Date:
October 23, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Ground Squirrel
Photograph of Russell Sorrell holding a young ground squirrel.
Date:
July 19, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History