Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of R.D. Walker, right, and John O. Simpson, SCS technician, left, in a strip crop of sudangras and guar [ a legume--aka, the Lond bean, or Cyamopsis tetragonoloba, the source of guar gum]. Walker gets additional erosion protection on his peanut lands from rye and vetch cover crop and by leaving peanut hay on the ground. III-12CT. TX-47-556.
Date: April 16, 1951
Creator: Tompkins, Gordon
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Dean Gardner viewing Weeping lovegrass seeded in May, 1946. This grass has been grazed but never cut. III-12CT. TX-47-588.
Date: April 16, 1951
Creator: Tompkins, Gordon
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History