Photograph of a view of a newly completed line of terrace outlet structures in Geary, Oklahoma. Semi-masonry and reinforced single and double buttresses. OK-5068.

Photograph of workers hired to plant Bermuda grass. [Photo text too faded for legibility]. OK-5674.

Photograph of large gully area from which water has been diverted. Banks have been sloped, trees planted, and the area fenced. To be followed with later pictures.

Photograph of large gully area from which water has been diverted. Banks have been sloped, trees planted, and the area fenced. To be followed with later pictures.

Photograph of large gully area from which water has been diverted. Banks have been sloped, trees planted, and the area fenced. To be followed with later pictures.

Photograph of some seriously eroded land which was replaced by that shown in Okla-6451. This lane is to be graded in and grassed to be used for terrace outlet channel. To be followed with later pictures. Chickasha Project, Yukon Camp.

Photograph of some seriously eroded land which was replaced by that shown in Okla-6451. This lane is to be graded in and grassed to be used for terrace outlet channel. To be followed with later pictures. Chickasha Project, Yukon Camp.

Photograph of gully control by fencing, sloping tree planting and protection from grazing in fall of 1937. Gully banks were sloped and trees planted. Trees have made some growth and other vegetation is becoming well established due to protection from grazing.

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.

Photograph of Severe gullying of roadside channels has been halted by sloping and sodding the banks and sodding the slopes to Bermuda grass. Work completed last part of June, 1940. Roadsides are now being utilized for terrace outlet channels. When work was started, the gullies on each side of the road were cutting back into the fields and damaging the fence. Yukon Camp.

Photograph of a roadside erosion control project site. The road is to be resectoned and the waterway will be prepared to carry both roadside water and the excess from terraced land. To be followd with later pictures. Chickasha Project, Yukon Camp.

Photograph of roadside erosion control. Severe gullying of roadside channels has been halted by sloping and then soding the banks and slopes with Bermuda grass. Work completed las tpart of June 1940. Roadsides are now being utilized for terrace outlet channels. When work was started, the gullies on each side of the road were cutting back into the fields and damaging the fences. OK-6450-B.

Photograph of wind erosion control. 8 rows of corn in wind strips alternating with 8 rows of peanuts. OK-8574.

Photograph of wind erosion control on peanut land. 8 rows of sorghum alternating with 12 rows of peanuts. OK-8573.

Photograph of a bridge, over the Canadian River, is now 18 inches from the water, which is only about a foot deep but formerly 16 feet above the water level. Acc. To William Dolezal, supervisor of the eat Canadian Soil Conservation District, the water deep enough to dive into from the bridge 25 years earlier. Silt from upstream farms has clogged the channel. OK-9003.

Photograph of vegetated terrace outlet channel (principally Bermuda grass) established previous to sonstruction of terraces. This is a precautionary measure agaiinst erosion damage which might result from emptying excess terrace water into an unprotected or uncompleted outlet.

Photograph of Clarence E. Bunch, Soil Conservation Service technician (left) and Harry Newer (right), Soil Conservation Supervisor examine some of the cured weeping lovegrass hay that is being baled from windrows on a 2 ½ acre field planted 14 ½ months ago. On June 15 it yielded 350 pounds of reclaimed seed valued at $3.50 to $4.00 per acre. Forty-five days after the grass was cut with a binder for seed it yielded 10 [number unclear], sixty-five pound bales of hay. Total value of yield from planter to date is about $1200 or $600 per acre.** He [Mr. Newer?] planted lovegrass March 27, 1944 after his wife asked him to “sow that field [with] something that will keep the dust out of the house.” He plans to plant an additional 8 or 10 acres of lovegrass next year. OK-9042.

Photograph of At left, E.J. Smith, district cooperator with neighbor harvesting blue grama seed on shares, examines with Hardy Robinson, Chairman, Board of Supervisors, some of the combine material just harvested from one of Robinson’s 30 acre native meadows. He expects meadow to yield about 25 pounds combine material per acre. OK-9263.

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED men standing in an outlet constructed with a blade in 1948. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Outlet constructed with blade in 1948 – cost $40.00. Sodded to Bermuda in spring of 1949. Used 140 lbs. 5-10-5. Plowed under roots with 2-bottom plow, 4 inches deep. Will terrace when wheat is off.”

Photograph of reservoir constructed for a variety of purposes. Stockwater, irrigation, flood control, and all-weather roadway. Covers 78 survice acres and has approx. 230 acre-feet at spillway elevation. 24" drop inlet through fill. Elevation of drop inlet one foot below emergency spillway. 6" pipe through lower part of fill for complete draining. All-weather roadway over top of fill. Riprap for protection of front slope against wave action. Constructed with inmate labor and reformatory-owned equipment. Upstream portion of drop inlet. Inspecting inlet left right, Wayne England, employee of Federal Reformatory staff and Elza C. Bullen, WUC, SCS. Emergency spillway in background. 6" drainage pipe can be noted at right center of picture.

Photograph of 4 of a series of 6. Reservoir constructed for a fourfold purpose. Stockwater, irrigation, flood control and an all-weather roadway. Covers 78 surface acres and has approximate 230 acre-feet at the spillway elevation. 24 inch drop inlet through the fill. Elevation of the drop inlet one foot below emergency spillway. 6 inch pipe through the lower part of the fill is for complete drainage. All-weather roadway is over the top of the fill. Riprap for the protection of the front slope against wave action. Constructed with inmate labor and reformatory-owned equipment. Upstream portion of the drop inlet. Inspecting inlet from left to right: Wayne England, employee of the Federal Reformatory staff, and Elza C. Bullen, Work Unit Conservationist (WUC) and the Soil Conservation Service (SCS). Emergency spillway in the background. 6 inch drainage pipe can be noted at the right center of the picture. OK-77-10.

Photograph of Henry Kedding standing on an alkali spot after 2 tons of gypsum was applied to field in 1956. Directly behind Kedding, are several buildings and structures, which include houses, barns, and silos. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Alkali spot after 2 tons of Gypsum was applied in 1956. Before planting, area on left of drain untreated. Right of terrace treated in 1957 – 2 tons per acre. Henry Kedding in photo.“

Photograph of Henry Kedding standing in a field both treated and untreated with gypsum. The area has significant Alkali spots deposits from applied gypsum. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Comparison of treated and untreated soil with gypsum. Area in foreground treated with 2 tons of Gypsum per acre in 1956. Area in background untreated."

Photograph of alkali spots. Alkali spots forming after 2 tons of gypsum was applied in 1956. Before planting, the area on the left of drain remained untreated. The area to the right of the terrace was treated in 1957, applying 2 tons of gypsum per acre. Henry Kedding is present in the photo. OK-652-2.