Photograph of 24+ Angus cattle grazing on a field consisting of Balboa rye, Oregon rye grass, yellow hop, white Dutch, black medic Korean lespedeza, and Bermudagrass. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Angus cattle grazing Balboa rye & Oregon ryegrass. This improved pasture has yellow hop, white Dutch, black medic, Korean lespedeza, and Bermuda grass in it. When the picture was made the cattle had been in the rye & ryegrass 4 days. This ranch extends into both the Caney Valley & Osage County Soil Conservation Districts and is served by each.”

Photograph of a horse drawn distributor used to spread chicken manure on oats. Dr. Weber spreads all his barnyard manure and chickenyard manure back on his fields.

Photograph of a native grass seed scalper built by Charlie Kilpatrick and Ralph O. Knight, Soil Conservation Service technicians. OK-9821.

Photograph of a native grass seed scalper built by Charlie Kilpatrick and Ralph O. Knight, Soil Conservation Service technicians. OK-9821.

Photograph of Jack Padgett, laborer, stirring 7000 pounds of sideoat grass seed in order to insure proper drying. OK-9824.

Photograph of Weeping lovegrass 3-years old on the Thompson farm. It is being harvested for seed. OK-9590.

Photograph of Johnny Bitness and Johnny Blevins using pull-type combines to harvest sideoats grama for the Caney Valley Soil Conservation District. A third man, Wilbur Hadley is operating the machine directly behind Blevins' combine. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Johnny Bitness, 2. Johnny Blevins, 3. Wilber Hadley. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Pull-type combines harvesting sideoats grama grass for the Caney Valley Soil Conservation District. Johnny Bitness drives the combine at the left, Johnny Blevins the one at the right. Behind Blevins' machine is another operated by Wilbur Hadley of Wann, Okla. All three operators are hired by the district."

Photograph of a crew using a scalper to clean up bluestem seed after it has come in from the combine. Claude Kilpatrick harvested about 50,000 pounds of little and big bluestem, Indiangrass and switchgrass. In the picture, left to right are Frank Zoski, Cecil Zoski and James Whitson. The scalper is located in Kilpatrick's barn. OK-9727.

Photograph of Kilpatrick and Clarence Bunch, Washita River Flood Control agronomist from Geary, Oklahoma, who was in charge of the Soil Conservation Service seed harvest of northeastern Oklahoma native grass seed, stand by sacked bluestem seed which Kilpatrick has harvested for sale. More of the sacked seed canbe seen under the barn. OK-9728.

Photograph of a crew using a scalper to clean up bluestem seed after it has come in from the combine. Claude Kilpatrick harvested about 50,000 pounds of little and big bluestem, Indiangrass and switchgrass. In the picture, left to right are Frank Zoski, Cecil Zoski and James Whitson. The scalper is located in Kilpatrick's barn. OK-9727.

Photograph of setting concrete support blocks in trench to set concrete pipe on Site No. 4, Double Creek Sub-Watershed, Caney River Watershed

Photograph of Double Creek Site 5 detention reservoir. See also OK 3-4. Construction completed 11-11-54

Photograph of view looking northwest across spillway entrance, show water pool elevation.

Photograph of a one hundred acre field that has been drained, leveled and summer fallowed and will be planted in alfalfa in the fall of 1955. OK-39-10.

Photograph of D-7 tractor with dozer piling timber to be burned.

Photograph of wet core trench being excavated with a 3/4 cubic yard dragline and loaded into scrapers to be disposed of Station 10+50 C/L (center line) of dam

Photograph of wet core trench being excavated with a 3/4 cubic yard dragline and loaded into scrapers to be disposed of Station 10+50 C/L (center line) of dam

Photograph of the Double Creek sub-watershed, Site # 1, Caney River Watershed. Forms for upper part of the front anti-seep collar. OK-169-7.

Photograph of lower end of concrete pipe. OK-169-6.

Photograph of the Double Creek sub-watershed, Site # 6. Silt stone being excavated from the spillway for placement in the embankment. Station 7+00 and 50 feet left C/L (center line) of spillway. OK-169-11.

Photograph of the Double Creek sub-watershed, Site # 6. Ripping hard clay in the spillway at station 1+00. OK-169-12.

Photograph of the Caney River Watershed, Site # 6, looking northeast from the station, 11+00 along C/L [center line] of dam. OK-203-7.

Photograph of vegetation of flood detention structures. The use of the machinery on slopes of 3:1 or steeper requires a cable set up to hold equipment , both for safety and to prevent damage to the seedbed by equipment slippage. This contractor used a reenforced railroad rail secured to a cat-tractor with a wench mounted on each and for two cables--one for the tractor and one for the sprigging machine. Note box for hauling extra supplies of roots. An operator on sprigging machine is essential to keep roots supplied to the plaster. (D). One of a series. OK-256-11.

Photograph of the sign on US Highway 75 at the entrance into Double Creek Watershed from the south. The six upstream detention dams constructed on the watershed were designed and constructed by the Soil Conservation Service.