Photograph of Mr. Joe Zaumbrecher who smiles as he works with his sons in making his farm more productive and profitable through soil conservation. See other photos taken on this farm. LA-61-458.

Photograph of a landing plane with rice seed for planting a 41-acre field of the Lozen Leger Estate farm. The pilot is helping with loading is Jack G. Hains, Jr., manager of the plane service firm and son of Acadia Soil Conservation District supervisor. See LA-61, 448; LA-61, 449 and LA-6, 450.

Photograph of the seeding of a 41-acre field to rice by use of an airplane. Note contour pattern. See LA-61, 448; LA-61, 450 and LA-61, 451. LA-61, 449.

Photograph of Karl Goebbel inspects his White Dutch clover as cattle graze this improved pasture. This is Crowley silt loam, lighter and more porous than the soil of the Joe Zambreaher [?] from Abbeville, LA. Each farm is typical at its class of soil. In addition to some fertilizer treatment given Zambreaher's improved pastures. Lime was added here becasue the soil was deficient in calcium and magnesium, the limestone used being half calcium and half magnesium, as explained by Rufus K. Walker, Rice Experiment Station. See LA-61-459 and LA-61-461.

Photograph of the seeding of a 41 acre rice field by airplanes. Two planes hold 700 pounds of seed each and planting this farm at a rate of 140 pounds per acre they completed the 41 acres in 1 hour. Cost of services: 1 cent per pound of seed planted. Seeding done by Hains and Leger, Inc. whose manager Jack G. Hains, Jr. is the son of the Acadia Soil Conservation District supervisor. The firm also seeds grass and sprays by airplane. LA-61, 448.

Photograph of a flagman guiding a plane seeding this 41-acre field to a rice crop. See LA-61, 448; LA-61, 449 and LA-61, 451.

Photograph of Goebbel (right) and David E. Black, in charge of rotation investigations of the Rice Experiment Station at Crowley, Louisiana, discussing this field of oats and Kobe lespedeza as it fits into a 3-year rotation plan. The fields here are the second year of rotation. After another year all the fields will be converted to rice production for 2 years. The 2 fields of oats and lespedeza (= 18.4 acres) were grazed for 45 days by 12 cows. The cattle were put into the fields on December 20, 1947, taken off on January 20, put back on February 12 and then taken off for the season on February 27, 1948. The oats and lespedeza will be harvested, the Blacks estimating a yield of 1½ tons of lespedeza per acre, and 30 bushels of oats, the latter having suffered from a hard freeze. See LA-61, 459; LA-61, 460 and LA-61, 462 and the Zaumbrecher photos made at Abbeville, Louisiana. LA-61, 461.

Photograph of Dennis Owen, son of J.C. Owen, owner, inspecting 8 acres of sericea lespedeza before the second cutting. Sericea has yielded approximately 100 bales of hay per acre per year for the past 10 years. LA-62-272-B.

Photograph of Dennis Owen, son of J.C. Owen, owner, inspecting 8 acres of sericea lespedeza before the second cutting. Sericea has yielded approximately 100 bales of hay per acre per year for the past 10 years. LA-62-272-B.