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Soil Conservation Camp
Photograph of two views of five truckloads of technical men in Stillwater, OK for a two-week training period to be sent out to the Soil Conservation Service [SCS] camps. Pictures can be pasted together from the back with adhesive tape. Handwritten note: "Fred Dries said he and Ross Hall are in one of the pictures, AAB." 9-446.
Date:
June 1935
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Soil Conservation Camp
Photograph of two views of five truckloads of technical men in Stillwater, OK for a two-week training period to be sent out to the Soil Conservation Service [SCS] camps. Pictures can be pasted together from the back with adhesive tape. 9-445.
Date:
June 1935
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of flood waters from Stillwater Creek encroaching upon the house of an African-American employee of the United States Geological Survey [USGS] as a silt collector. This flood was the result of a four inch rain in the Stillwater Creek watershed in the early part of June 1935. OK-9-485
Date:
June 1935
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of the rear view of an attachment on a sickle for collecting yellow hop seed. The perforated lid is raised, showing the pan well-filled with seeds. OK-6013.
Date:
June 1937
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of a view showing catchment in contour furrows constructed with a 16 inch sulky plow (2 rounds in a furrow), June 1937. The snow is 6 inches deep in the furrows. OK-R-53.
Date:
June 1937
Creator:
Slosser, J. W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of mowing pasture for weed control. Printed description on back: "This pasture was contour ridged for soil and moisture conservation, sodded to Bermuda grass and seeded to Dallis grass. Brush was removed. Ralph McIver is shown mowing."
Date:
June 8, 1939
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Healing/Healed Sheet Erosion on a Blackland Experiment Station Cotton Field
Photograph of healing/healed sheet erosion on this cotton field located at the Blackland Experiment Station. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Sheet Erosion. After one rain, cross slope runoff on this down hill [sic], straight rowed field cut shallow gullies (4" deep) to the depth of bedded rows. Since then, cotton in the field has been cultivated once or twice and visual evidence of erosion has almost been obliterated. Damage to the field remains unaltered, however."
Date:
June 1944
Creator:
Lyle
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Photograph of buffalo on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. OK-10, 269.
Date:
June 1949
Creator:
Merrill, L. P.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Photograph of buffalo in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. OK-10, 269.
Date:
June 1949
Creator:
Allred, B. W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
E. E. Reynolds and Charlie Howard
Photograph of E. E. Reynolds (left), SCS District Conservationist, and Charlie Howard, SCS technician, inspect grass for seed harvest.
Date:
June 1951
Creator:
Brock, C. G.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Two UNIDENTIFED Men Inspecting a Well-Maintained Six-Year-Old Lateral Ditch on the Panola Plantation
Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED men inspecting a well-maintained six-year-old lateral ditch on the Panola Plantation. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Lateral ditch. Well maintained lateral by mowing. Ditch excavated six years ago."
Date:
June 1952
Creator:
Richardson, D. L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Two UNIDENTIFED Men on the Osceola Plantation Looking a Main Outlet Showing Rank Growth of Sudan Grass on Slopes
Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED men on the Osceola Plantation looking a main outlet showing rank growth of Sudan grass on slopes sometime after seeding. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Main outlet showing rank growth of Sudan Grass on slopes sometime after seeding."
Date:
June 1952
Creator:
Richardson, D. L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
UNIDENTIFIED Root Affected By Plow-Pan on L. O. Cavender Farm
Photograph of the root of an UNIDENTIFIED plant affected by plow-pan. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Soil Unit 9 BO. First cleared by Shawnee Indians in 1804. Has been in row crops consistently. Crops have consisted of cotton, corn, peanuts, and grain sorghums. Plow-pan is now pronounced on 280 acres. Cavender as district cooperator and new owner has a plan. (1) Sequence includes vetch one year, (2) break plow-pan by mechanical tools after vetch, (3) follow soil tests with soil amendments, (4) seed fescue-ladino for pasture."
Date:
June 1952
Creator:
Davis, David O.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
UNIDENTIFIED Root Affected By Plow-Pan on L.O. Cavender's Land
Photograph of the root of an UNIDENTIFIED plant affected by plow-pan. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Soil Unit 9 BO. First cleared by Shawnee Indians in 1804. Has been in row crops consistently. Crops have consisted of cotton, corn, peanuts, and grain sorghums. Plow-pan is now pronounced on 280 acres. Cavender as district cooperator and new owner has a plan. (1) Sequence includes vetch one year, (2) break plow-pan by mechanical tools after vetch, (3) follow soil tests with soil amendments, (4) seed fescue-ladino for pasture."
Date:
June 1952
Creator:
Davis, David O.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Draw-Down Structure
Photograph of draw-down structure. Close-up picture of latest design used on Chigley Sandy Watershed draw-down structure.
Date:
1955-06-XX
Creator:
Graham, E. O.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Draw-Down Structure
Photograph of draw-down structure. Close-up picture of latest design used on Chigley Sandy Watershed draw-down structure.
Date:
1955-06-XX
Creator:
Graham, E. O.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of increased pine growth. Follow-up to OK-10-888-D. Note the increased pine growth after release by killing hardwood. Fence needed for two more years. Notice hardwood on the left not removed. Ross Dugan is cooperating with Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technicians on woodland plans for sustained production. OK-10-888-D1.
Date:
June 1956
Creator:
Hayes, Earl J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Crop Damage from floodwater
Photograph of two man and a boy inspecting wheat damage after a flood. Caption on back of the photo is mostly illegible but states that damage to crops is estimated at 40 bushels per acre. Flood waters were over 6 feed deep at this location.
Date:
June 21, 1957
Creator:
Chance, E. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Angus Cattle Grazing
Photograph of Angus Cattle grazing on native grass established in spring of 1949. Range Condition - Excellent. M.A. Neff ranch.
Date:
June 4, 1958
Creator:
Stokes, G. W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Blackjack Spraying
Photograph of Ralph Leonard, County Administrator of FHA, observing the kill and deterioration of woody growth following chemical treatment which was supplied in 1956 and 1957.
Date:
June 6, 1958
Creator:
Judge, Earl R.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Crop Residue Management
Photograph of burning stubble after the harvest of wheat. This stubble is being burned to make working the land easier. This area produced only 15 bushels of wheat per acre in 1958. This reduced yeild is due to land condition which is poor because of the practice of burning stubble. Stubble properly managed will improve the condition of the land and the amount of production.
Date:
June 16, 1958
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Alfalfa Harvest
Photograph of alfalfa hay being harvested from irrigated spar soils
Date:
June 1959
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Alfalfa Hay Harvest
Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man using a combine to harvest alfalfa hay. The original photograph sleeve proclaims, "Alfalfa hay being harvested from irrigated Spur soils."
Date:
June 1959
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Characteristic Pattern of Lime Induced Chloris on Sown Sorghums
Photograph of a "Characteristic pattern of lime induced Chloris on sown sorghums. This condition is apparent on oats as well as other crops normally grown in the country. This is an area of Quinlan-Woodward loams, eroded."
Date:
June 1959
Creator:
Burgess, D. L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History