Photograph of a severely flooded road and field near the Jameson farm.

Photograph of flood damage on Ritter Creek near Hobart Jameson Farm. A flooded house or barn is in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Flood damage on Ritter Creek.”

Photograph of flood damage on Ritter Creek near Hobart Jameson Farm. A flooded house or barn is in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Flood damage on Ritter Creek."

Photograph of flood damage on Bitter Creek. OK-185-1.

Photograph of Wray Loftin, showing a field of corn that produced 109 bu. Of corn per acre after 2 years of Hairy Vetch.

Photograph of Wray Loftin and Earl Lowe in field of corn which produced 109 bu. Of corn per acre following 2 years of Hairy Vetch.

Photograph of W.E. Leach showing corn which yielded 136 bu. Of corn per acre following a rotation of alfalfa 4 years, corn 2 years.

Photograph of a track tractor pulling a heavy disc plow. Second time over cleared land as a seed bed preparation. 7 inch disc cost $4.20 per acre. OK-137-9.

Photograph of a heavy disc-cut cleared land to kill sprouts OK-137-10.

Photograph of blue panic grass in crop rotation. Grass was planted in the late spring of 1954. OK-128-12.

Photograph of heavy disc cutting clearing land to kill sprouts. Charley Connelly farm. OK-137-10.

Photograph of a track tractor pulling a heavy plow. This is the second time over cleared land as a seed bed preparation. 7 inch disc cost $4.20 per acre. OK-137-9.

Photograph of track tractor pulling heavy disc. Secoond time over cleared land as seed bed preparation. 7" disc cost $4.20 per acre.

Photograph of Blackjack postoak timber sprayed in 1953 with 2 lbs. of 245 T per acre. Grazing deferred and used for winter grazing only in winter of 1954-55.

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.