Photograph of the town of Boise City, cimarron County, Oklahoma, taking a severe beating during a dust storm. OK-2272-6.

Photograph of tractor and grain drills partly covered by drifting soils of the Richfiled series. OK-229[?]-9.

Photograph of grain sorghum production under GPCP [Global precipitation climatology project] contract. OK-750-8.

Photograph of a UNIDENTFIED man drilling sideoats grama, blue grama, sand lovegrass, and switch grass into a failed sorghum field growing in conservation reserve of the soil bank. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Land in Conservation Reserve of the Soil Bank. ¼ section; 630 acres have been seeded. Drills owned by SCS district. Seven pounds of side oats [sic] and blue grama, one-pound sand love; ½ switch grass. Returning from cultivation for five years, sorghum did not make a crop so it was put in conservation reserve."

Photograph of B. C. Bush, State Aid, discuss grass seeding on conservation reserve acreage with Sudan grass cover crop, with farmers Howard Warren and Clifford Hitchings. The photograph does not identify the left to right positions of Bush, Warren, and Hitchings. The back of the photograph proclaims, "B. C. Bush, State Aid, discuss grass seeding on conservation reserve acreage with Sudan grass cover crop, with farmers Howard Warren and Clifford Hitchings. Drills are two 9 hole and two 8 hole 12" spaced owned by Cimarron County SCD. The drills are hooked up on three drill hitches, which cover 34 feet each time through the field. Farmers are averaging 130 acres per day sided by a mixture of side oats [sic] grama, blue grama, and sand lovegrass. The field's soil is Dalhart-Mansker loam (7-B)."

Photograph of snow in Broomcorn stalks, soil unit (12-AB) Dalhart loamy fine sand; stubble had limited pasturing.

Photograph of snow in sorghum stubble on soil unit 70-A. Dalhart fine sandy loam. Stubble was left 15" high and not pastured.

Photograph of two UNIDENTFIED men standing next to four grass drills, which will help seed grass on conservation reserve acreage. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Seeding Grass. Seeding grass on conservation reserve acreage. Four grass drills hooked in sequence covering a 34 Ft. swath."

Photograph of "Leon Newman, ASC Technician, examines sorghum that did not make heads."

Photograph of grain sorghum stubble on Dalhart fine sandy loam soil. Stubble 16 inches high. This should be good enough to control wind erosion.

Photograph of bindweed. The control of bindweed with a 2-4-D herbicide (2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid) showing nearly a perfect kill. Only a few sprigs of bindweed are showing. Sprayed with 2-4-D at the rate of ½ pound per acre once in 1954 and once in 1955. Dorsay Sparkman is in this picture. OK-341-1.

Photograph of bindweed. Bindweed treated with salt at a rate of 9 tons per acre applied in April, 1956. The photo was taken on July 10, 1956. This has been irrigated 2 or 3 times since salt was applied. OK-342-7.

Photograph of bindweed control. Close up of bindweed showing flowers and trailing growth habit. OK-342-5.

Photograph of bindweed. A close up of bindweed showing flowers and trailing growth habit. OK-342-4.

Photograph of wind erosion and dwellings. OK-209-12.

Photograph of deep plowing on the Maurice Compton Farm, furrow 18 inches deep, on Dalhart fine sandy loam. OK-209-10.

Photograph of deep plowing on the Maurice Compton Farm, furrow 18 inches deep, on Dalhart fine sandy loam. OK-209-9.

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man on the Maurice Compton Farm standing in a deep plowed field. The back of the photograph proclaiming, "Deep plowing 18" on Dalhart fine sandy loam."

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man on the Maurice Compton Farm deep plowing a field. The back of the photograph proclaiming, "Deep plowing 18" on Dalhart fine sandy loam."

Photograph of chiseling wheat [i.e., using a chisel plow] for the protection against wind erosion. Richfield loam. OK-211-7.

Photograph of chiseling wheat for protection against future wind erosion. Richfield loam. OK-211-12.

Photograph of chiseling wheat [i.e., using a chisel plow] for the protection against wind erosion. Richfield loam. OK-211-7.

Photograph of land worked contour to the prevailing winds, showing sand caught from a wind storm on February 24, 1956. OK-211-5.

Photograph of three UNIDENTIFIED workers drilling wheat. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Drilling wheat – Richfield silt loam."