Photograph of Bob Tillerstanding in wheat field planted in sod with a Pasture Dream planter / drill at the Red River Valley Experiement Station.

Photograph of a bridge surrounded by thick vegetation and barbed wire fence partially submerged and covered in grassy debris.

Photograph of three-year old slash pines planted with a mechanical planter. LA-62-071.

Photograph of three year old slash pines planted with a mechanical planter. LA-62-071.

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man watching water as it drains into a drainage channel full of water.

Photograph of a part of a 17 acre planted, flooded field and a water control system in a hardwood bottom for ducks. The cultivated field was planted to browntop millet in July and the seeds produced were flooded in October. The flooded hardwood bottom made the acorns produce on the Nuttall oak trees. The hardwood area is drained during the summer so as to not kill the trees. Over a thousand mallards were using this field the day the picture was taken.

Photograph of the Southeast Louisiana Experiment Station, Franklinton, Louisiana showing oats in sod grazed until March 1, 1954. 60 pounds nitrogen applied and produced 6 tons of silage per acre.

Photograph of Sorghum Sudan grass planted without seedbed preparation with Pasture Dream planter / drill. 27 P5.

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.

Photograph of soil from farms in Mississippi watershed spurts from a pipe after being dredged from the harbor. Soil is spewed into stream channel where current is strong enough to carry it further downstream. LA-62, 278.

Photograph of soil from Mississippi watershed farms spewing from the end of a pipe line into a stream channel where the current is strong enough to carry it further downstream. Suction dredge is clearing channel to permit ships to dock. LA-62, 277.

Photograph of a suction dredge in the background that is clearing channel to permit ships to dock. The sand spewing out the end of the pipeline represents soil from the Mississippi watershed farms. At this spot dredging will go on for 12 days from a 100-foot line to deep water. Dredging 500 to 550 cubic yards an hour continuously. 500 cubic yards is equal to a farm of 178.5 acres with topsoil 6 inches deep for the 12-day dredging period. Sediment here is 9 feet deep. The water must be kept at a 35-feet mean for low gulf. This job is being done by a private contractor under the supervision of U.S. Corps of Engineers. LA-62, 279.

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFIED men kneeling in land leveling just after completion on the Osceola Plantation. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Land leveling just after completion."

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED Dragline Oiler seeding the main outlet of a ditch with a cyclone seeder and seed furnished by the farmer on the James C. Crigler Plantation. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Main outlet being seeded as excavation takes place. Dragline Oiler seeds ditch with contractors cyclone seeder. Farmer furnished seed."

Photograph of a D-8 tractor used in clearing land for pasture. LA-62-175.

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFIED men standing in lateral constructed in the spring of 1946 and seeded to Kobe Lespedeza on the D. N. and W. L. Koll farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Lateral constructed in spring of 1946. Seeded to Kobe Lespedeza. Maintained by mowing 3 to 5 times per year."

Photograph of Lateral construction in fall of 1950 on the J. G. Wylie, Jr., farm to rye grass and maintained via mowing. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Lateral construction in fall of 1950. Seeded to rye grass and maintained by mowing."

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFIED men standing in lateral constructed in the spring of 1946 and seeded to Kobe Lespedeza on the D. N. and W. L. Koll farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Lateral constructed in spring of 1946. Seeded to Kobe Lespedeza. Maintained by mowing 3 to 5 times per year."

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."

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."

Photograph of T. D. Stewart, Jr., WUC, examines growth of first year vetch and singletary peas planted in old broomsedge field on the I. D. Meridith Farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, “T. D. Stewart, Jr., WUC, Columbia, La., examines growth of first year vetch and singletary peas planted in old broomsedge field and fertilized with 400 lbs. of 20% Superphosphate and 100 lbs. of 50% potash.“

Photograph of SCS Technician J. H. Slack and Ernest Covington inspecting a drainage ditch maintained by fencing for grazing. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Earnest Covington, 2. J. H. Slack. The back of the photograph proclaims, “SCS Technician J. H. Slack (rt) and Ernest Covington inspect drainage ditch maintained by fencing for grazing. Brushy growth, unpalatable to cattle, is removed by mowing. SCS technicians had to wade in water when they staked out this ditch.”

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFIED men standing on a completed double field drain with spoil spread. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Completed double field drain with spoil spread."