Photograph of plowing on unidentified land.

Photograph of plowing on unidentified land.

Photograph of an unidentified man working with horse-drawing seeding or fertilizing equipment.

Photograph of City Hall, Maysville, OK, the bid opening for Oklahoma's 1500th upstream flood control lake, Wiley Post Memorial Lake (site # 34), Finn Creek. L to R: Ross W. Hall, Robert McCarty and Erwin Leaverton. OK-418[?]5-4.

Photograph of City Hall, Maysville, OK. The bid opening for Oklahoma’s 1500th upstream flood control lake, the Wiley Post memorial lake (site # 34). From left to right: Bill Robinson, Maysville City Councilman; Paul hayes, Area Supervisor, Federal Housing Administration (FHA); Ross Hall, State Administrative Officer, Soil Conservation Service (SCS); E. H. Holten, Holten Construction Company; Ray Duncan, Garvin, Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD); and Hal Baker, McClain County SWCD. OK-4195-10.

Photograph of a Bermudagrass sprig harvesting machine woned and operated by the Major County SCD No. 64. This method saves time and assures an ample supply of fresh roots for planting operations.

Photograph of a V-shaped cutting blade of a root plow which is drawn laterally though the soil 12 to 18 inches deep. This operation cuts stumps and roots and floats them to the surface with fins attached to the cutting blade, which prevents resprouting.

Photograph of a V-shaped cutting blade of a root plow which is drawn laterally through the soil 12 to 18 inches deep. This operation cuts stumps and roots and floats them to the surface with fins attached to the cutting blade, which prevents resprouting. OK-2524-16.

Photograph of an undercutting operation following a bulldozer. This operation reduces sprouting and aids seedbed preparation for pasture planting. The equipment is owned and operated by Leo Warner. OK-2524-15.

Photograph of Foy Hendrix, WUC standing next to a bulldozer in a land clearing undercutting operation on Chester Craven’s land. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Loading Bermudagrass sprigs from covered supply truck into two 2-rowsprigging machines with hitch for planting four rows at a time. Planting machines owned and operated by the Major County SWCD.”

Photograph of loading bermudagrass spriggs from covered supply truck into two 2-row sprigging machines with hitch for planting four rwos at a time. Plantng machine woned and operated by the Major County SWDC. On left, opertors; center, Jack Boatwright, District Manager; right, Foy Hendrix, WUC.

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFIED operators, district manager Jack Boatwright, and Foy Hendrix, WUC on the Ray Fuzzell farm loading Bermudagrass sprigs into two 2-row sprigging machines owned and operated by the Major County SWCD. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. UNIDENTIFIED, 2. UNIDENTIFED, 3. Jack Boatwright, District Manager, 4. Foy Hendrix, WUC. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Loading Bermudagrass sprigs from covered supply truck into two 2-rowsprigging machines with hitch for planting four rows at a time. Planting machines owned and operated by the Major County SWCD."

Photograph of the v-shaped blade of a root plow. The back of the photograph proclaims, "A V-shaped cutting blade of a root plow which is drawn laterally through the soil 12 to 18 inches deep. This operation cuts stumps and roots and floats them to the surface with fins attached to the cutting blade, which prevents resprouting."

Photograph of Herbert Matlock, Murray County S&WCD cooperator, plants Bermudagrass under his pecan grove near Davis, Okla. The area is protected from being flooded by four watershed structures on the Kickapoo Sandy Creek of the Wachita Watershed. He sold $7,000 worth of pecans off of 90 acres this year.

Photograph of a dozer shaping a gully to be used to carry water from terraces and spill from erosion control dam.

Photograph of GP Contract No. 13. Reseeding rangeland under the Great Plains Conservation Program. Truman Fletcher, farm owner, rides the tractor. Hardland Range Site. OK-1312-10.

Photograph of reseeding rangeland under Great Plains Program, GP Contract No. 13. Turman Fletcher, owner, on tractor. Hardland Range Site.

Photograph of Truman Fletcher reseeding rangeland on his farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, "GP Contract No. 13. Reseeding rangeland under Great Plains Program. Truman Fletcher, owner, on tractor. Hardland Range Site."

Photograph of "Grade Hereford cattle grazing weeping lovegrass after an exceptionally long cold winter. Stephenville fine sandy loam."

Photograph of Bermuda grass (Midland) sprigger in oeration on Port loam soil. J.W. Sanner in the photo. OK-1107-7.

Photograph of site no. 7 Peavine Watershed. 2 1/2 tons of prairie hay mulch on slopes.

Photograph of spreading mulch on flood-water retarding dam.

Photograph of a farm pond on V. L. Colorigh’s farm. Looking south to north across a large dam and pond measuring 21,657 cubic yards, 24 surface acres and 250 acres of drainage area. It was completed in January, 1954 and as of June 1956 had never used the spillway. This pond is used for livestock water and recreation. Soil Conservation Service technicians assisted with the layout of this pond. OK-276-6.

Photograph of placing fertilizer in automatic bermuda grass planter. All bermuda reported during 1955 in the Okmulgee Co. SDC has been fertilized at time of planting.