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Stockton Ranch Cattle and Pasture Grasses

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED workers on horses wrangling cattle in tall grass on Stockton Ranch. The back of the photo proclaims, "Cattle in tall grass on the Stockton ranch. The grasses here are little and big bluestem, Indiangrass and some switchgrass."
Date: October 24, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stockton Ranch Cattle and Pasture Grasses

Photograph of three UNIDENTIFED workers on horses wrangling cattle in tall grass on Stockton Ranch. The back of the photo proclaims, "Cattle in tall grass on the Stockton ranch. There grasses averaged about five feet tall. They are chiefly big and little bluestem, switchgrass, and Indiangrass."
Date: October 24, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stockton Ranch Cattle and Pasture Grasses

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED workers on horses wrangling cattle in tall grass on Stockton Ranch. The back of the photo proclaims, "Cattle in tall grass on the Stockton ranch. The grasses here average about five feet in height. Principally, they are big and little bluestem, switchgrass and Indiangrass."
Date: October 24, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stockton Ranch Cattle and Pasture Grasses

Photograph of three UNIDENTIFED workers on horses wrangling Hereford cattle in tall grass on Stockton Ranch. The back of the photo proclaims, “Hereford cattle in tall grasses range on the Stockton ranch. The grasses here are little and big bluestem, Indiangrass and some switchgrass."
Date: October 24, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stockton Ranch Cattle and Pasture Grasses

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED workers on horses wrangling cattle in tall grass on Stockton Ranch. The back of the photo proclaims, "Cattle in tall grass on the Stockton ranch. The grasses here are little and big bluestem, Indiangrass and some switchgrass."
Date: October 24, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stockton Ranch Cattle and Pasture Grasses

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED workers on horses wrangling cattle in tall grass on Stockton Ranch. The back of the photo proclaims, "Cattle in tall grass on the Stockton ranch. The grasses here averaged about five feet tall. They are, principally, big and little bluestem, switchgrass and Indiangrass."
Date: October 24, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stockton Ranch Cattle and Pasture Grasses

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED workers on horses wrangling cattle in tall grass on Stockton Ranch.
Date: October 24, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stockton Ranch Cattle and Pasture Grasses

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED workers on horses wrangling cattle in tall grass on Stockton Ranch. The back of the photo proclaims, "Cattle in tall grass on the Stockton ranch. The grasses here are little and big bluestem, Indiangrass and some switchgrass."
Date: October 24, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stockton Ranch Cattle and Pasture Grasses

Photograph of three UNIDENTIFED workers on horses wrangling cattle in tall grass on Stockton Ranch. The back of the photo proclaims, "Cattle in tall grass on the Stockton ranch. There grasses averaged about five feet tall. They are chiefly big and little bluestem, switchgrass, and Indiangrass."
Date: October 24, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stockton Ranch Cattle and Pasture Grasses

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED workers on horses wrangling cattle in tall grass on Stockton Ranch. The back of the photo proclaims, "Cattle in tall grass on the Stockton ranch. The grasses here are little and big bluestem, Indiangrass and some switchgrass."
Date: October 24, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stockton Ranch Cattle and Pasture Grasses

Photograph of a herd cattle on the T. J. Stockton ranch standing in tall grass consisting of big and little bluestem, switchgrass, and Indiangrass. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cattle in tall grass on the Stockton ranch. The grass averaged about five feet tall. They are, chiefly, big and little bluestem, switchgrass, and Indiangrass."
Date: October 24, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stockton Ranch Cattle and Pasture Grasses

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED workers on horses wrangling cattle in tall grass on Stockton Ranch. The back of the photo proclaims, "Cattle in tall grass on the Stockton ranch. The grasses here averaged about five feet tall. They are, principally, big and little bluestem, switchgrass and Indiangrass."
Date: October 24, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stockton Ranch Cattle and Pasture Grasses

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED workers on horses wrangling cattle in tall grass on Stockton Ranch. The back of the photo proclaims, "Cattle in tall grass on the Stockton ranch. The grasses here are little and big bluestem, Indiangrass and some switchgrass."
Date: October 24, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Flood Damaged Field in Which Floods Drowned out All Crops on This Land Due to Improper Drainage

Photograph of a flood damaged field in which floods drowned out all crops on this land due to improper drainage. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Looking north across these farms flood damaged fields. All crops drowned out on this land during the spring of 1948 on account of improper drainage."
Date: October 22, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of the combining sericea lespedeza. OK-9795.
Date: October 22, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Earl W. Smith and J.A. Killough, Soil Conservation Service technicians, examine a stack of sericea lespedeza hay. George E. Staner has 500 acres of sericea. OK-9792.
Date: October 22, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

A Seedbed that has been Prepared on a 240-acre Farm in the Choska Drainage District

Photograph of a seedbed that has been prepared on a 240-acre farm in the Choska Drainage District and will be able to produce good crops since the water table has been lowered by good drainage. The back of the photograph proclaims, “A good seedbed that has been prepared on this 240 acre farm. The Choska Drainage District provided the drainage for this farm. This land will now produce good crops since the water table has been lowered by good drainage.”
Date: October 22, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

A Small Patch of Cotton That was Drowned Out on This Land Due to Improper Drainage Looking West on The Choska Drainage Ditch District

Photograph of eighty acres of land, which shows all but a small patch of cotton that was drowned out on this land due to improper drainage looking west on the Choska Drainage Ditch District. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Looking west across 80 acres of land which show all but a small patch of cotton that was drowned out on this land due to improper drainage."
Date: October 22, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

UNIDENTIFIED Man Combining Sericea Lespedeza

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man combining sericea lespedeza. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Combining sericea lespedeza."
Date: October 22, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cattle Grazing Alfalfa in Border-Irrigated Field

Photograph of a herd of cattle grazing alfalfa in border-irrigated field. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cattle on alfalfa in border irrigated field. Before soil conservation district was organized, this field was in sunflowers – just paid a little more than taxes – now 2 days grazing raised butter fat 200 lbs. The 250 acres of alfalfa has been grazed, raised 20,000 bales of hay this summer plus a seed crop. See Tex-44-788 and Tex-44-489."
Date: October 21, 1948
Creator: Davis, David O.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

UNIDENTIFED Man Constructing a Diversion Terrace

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man on a tractor constructing a diversion terrace. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Diversion terrace, 1900 ft. long, being constructed. Will divert 40 acres of water from 100 acres below. The 40 acres is a steep, short slope with damaging runoff."
Date: October 21, 1948
Creator: Davis, David O.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of King Ranch Bluestem planted in the spring of 1947. On the right, hairy vetch, Austrian winter peas and animal sweetclover were planted in the fall, fertilized with 200 pounds superphosphate and cut into the soil just before grass planting. On the left, no legumes were used. Depleated soils should b conditioned with a legume ahead of grass seeding. Grass on the right made very favorable growth in spite of drought in 1947 and the first 8 months of 1948. TX-44, 917.
Date: October 14, 1948
Creator: Gregory, L. K.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Bob Moore Spreading Bluestem Seeds to Dry

Photograph of Bob Moore spreading bluestem seed out to dry. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Bob Moore of Edna, Kansas, a temporary employe [sic] of the Soil Conservation Service, spreads bluestem seed out to dry on the floor of the airport hanger [sic] at Coffeyville. All this seed was out in the vicinity of Nowata, Oklahoma. It had to dry several days before it could be stored permanently in sacks."
Date: October 8, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Coffeyville, Kansas Airplane Hangar Used For Bluestem Grass Seed Storage

Photograph of a "Hanger [sic] at Coffeyville being used by the Soil Conservation Service to store seed of bluestem grasses harvested in Northeastern Oklahoma."
Date: October 8, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History