Cotton Field Enclosed in Effective Windbreaks on Frank Babeck's Farm

Photograph of John Logan, Farm Forester, and his dog kneeling in a forty-acre cotton field enclosed by effective windbreaks on Frank Babeck's farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Forty-Acre cotton field enclosed by effective windbreaks. This is on the Frank Babeck farm 3 miles East of Willow, Okla. John Logan, Farm Forester, is the man in the picture.”
Date: September 27, 1949
Creator: Postlethwaite, Hermann
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Installing Valliant Conservation District Sign

Photograph of Don Coffey, District Manager, installing Valliant Conservation District sign along HWY 70 on west boundary of district.
Date: April 27, 1973
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stock Water Pond

Photograph of a stock water pond laid out and staked b the Soil Conservation Service. This pond has a drainage area of 70 acres, a surface area of 2 acres, and will store 12 acre feet of water. It was stocked with fish in September 1855 and will be used also for recreation. Pond is 12 feet or more deep over 40 percent of surface area.
Date: July 27, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Forestry Training

Photograph of Smithville, Okla. Vocational Agriculture class with instructor examining pine tree that should be removed from the forest because it is defective. Small log or pulpwood will be cut from defective trees of this type. A tract of about 80 acres, owned by Story-McKee-Wilson Lumber Company, is set aside as school forest where the Voc. Agri. class study and apply proper forestry practices. Selective cutting has been carried out on 20 acres in the 1955 and 1956 compartment. The high school's senior class receives the net income from this forest project.
Date: November 27, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Forestry Training

Photograph of Glen Scott, Vocational Agriculture student, girdling cull hard wood tree in pine stand. J. C. Brown and Tom Stickler checking girdle to be certain it is wide enough to kill the tree. These boys are studying forestry in relation to soil conservation training. Work and training is being carried on in the school forest. The forest is divided into several compartments to allow study of all phases of forestry.
Date: November 27, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Improved Pasture for Cattle Grazing

Photograph of high grade cattle grazing on 40-acre bottom land pasture, established to Bermuda grass in 1948. Bermuda grass was over seeded with Ladino sweet clover, Korean Lespedeza, Vetch and Rye grass. This bottom land was established to improved pasture as a correct land use practice.
Date: July 27, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Errosion Sandstone Creek Ranch

Photograph of erosion along fence line after 8. 5 plus in. rain. This field will have waterway constructed and will be terraced under GPCP contract.
Date: May 27, 1959
Creator: Sorrells, W. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sugar Creek Silt Deposit

Photograph of B. P. Prickett, SCS technician, examining silt deposit after 4 to 6" rain on Sugar Creek watershed. Rain fell in 30 to 45 min. Springtooth harrow covered up.
Date: July 27, 1961
Creator: Tarrant, C. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Walnut Creek Watershed

Photograph of flood damage to Walnut Creek. Alfalfa ruined by overflow and sedimentation.
Date: May 27, 1957
Creator: Banke, Herbert J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stillwater Project

Photograph of bridge across the Salt Fork River on highway south of Ponca City which is endangered due to the large amount of debris which piled up against it when the river was flooding.
Date: May 27, 1938
Creator: Slack, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stillwater Project

Photograph of bridge approach road in highway straight south of Ponca City. Wheat has been badly damaged where the Salt Fork Rivewr broke through and rushed down the raod scouring out dips at least 4 feet deep.
Date: April 27, 1938
Creator: Slack, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Stillwater Project

Photograph of cotton field which has been badly damaged where the Salt Fork River flooded out across a bend. The field is now filled with scurring channels 10 to 25 feet wide and 2 feet deep. Other parts of the field is silted in from 2 to 18 inches.
Date: April 27, 1938
Creator: Slack, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wildhorse Watershed

Photograph of site 33, Wildhorse Watershed. C. J. Beavers, owner of this site, has sold $20,000 of water to oil companies for drilling purposes in last 2 1/2 years. He also watered neighbors' cattle from this site during drought years of '52, '53, and '54. This site was completed in 1950. Oil wells that were to be drilled in sediment pool were spaced on the edge of water and whipstocked under the pool.
Date: September 27, 1955
Creator: Graham, E. O.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Owl Creek Watershed Flood Prevention Failure

Photograph of flood prevention dam. Failure of flood prevention dam no. 7. Soil washed away from outlet structure. Dam was completed March 1957. Failed May when water was approximately 0. 5 foot above crest of emergency spillway.
Date: May 27, 1957
Creator: Henbest, O. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sugar Creek Flood Plain

Photograph of silt and debris deposits on Sugar Creek flood plain after 4 to 6 inches of rain falling in 30 to 45 minutes. Bridge located north of Alfred Dorsey's home and crosses Sugar Creek.
Date: July 27, 1961
Creator: Prickett, B. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sugar Creek Bottom Silt Deposits

Photograph of Sugar Creek bottom showing silt deposit after 4 to 6" rain that fell in 30 to 45 minutes on evening of 6/25/1961.
Date: July 27, 1961
Creator: Prickett, B. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sallisaw Creek

Photograph of watershed, Sallisaw Creek site 23. Photo taken downstream lookin gup stream.
Date: October 27, 1961
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wildhorse Watershed

Photograph of site 33, Wildhorse Watershed. C. J. Beavers, owner of this site, has sold $20,000 of water to oil companies for drilling purposes in last 2 1/2 years. He also watered neighbors' cattle from this site during drought years of '52, '53, and '54. This site was completed in 1950. Oil wells in this field have a spacing of 10 acres each. Wells ther were to be drilled in sediment pool were spaced on the edge of water and whipstocked under the pool.
Date: September 27, 1955
Creator: Graham, E. O.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wildhorse Watershed

Photograph of site 33, Wildhorse Watershed. C. J. Beavers, owner of this site, has sold $20,000 of water to oil companies for drilling purposes in last 2 1/2 years. He also watered neighbors' cattle from this site during drought years of '52, '53, and '54. This site was completed in 1950. Oil wells that were to be drilled in sediment pool were spaced on the edge of water and whipstocked under the pool. Note excellent feed below this stie. Mr. Beavers plans on growing alfalfa below this site and irrigating in the future.
Date: September 27, 1955
Creator: Graham, E. O.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Salliesaw Creek Watershed

Photograph of Sallisaw Creek Watershed, Site 23. Before picture.
Date: October 27, 1961
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Recreation

Photograph of pond on the Buck Loyd farm 3 miles West and 1/2 mile North of Paoli. The pond is equipped with a diving board for swimmers. It is stocked with fish and is wasy to fish.
Date: July 27, 1967
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Irrigation, Open Ditch

Photograph of an open ditch showing water coming to siphon tubes and size of area being irrigated at one time.
Date: July 27, 1956
Creator: Maxwell, A. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Proper Pasture Use

Photograph of Shorthorn heifers grazing Midland Bermuda grass. Old established astand with exellent covr. Chickasha very fine sandy loam (7) soil)
Date: September 27, 1961
Creator: Fortney, F. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Brush Clearing

Photograph of a bulldozer with a blade for Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control. OK-2820.
Date: July 27, 1967
Creator: Hall, Joe B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History