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Woodland Conservation
Photograph of Jo Ann Watson and Rachel Goings peeling posts as part of a Schoool Forest Harvest at Beachton, 1956. Both girls can "speak with authority" about School Forests and Woodland Conservaton. Jo Ann recently wrote the winning forestry theme in a contest between Beachton and Brushy Ridge Schools. OK-238-2.
Date:
April 3, 1956
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of land clearing. Frilly and treating the large trees with 2-4-5-T herbicide (Basal Bark Treatment) as a part of the land clearing job on approximately 100 acres of Loamy Bottomland Site in poor condition. The smaller brush will be cleared with a bulldozer and then sprigged to Bermudagrass. OK-1263-5.
Date:
February 3, 1961
Creator:
Chance, R. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Dendrochronology (Tree Ring Dating)
Photograph of a Cypress tree 42 feet in circumference at its base. Borings made by the U.S. Forestry Service show this tree, said to be the oldest in Oklahoma, to be 2,000 years old. Left to right: Earl J. Hayes, Robert Stiles (owner) and Z.T. Morgan. Hayes and Morgan are Soil Conservation Service technicians. OK-9230.
Date:
October 3, 1946
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of a Cypress tree 42 feet in circumference at its base. Borings made by the U.S. Forestry Service show this tree, said to be the oldest in Oklahoma, to be 2,000 years old. Left to right: Earl J. Hayes, Robert Stiles (owner) and Z.T. Morgan. Hayes & Morgan are Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technicians. Okla-9231.
Date:
October 3, 1946
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of the R. Marlow Tract in Idabel, Oklahoma. Part of the 100 acre planting of shortleaf and loblolly pine trees., 5 years old. Okla-9275.
Date:
October 3, 1946
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of part of a 30 acre planting of lobally pine on old cultivated field. Planted 5 years ago. Okla-9232.
Date:
October 3, 1946
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of pine reproduction and growth following girdling of cull hardwoods in May, 1947. AR-61-595.
Date:
December 3, 1951
Creator:
Hodson, E. A.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
Photograph of woodland near Haworth, Oklahoma. Tract 310. One acre release plot where hardwood trees have benn circled. Young pine trees were planted 5 years ago. OK-9233.
Date:
October 3, 1946
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fish and Fishing
Photograph of Edward Cooper, age 9, and his dog head for home with a mass of bass and freshwater drum fish caught from a fertilized farm pond belonging to his uncle, George Langston. Pond stocked in the spring of 1945. AR-61, 085.
Date:
May 3, 1946
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of boys fishing at a farm pond with a rock riprapped dam 3 ½ miles east of Lexington, Oklahoma. OK-6440. {riprap: referring to rocks and other materials used to cover and protect shorelines, etc. against various types of water erosion].
Date:
May 3, 1938
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fruit and Vegetable Cultivation
Photograph of conservation cropping systems. Corn shown growing on Dennis silt loam soil following cover crop of small grain and vetch. Two hundred pounds of 5-10-5 fertilizer used at planting time. The estimated yield is 85 bushel per acre. OK-365-7.
Date:
July 3, 1956
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of wheat. Wheat on this farm produced 40 bushels per acre with less than two inches of moisture during the growing season. Moisture was conserved from a 7 inch rain that fell before planting time by good crop residue management. Mr. Eber Heady, seen here, is a supervisor of the western Kay County Soil Conservation District. OK-306-2.
Date:
July 3, 1956
Creator:
Baggett, Beryl
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of blue panic grass in crop rotation. Grass was planted in the late spring of 1954. OK-128-12.
Date:
August 3, 1955
Creator:
Bates, Leland A.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of Austrian winter peas. Legume rotation of Austrian winter peas grown in rotation with wheat. OK-308-8.
Date:
July 3, 1956
Creator:
Baggett, Beryl
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management
Photograph of conservation cropping systems. Corn growing on Dennis silt loam soil following cover crop of small grain and vetch. Two hundred pounds of 5-10-5 fertilizer used at planting time. Estimated yield of 85 bushels per acre. OK-365-7.
Date:
July 3, 1956
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management
Photograph of chiseling wheat [i.e., using a chisel plow] for the protection against wind erosion. Richfield loam. OK-211-7.
Date:
March 3, 1956
Creator:
Murphy, Ralph S.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of a waterway. Waterway was constructed in February, 1956, and sodded in March to Bermuda. Designed by the Soil Conservation Service. OK-306-6.
Date:
July 3, 1956
Creator:
Baggett, Beryl
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Inundation Studies
Photograph of water impounding plots constructed by ARS-SWC to study inundation tolerance fo 24 selected species of plants associated with water shed treatment (floodwater retarding structures). Water will be 5 feet deep at lower end of plot with controlled periods of inundation. Project is under supervision of E.D. Rhoades, Agricutural Engineer, ARS-SWC. and concurred in by M.D. Gamble, Agronomist, SCS. Project in response to SCS research needs.
Date:
August 3, 1960
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Inundation Studies
Photograph of water impounding plot (one of six) constructed by ARS-SWC to study inundation tolerance fo 24 selected species of plants associated with water shed treatment (floodwater retarding structures). Water will be 5 feet deep at lower end of plot with controlled periods of inundation. Buffalograss, knotgrass, alkali sacaton, vine mesquite and prarrie cordgrass. Project is under supervision of E.D. Rhoades, Agricutural Engineer, ARS-SWC. Project in response to SCS research needs.
Date:
August 3, 1960
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Inundation Studies
Photograph of water impounding plot (one of six) constructed by ARS-SWC to study inundation tolerance fo 24 selected species of plants associated with water shed treatment (floodwater retarding structures). Water will be 5 feet deep at lower end of plot with controlled periods of inundation. Midland Bermudagrass, El-Kan bluestem and weeping lovegrass. Project is under supervision of E.D. Rhoades, Agricutural Engineer, ARS-SWC. Project in response to SCS research needs.
Date:
August 3, 1960
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fungus Fairy Ring
Photograph of a fungus fairy ring in a native hay meadow. The fungus grows from a central point and then dies out in ghe center and forms rings.
Date:
October 3, 1962
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma State Fish Hatchery No 1
Photograph of in the background is the Okla. State fish hatchery. In the foregroundis Mrs. Jones and Mr. Hollander of SCS. Photo was submitted for possible use in the Water for America Exhibit.
Date:
October 3, 1960
Creator:
Bryan, Hugo
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fire Damage Recovery Mt. Scott Pasture
Photograph of area damaged by fire in early August 1963 east of Meers gate in Mt. Scott pasture. 2,700 acres were burned. There is still evidence of accelerated erosion. The area is grazed. Little bluestem and tall dropseen are the main grasses.
Date:
April 3, 1968
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Range - Heavy use of Greenbriar
Photograph of A.F. Halloran, Wildlife Management Biologist, Sports Fisheries and Wildlife, showing heavy use of greenbriar. The size of the greenbriar clump is gradually getting smaller. Note the increase in the size of red cedar in the background.
Date:
April 3, 1968
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History