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Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Boggy Flats, near Cache, OK. Looking north of the junction in the road to Cut-throat Gap and Sugar Creek Spring. During the drought period of 1953-1956 this area was dominated by short grasses. Note the present vegetation containing a high percentage of little bluestem resulting from good management coupled with favorable climatic period. Taken during annual Soil Conservation Service cooperative grazing use check. OK-1583-7.
Date: April 11, 1962
Creator: Whittington, Fred
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Clinton Harbers’ Bermuda grass. Clinton Harbers is talking about his coastal Bermuda grass that lies on a rather sandy part of his farm. From left to right: Fred Case; Samuel Hertha; Dick Marshall; Clinton Harbers; D. G. Craig; Mabry Milhollin and Bob Aicher. TX-308-12.
Date: March 9, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of Wade George examines hegira strip crop. He grows four rows of hegira to eight of peanuts. A rye cover crop and peanut hay left on the ground provide additional erosion protection. In 1949 and 1950 George had a 50-bushel-an-acre peanut yield. George has planted cover crops on his goober [synonym for "peanut'] acreage every year for 20 years. During that span of time, he has put in strip crops each year but one. III-12CT. TX-47-545.
Date: April 17, 1951
Creator: Tompkins, Gordon
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Contour Farming

Description: Photograph of strip crops and cover crops on contour for wind and water erosion control. Rye cover crop was seeded immediately after peanuts were dug. Crotalaria in 4 rows, peanuts in 8 rows. Mr. Whit Sides says that the crotalaria prevents soil from blowing after the peanut harvest while also fixing nitrogen and humus to the soil. Where peanuts have already been harvested this year, Mr. Sides says he made from 2 to 3 bushels more per acre from the old crotalaria strips than he did on land wher… more
Date: December 3, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Contour Farming

Description: Photograph of strip crops and cover crops on contour for wind and water erosion control. Rye cover crop was seeded immediately after peanuts were dug. Crotalaria in 4 rows, peanuts in 8 rows. Mr. Whit Sides says that the crotalaria prevents soil from blowing after the peanut harvest while also fixing nitrogen and humus to the soil. Where peanuts have already been harvested this year, Mr. Sides says he made from 2 to 3 bushels more per acre from the old crotalaria strips than he did on land wher… more
Date: December 3, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of strip cropping at Wade Farm. Single row of sudangrass used fro strip cropping this peanut land. The area between the single row of sudangrass has been planted to cover a crop of rye. A single row of sudan grass such as this does not do a good job of controlling wind erosion as does two rows. M.D. Gamble from Oklahoma is in the picture. TX-307-12.
Date: March 7, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of R.D. Walker, right, and John O. Simpson, SCS technician, left, in a strip crop of sudangras and guar [ a legume--aka, the Lond bean, or Cyamopsis tetragonoloba, the source of guar gum]. Walker gets additional erosion protection on his peanut lands from rye and vetch cover crop and by leaving peanut hay on the ground. III-12CT. TX-47-556.
Date: April 16, 1951
Creator: Tompkins, Gordon
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Churches

Description: Photograph of a sign indicating directions to the Round Grove Missionary Baptist Church, location not given in the photo, but derived below from entry 2019.061.B2.04171.
Date: unknown
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Churches

Description: Photograph of the Reverend Murray Kay delivering a conservation sermon every year in observance of Soil Stewardship Sunday but he practices conservation the year-round on his farm in the Round Grove Community. He is a cooperator with the Upper Leon Soil Conservation District and is a member of the Round Grove group. Reverend Kay’s great-great grandfather is in the picture’s background. He founded the Round Grove Church in 1871 (the founder’s name was Ruben Rome). TX-46, 504.
Date: March 2, 1950
Creator: Putnam, Jack
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Conservation Planning

Description: Photograph of a typical meeting of the Round Grove Conservation Group at the community church. Dean Gardner, group leader, takes charge of the meeting. Reverend Murray Kay, great-grandson of the founder of the church, right foreground, is pastor of the church and a conservation farmer in the Round Grove Conservation Group. TX-46, 502.
Date: March 2, 1950
Creator: Putnam, Jack
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Graded Border Irrigation System

Description: Photograph of graded Border Irrigation System. (4300 Acre). Water is pumped from Verdigris River at N. E. corner of 400 acre field. Water is shown running from feeder ditch through border to field tabs. Field to left of electric fence is in rye and vetch and has had one irrigation. An additional 300 acres will be leveled smoothed ditched and bordered and put into irrigation in 1956. The system designed provides drainage as well as irrigation.
Date: November 17, 1955
Creator: Hurd, Moreland
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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