Show STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By John Sohn Hix J. J i a NIC P I 1 I tZ pI f Rus Russia 3 fIR AT I Nfl fR J II CRO OP t It-t l Iv 0 O 1 III 11 C. C N H of ede He FADo H 1 MON MONti l kAS f GEC er B SL fo 10 f PAY Ei fir fel EXPENSES e NURi LI I Nth t fR r HEAT It tS Y ri I M N o. o i CROP e We rom 1 f RE H PLO 5 pl l M t y oR iN o W EAR DOO 5 oc fr KANSAS' KANSAS WINTER WHEAT The vision and foresight of Theodore C C. Henry first mayor of Abilene Kan is responsible for Kansas' Kansas first winter wheat crop Henry in n the summer of 1870 sensed an impending crash in m t the e cattle market From daily examination of market reports from Minnesota Minnesota Min Min- lesota he saw winter wheat topped the Chicago grain market Winter Winter Winer Win Win- ter er wheat was a new thing in the west and Minnesota grew it extensively exten exten- Perhaps Henry thought it might grow in m the Abilene district also He swore his family to silence and in a little valley he owned hidden udden from view by clumps of trees Henry planted the first five acres of winter wheat in Kansas Kansas' Strange as it seems after the cold winter winter of that year a new hardy wheat sprouted and in in July 1871 he announced his experiment experiment experiment ment as a success Farmers were overjoyed at the prospects prospects' Theodore Henrys Henry's idea turned out even better than he had hoped Steel rails did push on into the west carrying flashing streamlined trains through a acre wheat field biggest in America outgrowth of Henrys Henry's original five acres acres acres' Winter wheat today l leads gads ads all an others others' in in Kansas the 1930 survey showing a production of bushels bushels bushels bush bush- els against only bushels of spring wheat Copyright 1938 for The Telegram |