Show REVEL MEL IN MOISTURE famed short grass country countr y of kansas outgrows name GARDEN CITY KAN famed since covered wagon da days y s as s the short t grass country the great high plains area e extending tend ai n roughly u ahl y fromi f romi central kansas to the colorado foothills h is outgrow outgrowing its name this year wheres the ing s short r t grass a common question as mystified visitors tn in this western res rec c glon look around this season eason the short grass has become long grass the often short wheat is tall wheat heat w and the country itself just took look the same nature is running riot moisture penetrates the ground to a depth of 8 to 12 feet in may sometimes a dry month 5 28 inches of rain fell here during the wheat growing season eason since september fields ha have v been soaked by 2329 23 29 inches of rain from the days when there was little but buffalo to see the plains and fatten on them the grass known knon as buffalo grass or short grass lias las been famous for f 0 r its succulence despite the fact that it lies iles close to the gr ground aund never growing tall like bluegrass but this year even that type of grass what little the plows have left as virgin sod is taller ana an more luxuriant than ever before in the sandhills sand hills bills along the arkansas river pastures are growing so fast that an extraordinarily large number of cattle can be grazed even the sagebrush and cactus are reveling in the moisture it is the wheat itself however shows the most marked benefit from the soaking mothers are getting afraid to let children play around the fields if they venture tar far among the stalks they may be hard to find many fields have wheat up to mens shoulders where fields have been sowed bowed right up to narrow roads motorists enjoy reaching out of car windows to pluck the large perfectly filled ailed heads some fields are so large that a person cannot see across them from a car combines in some cases make a three mile drive without turning truly it Is a record breaking year for western kansas |