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Eastern Kansas Harvests Wheat Oats and Potatoes Wide
Eastern Kansas farmers bustle through a bumper 1946 harvest along the Kaw River basin. Fields yield sun ripened wheat oats beans alfalfa and corn as combines and wagons move grain to elevators and bins. The article paints a vivid portrait of Kaw Valley agriculture with dairy and beef herds, sorghums, and planned autumn crops and canning at Lawrence cannery.
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