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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1939
Page
9
Kansas forecast for 1939 wheat yield drops to about 116 million bushels from 118 million, with 24 percent abandonment of sowed acres amid high winds and heat. Rye output projected at 620000 bushels, pastures near 69 percent of normal, apples good but peaches and apricots small, grasshoppers abundant but minor damage.
The Farm Column details seeding programs for pastures and reseeding old pastures across Kansas. In Douglas County near the Franklin county line, Fred Lynas and Conrad Gastrock sow blue bluestem seed with USDA support in the West Tally Creek area, aiming to rehabilitate drought damaged pasture and restore cattle agriculture.
Records from S. D. Flora in Topeka indicate statewide April rainfall was deficient. Northeastern counties saw up to 4 or 3 inches of moisture from rain and snow, while western counties averaged less than an inch and a half.
The article notes contour ridges in pastures to hold moisture on slopes and compares them to terrace ridges in fields. It reports southern Douglas County receiving 1 to 3 inches of moisture last weekend, while the north had light showers. It also highlights better apple prospects at Baldwin amid late freezes and promotes the Baldwin waterworks lake area as a picnic site with ovens and open latch strings.
Fred Link moved from Phillips county Montana to a farm in Franklin county Kansas near Douglas county to join diversified farming. Flax seed cultivation rises as flax seed and linseed oil supply affects prices. The Douglas county Christian Endeavor plans a Friday meeting at 8 in Lawrence Evangelical Church with May Key chairing the program committee ahead of June convention.
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