Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-24
Sudden Wealth For
Many in Kansas
Volunteer Wheat
BY Associated Press.

4 =
Topeka, Kan. Aug. 24.-Stories Of
suddan wealth in Kansas wheat belt
4 arr numerous this year, dues to the
unusual acreage Of volunteer wheat"
q crop grown from seeds which fall
IN the previous harvesting. Official
~ estimated there was 1000 900 acres
OF volunteer wheat in Kansas this
year, or about sixth Of the total
harvested acreage. This wheat yield
ed 4O,000.00o bushels or representing
9 monetary value Of about 100000
900. The total Kansas crop OF wheat
Is estimated officially at 10000, 900,
The large acreage Of volunteer
wheat Is duo to tho fact that q gerat
deal Of this acreage was Deserted as
wheat land by the owners, after last
4 years mono too bountiful Drop had
/ been harvested. The 1919 acreage was
4 Ia excess Of 11.000, 900, by far the re-
cord Tor any state In the union. A wet
@fall caused tho kernels of wheat
= which had fallen to the ground dur
Ing the harvesting, to terminate.
Finding tho volunteer crop MAX
Ing 2 stand. farmers did not disturb
the growth and. with, ideal wheat
8rowing weather this spring. the vol
unteer wheat made yields fully as
sbountiful as the rest OF the crop.
Innttn Arablo stories Of deserted
AcreaSes.s producing 5000 to $25 5000
worth OF wheat come from western
Kansas who're the bulk Of the volun-
teer wheat was grown. Others tell Of
1axmors who purchased farms this
ne - No.
turns Of this years wheat harvest
Illustrating the SUDDEN wealth" gem
eral turnout the western Kansas
counties, whore land has been cheap
/ and favorable season few and far be-
4 tween. q recent canvas OF wheat yield
N the vicinity OF Oakley, a small town
sixty miles east Of the Colorado line.
IN Logan county showed at least so
farmers who wheat crops this year are
worth more than $4,000 each; at
1east 2b have moro than $4,000 OF
wheat each and every farmer has q
GOOD crop. Thirteen counties, most
9Of them Of northwest Kansas. this
year ars yielding 43,7o1,6s7 bushels OF
wheat, according to the latest official
estimate by the state board Of agri-
culture.
The ono big drawback to the Kan
saS wheat growers prosperity this
year 10 the lack Of facilities in which
70 transport his wheat to the mar,
ket centens. Cars stan are scarce, es-
pectally In the central and western
= parts OF the state but the situation
I - not as desperate at It was two
months ago, grain dealers report.
Favorable summer rains have
practically assured q big corn crop in
KANSAS this season. The crop has
been Officially estimated at 40, 000.-
900 bushels ana the official forecast
/ ers now asssrt that the continued
favorable weather means tho yield
VIII mount still higher The Kansas
weather hpreau here reported that It
~ the drst yOar In its thirty three
4 years existence that Kansas had
Pumper what and corn crops the
same year. "A banker who has lived In
AansAs nfey-two years. IL authority
Tor the statement that IN that time,
such favorable crop combination
-leN1f Refore ooeurred.
SIMILAR condition prevail with the
oat1 and barley crops which have
gIbeen hafvested. The state raised
z000000O buAhNls Of barley-four
times the average annual yield OF the
lAst 10 years
Alfalfa and grain sorghums, to
witch millions Of acres are devoted
IN Kansas, likewise are producing
bountiful crops. Kaw valley potato
growers report one Of the best crops
ever grown. AS one editor OF western
Kansas puts Il The horn OF plenty
Appears to have been dumped right
Into the lap OF Kansas this year,