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By William Fischer, Jr., September 4, 2011
Turkey Red Wheat Marker
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1 ► Kansas, Harvey County, Walton — 61 — Turkey Red Wheat —  |
| Children in Russia hand-picked the first seeds of this famous winter wheat for Kansas. They belonged to Mennonite Colonies preparing to emigrate from the steppes to the America prairies. A peace-loving sect, originally from Holland, the . . . — — Map (db m53056) HM | |||
| 2 ► Kansas, Stafford County, Hudson — Cultivating Americas Bread Basket Agriculture on the Prairie — |
| When settlers came to the prairie in the 1870s, they learned from the land that grasses grew better than any other crop here. In 1874, Russian Mennonite immigrants brought seeds of Turkey Red winter wheat from the Russian steppes. Well . . . — — Map (db m64254) HM | |||