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This newspaper article discusses how irrigation helped reverse the effects of the severe drought and Dust Bowl of the 1930s. The author tells the story of A. J. "Bunny" Worm, a farmer from Ulysses, Kansas, who has planted bumper crops of onions, cantaloupes, and honeydew melons on irrigated land. Because of his great success, other fruit and vegetable farms have cropped up in Grant, Stevens, and Stanton counties. The article includes images of Worm's irrigation system and his crops.
Creator: Evans, Don
Date: September 15, 1946
This article would be fun for students to read, and it also demonstrates how crop diversification and irrigation were both techniques that could reverse soil depletion and erosion.
KS:7th:5.1:Agriculture and the Dust Bowl (2005)
Item Number: 210713
Call Number: 630 Agriculture Clippings, v. 4
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210713
Agriculture - Agricultural methods and practices - Irrigation - Canals and ditches
Agriculture - Crops - Fruits - Cantaloupes
Agriculture - Crops - Fruits - Honeydew melons
Agriculture - Crops - Sorghum/Milo
Agriculture - Crops - Vegetables
Agriculture - Crops - Vegetables - Sugar beets
Agriculture - Environment - Water
Agriculture - Environment - Weather - Droughts
Agriculture - Environment - Weather - Storms - Dust
Agriculture - Labor - Farmers
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Farmers
Collections - Library
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1930s to 1940s (Benchmark 5) - Agriculture and the Dust Bowl (Indicator 1) - Irrigation
Date - 1940s - 1946
Environment - Water - Wells
Environment - Weather - Droughts
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Newspaper - clipping
Places - Cities and towns - Garden City
Places - Cities and towns - Ulysses
Places - Counties - Finney
Places - Counties - Grant
Places - Counties - Stanton
Places - Counties - Stevens
Places - Other States - Missouri - Jackson County - Kansas City
Places - Regions - Southwest Kansas
Type of Material - Newspapers - Clippings
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/210713