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Glass bottle containing turkey red variety of wheat seed. Charles Goebbel, of Burlingame, Kansas, purchased this bottle in 1974. That year residents of Goessel, Kansas, sold these bottles to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the introduction of turkey red wheat in Kansas. According to legend, German Mennonites emigrating from Russia first planted hard winter wheat in Goessell in 1874. Turkey red proved highly adaptable to the Kansas climate and provided greater yields than any previous variety.
Date: 1974
Item Number: 223540
Call Number: 1981.298.357
KSHS Identifier: 1981.298.357
Agriculture - Agricultural methods and practices - Planting
Agriculture - Crops - Wheat
Collections - Museum
Community Life - Religion - Christianity - Mennonite
Date - 1970s - 1974
Objects and Artifacts - Distribution & Transportation Artifacts - Container - Bottle
People - European Americans - German Russians
Places - Cities and towns - Goessel
Places - Counties - Marion
Places - International - Russia
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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