Volume 15 , Issue 28

One Hundred Years Ago - Tuesday, 15 July 1913

One hundred years ago today, Tuesday, July 15, 1913, we find on the front page of the Tulsa Daily World, that the "Farmer Fight Grasshoppers," while farmers spread fields with poison for destructive pests.

Dodge City, Kan., July 14 (1913) -- At least one hundred farmers in Ford, Grey, Edward and Pawnee counties of western Kansas joined today (14 July 1913) in spreading tons of poisoned bran mash over their fields in an effort to check the ravages of grasshoppers that in the last three weeks have done thousands of dollars of damage to young trees, alfalfa, corn, cane and other crops. Three representatives of the Kansas State Agricultural college and one from the University of Kansas, superintended the work.   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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