REFERENCES
- Bulletins and Reports of the State Board of Agriculture.
- Bulletins and Reports of the Agricultural College.
- Andreas, History of Kansas, pp. 252-265.
- Blackmar, Kansas, Selected Topics.
- Old Newspaper Files.
- Historical Collections, vol. IX, pp. 33, 94, 480; vol. XI, pp. 81-211; vol. XII, p. 60.
- Walters, History of the Agricultural College.
- Tuttle, History of Kansas.
- Prentis, History of Kansas, pp. 232-234, 292-295.
- Publications of the University Geological Survey of Kansas.
QUESTIONS
1. What is the leading industry of Kansas?
2. Discuss the Indians as farmers.
3. What agricultural progress was made during the Territorial period? During the Civil War?
4. When and why was the Agricultural Society formed? What has taken its place? Tell something of the work of the new organization.
5. Describe the early farm implements and methods of farming. What have you learned of these things from old settlers?
6. What were the agricultural conditions in Kansas in 1880? Between 1880 and 1887?
7. What connection does the date 1887 have with the agricultural history of the State? What conditions followed this date?