Blessing

In eastern Kansas the corn crop sprouted. Farmers looked for a record-breaking yield. Then, for six long weeks, Kansas baked in a drought. Pastures began to turn brown. Parched cornfields drooped. Worried farmers squinted at the sky. One day last week, across the Middle West clouds swept, rain fell, soaking the thirsty earth with one to five inches of water. A huge 1941 corn crop was made. J. C. Mohler, secretary of the Kansas Board of Agriculture, exclaimed: "The greatest blessing the State has received in ten years."

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