We’re a ‘garden spot,” agronomist says

By Alan Rusch
Ellsworth County I-R

LORRAINE — “This is the garden spot.”

That is how Dr. Allan Fritz, an agronomist with Kansas State University in Manhattan, described this year’s wheat test plot planted by the Midway Extension District south of Lorraine.

Dr. Fritz’ statement, made May 29, during the annual Ellsworth County Wheat Plot Tour, was echoed by his colleague, Dr. J.P. Michaud, a K-State entomologist at Hays.

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