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[[underlined]] May 29 [[/underlined]].  Reached Kansas City at 7:30 a.m.  Vegetation & crops not noticably diffrent from that of [[strikethrough]] the whole [[/strikethrough]] yesterday.

Left Kansas City at 9:55 a.m. on Rock Island for El Paso.  To Topeka the country does not change much but the rich soiled bottom lands give a rich growth to the crops & vegetation not seen before.  The rows of corn are slightly more conspicuous than usual but it is rarely 2 inches high.  Wheat & oats are thrifty but low.  Some winter rye is headed out & a few fields of barley begin to show heads.

There are lots of good orchards and fine farms & homes.

At McPherson the country grows more open & plains like but crops are still good and about the same for condition

Lots of Jack rabbits (L. melanotis) seen after passing McPherson, as many as 7 in one hollow near Pratt.