Shafter Research Station
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shafter-research-station-300-5504244
title:
Shafter Research Station
text:
Shafter Research Station is an agricultural research station near Shafter, Kern County, California, in the San Joaquin Valley. The station was established in 1922 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) as Shafter Cotton Research Station. It was built to provide California with high-quality cotton. Initial research at the station focused on growing long-staple cotton, Egyptian Pima cotton, which was used to make airplane wings at the time. The Hatch Act of 1887 provided for U.S. funding of
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United States historic place
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shafter_Research_Station
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date modified:
2024-01-03T15:16:31Z
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