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William H Hatch Father of American agricultural stations
The piece honors William Henry Hatch author of the Hatch Act of 1887 creating the national system of agricultural experiment stations. It traces Hatch’s life from Georgetown Kentucky birth to Hannibal Missouri lawyer solider and congressman and notes memorials including a statue and the Hatch dairy experiment station.
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William H. Hatch
Missouri
Floyd C. Shoemaker
Thomas Jefferson
United States
William Henry Hatch
Hatch
Jefferson
Georgetown
Kentucky
Lexington
Hannibal
Congress
Agricultural Committee
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
National Dairy Union
Colonel Hatch
Strawberry Hill
Southdown
Sarah Rhodes Hatch
State of Missouri
Hatch Dairy Experiment Station
Dairy Husbandry Department
College of Agriculture
University of Missouri
Bureau of Dairy Industry
United States Department of Agriculture