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Shafter Becomes Hub of California Cotton Gins and Breeding
Postwar USDA experiments at the Shafter Experimental Farm fostered the Acula cotton, the state’s unique long staple. Shafter leaders expanded cotton ginning with four gins locally and seven gins overall under Coberly West, S A Camp, Smith Garrison, and Shafter Wasco, with sites in Delano, Tulare, Visalia, Bakersfield area, and Wheeler Ridge.
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Central California
Shafter
West Coast
California
San Joaquin Valley
Coberly- West Ginning Company
S. A. Camp Ginning Company
Smith Garrison Ginning Company
Shafter- Wasco Ginning Company
Delano
Tulare
West Tulare
Visalia
Union Avenue
Bakersfield
Wheeler Ridge