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Kern County Crowned Cotton King of California in Early History
The Shafter area leads California cotton growth from 1917, with U S Department of Agriculture pilots selecting Acala cotton and establishing the Shafter Experimental Station in 1921. By 1940 Kern County ranks as a top producer with tens of thousands of bales, numerous gins, and yields around 575 pounds per acre, cementing a lasting cotton boom.
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Shafter
Kern County
California
W. B. Camp
San Joaquin Valley
U. S. Department of Agriculture
U. S. Cotton Experimental Station
Anderson- Clayton Company
Sam Lachenmaier
Lachenmaier
Eckmann
F. M. Jackson
C. P. Morgan
Lerdo
Henry
Anderson-Clayton
George J. Harrison
Shafter Experimental Farm
D. O. Moore
Shafter-Wasco
Camp-West- Lowe
United States
Coberl
West
J. M. Warren
S. A. Camp
Smith-Garrison