For more than 100 years, the Griffin Campus has played a leading role in the development of modern agriculture in the South. The campus was first established as the Georgia Experiment Station in 1888 as a result of the federal Hatch Act. The residents of Spalding County successfully lobbied for the experiment station to be located on what was then the Bates Farm.
Early research focused on fertilizers and soil erosion, but soon a complete program of agricultural and environmental research developed. Griffin scientists helped revolutionize agribusiness and farming statewide by solving many persistent crop problems. The deep-furrow method of planting winter oats, pioneered here around 1900, saved southern farmers millions of dollars. Researchers have bred numerous crop varieties, such as Empire cotton, which had major impact on Georgia cotton growers in the 1940s. Griffin scientist, Dr. Jasper Guy Woodroof, contributed greatly to early food science research by developing the technology for frozen foods.
UGA Extension publications offer research-based, free information to Georgians on topics including agriculture, the environment, families, food, lawn and garden, and youth.
Bulletin / (University of Georgia. Cooperative Extension Service).
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Circular - Cooperative Extension Service, University of Georgia College of Agriculture.
1960-
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Leaflet
1964-1997
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Special bulletin
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Georgia Station, Experimental vineyards and thoroughbred jerseys, 1900
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