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A farm auction in Derby, Connecticut, September 1940.. Agriculture played a major role in the early growth of Connecticut as one of the original 13 colonies that would form the United States of America, particularly in the Connecticut River valley which provides fertile soil, temperate climate and easy access to markets.
In agriculture, there was a shift from grain to animal products. ... Land of Steady Habits: A Brief History of Connecticut (1988), 80 pp, from state historical society;
In 1893, the name was changed to Connecticut Agricultural College and became Connecticut's land-grant university after a battle with Yale University over which school would be granted the public funding for agricultural education. [8] The college was renamed a few more times until permanently becoming the University of Connecticut in 1939. [1]
The Nichols Farms Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 20, 1987, with reference number 87001392, and included 104 acres (0.42 km 2), 81 contributing buildings, one contributing site and one contributing object.
He wrote or oversaw the composition of hundreds of agricultural reports, bulletins, and other publications, including A History of Connecticut Agriculture (1925). [3] [5] Dedicated in October 1932 at a ceremony presided over by Governor Wilbur Cross, the Jenkins Laboratory of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station was named in his honor.
The Brooklyn Fair is an annual agricultural fair held in Brooklyn, Connecticut, [1] for the first time in 1809. [2] It is considered the oldest agricultural fair in the United States. [2] [3] [4] The fair is organized by the Windham County Agricultural Society [5]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved Connecticut’s request to apply a natural disaster declaration to all eight counties due to a drought that has stretched from summer into the fall ...
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