FIRST Scientific Demonstration Farm - Terrell, TX
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The Snowdog
N 32° 46.575 W 096° 16.415
14S E 755371 N 3629773
Porter Farms claims to be the first scientific demonstration farm - in Terrell, Texas.
Waymark Code: WM13KAW
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/30/2020
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This group of markers on the east side of FM986 northeast of Terrell all describe Porter Farms, with the claim that this was the first scientific demonstration farm. As one granite marker states, "The demonstration of scientific agriculture on the land was the beginning of the agricultural extension service now known around the world."
FIRST - Classification Variable: Item or Event
Date of FIRST: 02/26/1903
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