KITSAP SALMON TOURS

COVID-19 and CAHNRS We at CAHNRS are striving to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus... It's hard to imagine farm life in Washington a century ago, a life devoid of conveniences we take for granted today. There were no telephones, running water or electricity. Light was provided by smoky kerosene lamps. Horses provided transportation as well as draft power. Food was cooked on wood or coal stoves. Clothes were washed by hand in a tub with homemade soap. Farm families faced a multitude of challenges and had few places to turn for help. Hungry for knowledge, thousands flocked to Farmer's Institutes and demonstration trains staged by the Washington Experiment Station to hear about experiments at the state's new land-grant college in Pullman... It was soon apparent, there was a real need to apply new found facts to local conditions. 1913, a year ahead of federal legislation authorizing the present extension system, the state authorized a Bureau of Farm Development headquartered at..

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