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See
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Beginning
of the Lind Dryland Experiment Station |
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1916 |
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First
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1920 |
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M.
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H.
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1935 |
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C. I. Seely, acting superintendent continued through April of 1936. |
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1936 |
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A.
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1937 |
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- Harley
D. Jacquot, Superintendent
- Grain
elevator was built
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John
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1949 |
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- Fire
on February 10 destroyed the office building. The Washington State
Legislature was in session and they appropriated $46,000 to construct
a new office with an attached greenhouse.
- Adams
County Commissioners deeded 2 acres to WSU at the Lind Dryland
Research Station.
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Walter
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1952-1953 |
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- A
cross of Burt and Itana and originated (born) in the greenhouse
during the winter of 1952-1953. Selections from this cross are
now known as Wanser and McCall. In the fall of 1955 the station
grew about 10,000 plants. That winter was a winter dreaded by
the growers and only 500 of those plants survived. In 1957-1958
the crosses were selected for baking quality. The crosses were
turned over to the Washington Crop Improvement Association for
distribution to the farmers to produce seed wheat in 1966.
- February
of 1952 Dick 'Masami' Nagamitsu began working at the Lind Dryland
Research Station.
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1960 |
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A
40 x 80 metal shop building was built and was funded by WSU. |
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1961 |
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Gaines,
a soft white winter wheat was released. The following year there
were 500,000 bushels released for fall production. Attendance at
the Lind field tour skyrocketed with interest and around 800 people
in attendance. |
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A second greenhouse addition was built, financed by a $12,000 grant
from the Washington State Wheat Commission. |
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1965 |
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- Two
new varieties of hard red winter wheat were developed over the
past years at the Lind Dryland Experiment Station. Burt x Itana
34 (Wanser) and Burt x Itana 125 (McCall) were released. The Lind
Dryland Research Station celebrated it's golden anniversary by
offering these two new varieites (Wanser and McCall) of wheat
showing great promise. These were the first ever developed at
Lind for the low rainfall area.
- In
addition Itana 65, Moro, and Nugaines were released.
- Adams
County Commissioners deeded 318 more acres to WSU for the Lind
Dryland Research Station.
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1966 |
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- A
new deep well was built.
- The
Lind Dryland Research Station was presented an award from the
United States Weather Bureau praising the personnel at the station
for keeping very complete climatological records since 1916.
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1967 |
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A
new irrigation system was installed. A trailer house was added to
the station. Washington Wheat Commission funded $11,000 and the remainder
was funded by the state. |
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Dr.
Vogel speaks at 54th Lind Field Day about semi-dwarf varities that
mark breakthrough in the fight against disease, stripe rust and snow
mold. |
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1971 |
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- Sprague
wheat was released. It is a new snow-mold resistant semi-dwarf
soft-white winter wheat.
- Walter
Nelson resigned in October
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1972 |
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The
Lind Dryland Experiment Station became part of the WSU Agronomy and
Soils. |
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1973 |
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- Sprague,
a new soft white winter wheat snow-mold resistant variety, was
available to the the commerical market. It was released in 1971.
- Dr.
Edwin Donaldson takes over the hard red winter wheat breeding
program at Lind.
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1979 |
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Hatton,
a new hard red winter wheat variety was released. |
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A
seed processing and storage building was completed (now known as the
Deffenbaugh building). Total cost was $146,000. The Washington Wheat
Commission funded $80,000 and WSU Department of Agriculture (hay and
grain fund) contributed $66,000. |
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1985 |
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- A
machine storage building was built for $65,000 and funded by Washington
Wheat Commission.
- Bruce
Sauer joined Lind as a research technician in the hard red winter
wheat breeding program.
- Batum,
another new hard red winter wheat variety was released.
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Dick
Nagamitsu retires after 38 years as a research technician at Lind.
He began working at the station when the wheat breeding program was
just beginning and spent his entire career with WSU developing hard
red winter wheat varieties. |
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1995 |
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William
F. Schillinger, director |
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2001 |
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On
April 1 Brian Fode joined the Lind Dryland Research Station as the
stations maintenance utility worker. |
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