The Highland Rim Experiment Station in Springfield was authorized by the General Assembly in 1939, but neither state nor county provided money to purchase the land. In 1943, in response to the request of representatives of the thirty thousand farmers on the Highland Rim for an experiment station, the legislature appropriated $15,000 to purchase land in Robertson County for one, and a 191-acre farm was purchased. In 1945 part of the 48-acre farm (Mericourt), given to UT in 1926 in Clarksville by Mr. and Mrs. Hunter M. Meriwether, was sold to purchase an additional 136 acres. Three years later, the rest of the Mericourt tract was sold to purchase an additional one hundred acres. Other purchases in 1954, 1961, and 1964 brought the station’s acreage to six hundred. It is known for its research on the breeding and production of dark tobacco and the production of beef using the cow-calf system. The name was changed to Highland Rim Research and Education Center in 2005.
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