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Shafter Cotton Research Station

Shafter Cotton Research Station is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Shafter Cotton Research Station rather than just read about it. In short: The Shafter Cotton Research Station is a California Historical Landmark, located at 17053 Shafter Avenue just north of the town of Shafter, California. Built in 1922 by the U.S.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

The Shafter Cotton Research Station is a California Historical Landmark, located at 17053 Shafter Avenue just north of the town of Shafter, California. Built in 1922 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the station became California Historical Landmark No. 1022 on March 3, 1997. That same year, on October 17, the station was added to the National Register of Historic Places. In accordance with the Hatch Act of 1887, which provided funding of agricultural science in the U.S., the Shafter Cotton Research Station was built to provide California with high-quality cotton. The first director was W.B. Camp, who moved to California from South Carolina in 1917. Camp studied agronomy at Clemson University and also worked in the USDA Cotton Breeding Office. Along with the USDA, Camp worked to come up with strong cotton fabric to be used in World War I plane wings. Camp and Shafter Cotton Research Station worked with Egyptian Pima cotton and later Acala #8 cotton, named after Acala, Texas. Shafter Cotton Research Station changed from a USDA research station to a private one in June 2012. The San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton Growers Association now runs the facility. With this change, the Shafter Research Station now works other crops including orchard crops. Today the facility consists of a 20-acre campus with 20 buildings, and 60 acres of experimental crops.

The California Historical Landmark state plaque reads: NO. 1022 SHAFTER COTTON RESEARCH STATION - The Shafter Cotton Research Station, established here in 1922 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, developed the "Acala" varieties which were exceptionally well suited to the San Joaquin Valley. The quality of the Acala cottons and the marketing advantage of the one-variety cotton district, created in 1925, resulted in premium cottons with a worldwide demand. Through the continued vision and cooperative efforts of growers and researchers, production of Acala cotton became one of California's largest agricultural enterprises.

See also California Historical Landmarks in Kern County California Historical Landmark History of agriculture in California.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Shafter Cotton Research Station

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Shafter Cotton Research Station claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Shafter Cotton Research Station before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Shafter Cotton Research Station ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Shafter Cotton Research Station

In research: Shafter Cotton Research Station appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Shafter Cotton Research Station in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Shafter Cotton Research Station is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1922 establishments in California, California Historical Landmarks, Cotton industry in the United States, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Shafter Cotton Research Station outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Shafter Cotton Research Station in simple terms?

The Shafter Cotton Research Station is a California Historical Landmark, located at 17053 Shafter Avenue just north of the town of Shafter, California. Built in 1922 by the U.S.

Why does Shafter Cotton Research Station matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Shafter Cotton Research Station?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Shafter Cotton Research Station.