Wofford Benjamin Camp

Who was Wofford Benjamin Camp?

Wofford Benjamin "Bill" Camp was a USDA agronomist who played an instrumental role in the development of corporate farming, particularly of cotton, in California.

Camp was born in Cherokee County, South Carolina in 1894 and attended Clemson University, where he earned a degree in agronomy in 1916. He took a job with the USDA Cotton Breeding Office and was transferred to California in 1917 to develop a long-staple cotton supply for the covering required by military aircraft during World War I. Camp became famous for developing the California cotton industry during and after the war.