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... continued . The ruthless curtailment of production under the first AAA was considered sinful ; later programs toward this end utilized acreage reductions , the least effective means of diminishing productivity . Postwar Problems Surplus ...
... continued . The ruthless curtailment of production under the first AAA was considered sinful ; later programs toward this end utilized acreage reductions , the least effective means of diminishing productivity . Postwar Problems Surplus ...
Page 60
... continued to purchase their farms from the federal gov- ernment , state , railroads , or large holders because much of the land subject to home- stead entry was likely to be far from trans- portation facilities and distant from mar ...
... continued to purchase their farms from the federal gov- ernment , state , railroads , or large holders because much of the land subject to home- stead entry was likely to be far from trans- portation facilities and distant from mar ...
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... continued under a Soil Conservation Act passed in 1936 and then under an Agricultural Adjustment of 1938 which expanded and refined the earlier techniques . Thus an agricultural policy was established under the pressures of emergency ...
... continued under a Soil Conservation Act passed in 1936 and then under an Agricultural Adjustment of 1938 which expanded and refined the earlier techniques . Thus an agricultural policy was established under the pressures of emergency ...
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