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Facts About Beauxart Gardens
Title
Facts About Beauxart Gardens
Subject
subsistence homesteads
Excerpt
Beauxart Gardens was initiated by the Division of Subsistence Homesteads of the Department of the Interior in December, 1933. It was transferred to the resettlement Administration May 15, 1935 and completed October 15 of the same year. On September 1, 1937, it was placed under the jurisdiction of the Farm Security Administration.
Purpose of Project: A subsistence homesteads project for low-income families employed, full or part-time, in the industries and trade of Beaumont, Port Arthur and vicinity, the Beauxart Gardens project is designed to relieve congested housing conditions among those families and to raise the standards of living by the home production of a major portion of their food supply, Each unit is provided with ample garden space where table vegetables may readily be grown.
Purpose of Project: A subsistence homesteads project for low-income families employed, full or part-time, in the industries and trade of Beaumont, Port Arthur and vicinity, the Beauxart Gardens project is designed to relieve congested housing conditions among those families and to raise the standards of living by the home production of a major portion of their food supply, Each unit is provided with ample garden space where table vegetables may readily be grown.
Creator
Farm Security Administration
Date
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