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Facts about Drummond
Title
Facts about Drummond
Subject
subsistence homesteads
Excerpt
Drummond was started by the Resettlement Administration 1, 1936, in cooperation with the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture. The project is now under the supervision of the United States Forest Service, Chequamegon National Forest.
Purpose of Project: The project was initiated to re-establish a group of destitute families stranded on poor land, which had been zoned as unfit for agriculture by the Bayfield County under authority granted in Wisconsin Zoning Act. Thirty-two of these families will be resettled on small farms, where they will be able to produce most of their food requirements. The United States Forest Service will use the men as a source of labor to rebuild the forest resources of this blighted area, furnishing them with part-time employment to supplement their farm income. The project area has since been extended to include Ashland and part of Sawyer Counties.
Purpose of Project: The project was initiated to re-establish a group of destitute families stranded on poor land, which had been zoned as unfit for agriculture by the Bayfield County under authority granted in Wisconsin Zoning Act. Thirty-two of these families will be resettled on small farms, where they will be able to produce most of their food requirements. The United States Forest Service will use the men as a source of labor to rebuild the forest resources of this blighted area, furnishing them with part-time employment to supplement their farm income. The project area has since been extended to include Ashland and part of Sawyer Counties.
Creator
Farm Security Administration
Date
n.d.
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