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Facts about Piedmont Homesteads
Title
Facts about Piedmont Homesteads
Subject
subsistence homesteads
Excerpt
The project was originally planned by the Trustees of the University of Georgia and was later transferred to the Division of Subsistence Homesteads of the Department of the Interior. On May 15, 1935, it was placed under the jurisdiction of the Resettlement Administration.
Purpose of Project: The Piedmont Homesteads was planned to establish low- income agricultural families on self-sufficient farms and to demonstrate the practicability of making satisfactory sized farms out of large cotton plantations that were more or less abandoned because of the hazards of producing cotton under the boll weevil conditions. The agricultural trend at the time of project planning was a continuance of the old system with the consequent abandonment of farms with migration to the cities in search of jobs whereby the families might earn enough for mere existence.
Purpose of Project: The Piedmont Homesteads was planned to establish low- income agricultural families on self-sufficient farms and to demonstrate the practicability of making satisfactory sized farms out of large cotton plantations that were more or less abandoned because of the hazards of producing cotton under the boll weevil conditions. The agricultural trend at the time of project planning was a continuance of the old system with the consequent abandonment of farms with migration to the cities in search of jobs whereby the families might earn enough for mere existence.
Creator
Farm Security Administration
Date
n.d.
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