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Homesteaders–New Style

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Record Number: 
1148
Citation: 

Walker, Charles R. “Homesteaders–New Style.” Survey Graphic: Magazine of Social Interpretation 28.6 (June 1939): 377-81, 408.

Annotation: 

Brief mention. Discusses two Farm Security Administration tenant farms: Roanoke Farms (Halifax, NC) and Pembroke Farms (Red Banks Mutual Association). Notes that the Pembroke Farms homesteaders, previously illiterate, were learning to read. Explains the principles of the cooperative farming program, with statistics.

First Appeared in 1994 Book?: 
no
Category Tags: 
Red Banks Mutual Association; farming
Publication Type: 
Magazine Article