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Farm owner near Memphis, Texas. He says, "I'd rather have renters than tractors on my place. I oppose the tractors. It puts too many off the land. I went to my limit, more than most, and kept my renters until this year. But I got seven hundred behind on my taxes, so I need all I can get."
One of a group of western Oklahoma wheat farmers congregated at crossroads service station. "In 1934 I had four renters, and I didn't make anything. I bought tractors on the money the government give me, and I got shet of my renters"
One of a group of western Oklahoma wheat farmers congregated at crossroads service station. "In 1934 I had four renters, and I didn't make anything. I bought tractors on the money the government give me, and I got shet of my renters"
Texas tenant farmer's house. He operated this farm on thirds and fourths; that is, he supplies teams and tools, feed and seed to the owner's land. He has made no crop for four years but survives because of government checks for participation in crop reduction program. He has farmed for twenty years but plans to abandon farm in fall of 1937
Texas tenant farmer's house. He operated this farm on thirds and fourths; that is, he supplies teams and tools, feed and seed to the owner's land. He has made no crop for four years but survives because of government checks for participation in crop reduction program. He has farmed for twenty years but plans to abandon farm in fall of 1937
Texas tenant farmers who have been displaced from their land by tractor farming
This man was a tenant on the same farm for eighteen years. He has six children. This year he was forced into status of day laborer on the same farm. The farm owner employed twenty-three tenant families last year. This year, the same acreage, using tractors, requires seven families. Ellis County, Texas
Abandoned tenant house seen across tractored fields. Hall County, Texas. Many tenants who have filled the land on the family-farm basis are made landless, forced by the machine into the towns, or reduced to day labor on the farms
Former tenant farmer on a large cotton farm. Now a tractor driver for one dollar a day on the same farm. Bell County, Texas
Farm owner near Memphis, Texas. He says, "I'd rather have renters than tractors on my place. I oppose the tractors. It puts too many off the land. I went to my limit, more than most, and kept my renters until this year. But I got seven hundred behind on my taxes, so I need all I can get."
Summary
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a farmer, 1930s great depression, dust bowl era, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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Date
01/06/1937 - 30/06/1937
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New York Public Library
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