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Planting the Seeds of Hope - Indiana County Extension Agents During the Great Depression and World War II (Hardcover)
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Planting the Seeds of Hope - Indiana County Extension Agents During the Great Depression and World War II (Hardcover)
Series: The Founders Series
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The Great Depression of the 1930s nearly brought the agricultural
community to a standstill. As markets went into an economic
freefall, farmers who had suffered through a post–World War I
economic depression in the 1920s would now struggle to produce
crops, livestock, and other commodities that could return more than
the cost to produce them. In Indiana, the county agents of the
Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service saw this
desperation firsthand. As they looked into the worried faces of the
people they were asked to assist, the trust they had worked to
build in their communities during the previous two decades would be
put to the test. Throughout the painful years of the Great
Depression, the county agents would stand side by side with Hoosier
farmers, relying on science-based advice and proven strategies to
help them produce more bushels per acre, more pigs per litter, more
gallons of milk per cow, and more eggs per chicken. Then, as the
decade drew to a close, the start of World War II in Europe soon
placed farmers on the frontlines at home, producing the
agricultural commodities needed in the United States and in
war-torn locations abroad. The federal government quickly called on
county agents to push farmers to meet historic production
quotas—not an easy task with farm machinery, tires, and fuel
rationed, and a severe labor shortage resulting from farm workers
being drafted for military service or opting for higher-paying jobs
in factories. Using the observations and reports of county agents,
Planting the Seeds of Hope offers a behind-the-scenes look at what
it was like to live through these historic events in rural Indiana.
The agents' own words and numerous accompanying photographs provide
a one-of-a-kind perspective that brings their stories and those of
the agricultural community they served to life at a pivotal time in
American history.
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