[144] "Fairfax Farmer Threw Away His Plow in 1928 and Amazing Results Have Been Revolutionary," Richmond Times-Dispatch, September 17, 1951.
[145] Oliver Martin, On and Off the Concrete in Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia (Washington, 1930), 26.
[146] Derr Reports, 1926, 6, and 1927, 13.
[147] Milk prices dropped from $4.05 per 100 gallons in 1920 to a low of $2.10 in 1932. By 1935 they were still low, but had risen some to $2.25. The prices given are July figures; January listings were generally a bit higher. See Virginia Farm Statistics (Richmond, 1936), 59.
[148] Beard/Pryor, January 23, 1979.
[149] H. B. Derr, "Helping Farmers," Herndon News-Observer, April 14, 1932; and Derr Report, 1927, 13.
[150] Derr, "Helping Farmers."
[151] Derr Report, 1932, 5.
[152] Derr Report, 1926, 6.
[153] Derr Report, 1932, 6.