PART IV—NOTES
The New Deal
[211] Barger and Lansburg, American Agriculture, 1899-1949, 72-112.
[212] Beard/Harrison/Pryor, March 6, 1979; Rogers/Corbat, et al., June 12, 1970.
[213] Beard/Harrison/Pryor, March 6, 1979.
[214] Bailey, The American Pageant, 842-43.
[215] Rogers, Corbat, et al., June 12, 1970; Ellmore/Middleton/Pryor, March 8, 1979; Joseph Beard quoted in Beard/Harrison/Pryor, March 6, 1979.
[216] "Wheat Production Control Plan," Herndon News-Observer, July 27, 1933; "Wheat Allotment Based on Averages," Ibid., August 17, 1933; Beard/Harrison/Pryor, March 6, 1979.
[217] Derr Report, 1936, 4. The Potato Act, which would in fact have been disasterous for small farmers, was actually before any crop was harvested. However, its effect was still to create some hostility to government programs among farmers.
[218] Derr Reports, 1930, 1931, 1934.