A Statement on Two Suggested Solutions for the Problem of Farm Unemployment and Underemployment

Raymond C. Smith

No 343390, Miscellaneous Publications from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: [Describes] A Rural Conservation Works Program [and] A Rural Housing Program. Figures included: Totally Unemployed and Emergency Workers, Male, Living on Farms, November 1937 --- Partly Employed Males Living on Farms, November 1937 --- Estimated Number of Man-Days of Labor Required for Needed Soil, Water, and Forest Conservation Work --- Estimated Number of Man-Days of Labor Available from Unemployed and Low Income Men on Farms --- Room Use and Condition of Farm Houses in 308 Selected Rural Counties of the U.S. --- Value of Farm Dwellings Per Farm.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34
Date: 1940-05
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.343390

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