The New Deal (agriculture)

Question 1

Farm income rates

Answer 1

• The New Deal did improve farm income rates and prevented them from getting worse:
  1933: $6billion
  1938: $10billion

Question 2

Individual measures

Answer 2

• The AAA (1933) removed 10,500,000 acres of cotton from production and slaughtered 6,000,000 piglets.
  Farm income rates increased:
  -1932: $4.5billion
  -1935: $6.9billion
• TVA (1933) had a significant impact on the residents of the Tennessee Valley:
• 1929 only 2/100 farms in the area had electricity. TVA built 20 dams to provide hydroelectricity.
• 1929-1949: average income rose by 200%

Question 3

Individual measures part 2

Answer 3

• Rural Electrification Administration (1935) provided electricity in rural areas:
  1936: 13% farms had electricity
  1941: 35% farms had electricity
• Bank-Jones Farm Tenant Act (1937) provided loans to farmers to keep and restock their farms:
• By 1947 40,000 farmers had bought their own farms
• By 1947, 900,000 farmers had borrowed money to restock their farms