The Economics of Agriculture
Auctioneer
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Mechanical Corn Picker
Farm foreclosure
Soil erosion
Conservation tilling
Cows and calves
Bank Closures
Iowa Farmers Strike
The Great Depression: Strike Turns Violent
Overproduction Leads to Low Prices
The New Deal Brings Relief
Mechanical Corn Picker, 1939
Time Frame: 1939
Mechanical corn picker. Grundy County, Iowa. October, 1939.
Photographer: Arthur Rothstein
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division
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