Pick or fight: The Emergency Farm Labor Program in the Arkansas and Mississippi Deltas during World War II

During WWII, Mississippi and Arkansas Delta planters lost their labor force to the military or defense industries, so the USDA created the Emergency Farm Labor Supply Program. This and other programs supplied cheap and unskilled labor to harvest cotton and other crops.

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Published in:	Agricultural history Vol. 64; no. 2; pp. 74 - 85
Main Author:	Woodruff, N.E. (Penn State University)
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Durham University of California Press 01-04-1990 Duke University Press, NC & IL
Subjects:	ADMINISTRACION ADMINISTRATION ARKANSAS Cotton Crop economics Crops EMERGENCIES ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA ETATS-UNIS Farm workers Farming Government HISTOIRE HISTORIA HISTORY Labor Labor force LABOUR MAIN D'OEUVRE MANO DE OBRA MANPOWER MISSISSIPPI Plantations River deltas Tenants TRABAJO TRAVAIL USA Wages World War II Arkansas Delta Mississippi River Delta
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Summary:	During WWII, Mississippi and Arkansas Delta planters lost their labor force to the military or defense industries, so the USDA created the Emergency Farm Labor Supply Program. This and other programs supplied cheap and unskilled labor to harvest cotton and other crops.
Bibliography:	9050391 E10 B50
ISSN:	0002-1482 1533-8290