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Bankhead–Jones Farm Tenant Act of 1937

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An Act to create the Farmers’ Home Corporation, to promote secure occupancy of farms and farm homes, to correct the economic instability resulting from some present forms of farm tenancy, and for other
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which they obtained under the provisions of the Bankhead–Jones Tenant Purchase Act." They repaid their loan of $ 1,495 in only five years.
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Banfield, Edward C. "Ten Years of the Farm Tenant Purchase Program." Journal of Farm Economics 31 (1949): pp. 469–486.
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under a Federal land utilization program authorized by the Bankhead–Jones Farm Tenant Act. The park was named for
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to purchase land, and it was the culmination of a long effort to secure legislation for their benefit.
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Report for Congress: Agriculture: A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, 2005 Edition
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U.S. Act which authorized a credit program to assist tenant farmers in purchasing land
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Bankhead–Jones Farm Tenant Act. U.S. Statutes at Large, 50, Part 1(1937): 522-33.
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manage some Bankhead–Jones lands. Some Forest Service Bankhead-Jones lands are
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In 1937, the federal government purchased distressed farmland for the
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Index

Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act
Great Seal of the United States
Acronyms
75th United States Congress
Pub. L.
75–210
Statutes at Large
Stat.
522
7 U.S.C.: Agriculture
U.S.C.
7 U.S.C.
ch. 33
308-25
Franklin D. Roosevelt
tenant farmers
U.S. Forest Service
Bureau of Land Management
National Grasslands
Laura S. Walker National Park
Waycross, Georgia
conservationist
Laura S. Walker
Works Progress Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Georgia
Rankin County, Mississippi
Farm Security Administration

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