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The Farmers' Holiday Association In Eastern Iowa, 1932-1933, Joel Dinger
The Farmers' Holiday Association In Eastern Iowa, 1932-1933, Joel Dinger
Presidential Scholars Theses (1990 – 2006)
The Farmer's Holiday Association (FHA) was a short-lived phenomenon in Depression-era history. It arose out of the National Farmers Union, the most powerful farm organization of the immediate post-World War I era. While the main goal of the FHA was noble, cost of production guarantees were probably unattainable. Additionally, the method used try and attain this goal was questionable. Furthermore, the movement took on a life 1 of its own. For the most part, most of the activities took place in western Iowa and eastern Nebraska, with significantly less activity taking place in eastern Iowa.
In this paper, the background …