Facts About Magnolia Homesteads
Title
Facts About Magnolia Homesteads
Subject
subsistence homesteads
Excerpt
Magnolia Homesteads were initiated by the Subsistence Homesteads Division of the Department of the Interior, December 15, 1933. The project was transferred to the Resettlement Administration by Executive Order on May 15, 1935, and is at the present under the supervision of the Farm Security Administration.
The purpose of the project is to provide better housing and a higher standard of living for families employed, full-and part-time, in the trades and industries of Meridian, Homesteaders will be able to increase their real income through the production of the greater part of their food needs on small farm tracts.
The purpose of the project is to provide better housing and a higher standard of living for families employed, full-and part-time, in the trades and industries of Meridian, Homesteaders will be able to increase their real income through the production of the greater part of their food needs on small farm tracts.
Creator
Farm Security Administration
Date
n.d.
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