‘Member of the farming group on the project. Polish-Jewish born, served in the American Army, World War I.’ Dorothea Lange. June 1936.
#JerseyHomesteads #RooseveltNewJersey #Cooperatives #cooperativefarm #SubsistenceHomesteads #TheNewDeal #ResettlementAdministration
‘The cooperative farm of about 500 acres gives work to 6 members. It has been so successful that wages of $25 a week have been paid the year round & a considerable amount returned to the credit of the whole colony. The produce has either been sold to other members or disposed of through a farmers' cooperative auction market in Hightstown. The quality of the vegetables has been praised, particularly the Irish potatoes, which in 1936 were judged second best of all raised in Monmouth, Mercer or Middlesex Counties. The 1st year's crops showed a profit of $17,000 after repaying a Government loan of $26,000. During the planting & harvesting seasons the women help in the fields. When work is slack in the factory the coat makers & milliners join the farm workers.' "Jersey Homesteads" in *Stories of New Jersey* Federal Writers' Project (New York 1938) PDF @ https://archive.org/details/storiesofnewjers00federich/page/182/mode/2up
‘Homesteader, farmer, who had been working on the community farm since 1934. Hightstown, New Jersey’ #DorotheaLange. June 1936.
👉ALT
#JerseyHomesteads #RooseveltNewJersey #Cooperatives #cooperativefarm #SubsistenceHomesteads #TheNewDeal #ResettlementAdministration
