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271 farm Mortgage act, 14, 16 farrand, Max, 266 federal Land Bank, 14, 42, 44 flooding, 174 franklin, John hope, xxxii–xxxiii, 266 Garland, hamlin, Main-Travelled Roads, xxiv Goodwin, doris Kearns, 264 government acreage-reduction program, 178, 198 government and farming, 180, 188– 90, 200, 250, 253–54 government land policy, 125–28 grain production, 93–94 Green, Constance McLaughlin, xxxii, 266 hamilton, holman, xxxii hanover, nJ, xiii hawks, howard, Sergeant York, xxii, xxviii Jefferson, thomas, 257–58 labor legislation, 178 Malone, dumas, xxxii McCullough, david, 264 nevins, allan, 260 new deal, xxvi–xxviii, 94, 107–8, 180, 223 agricultural adjustment act, 61 agricultural product availability, 230 ambrose, Stephen, 264 andrews, Charles McLean, 266 armistice day anniversary, 81–82 “belling” ritual, 62 Besey, ike, 72 Brant, irving, xxxii Calhoun, John C., xxxi, 257–58, 259 chestnut trees, 33 chickens. See poultry farming Chillicothe, oh, 6, 53 Civil Works administration, 135, 194 corn: raising, 158–59; shocking, 25–26, 30; storage, 65–67 cutting timber, 33–34, 41, 70–72, 110 depression and education, 113–14 egg prices. See under poultry farming egg production. See under poultry farming egg throwing, xvii election issues, 77–78 farm Credit administration, 76, 90; loan application to, 104, 175 farm economics, 198–99, 200 farm legislation, 122–23 farm Loan association, 14, 61, 76 INDEX 272 * index timber, cutting, 33–34, 41, 70–72, 110 tooks, Kelly, xxxi–xxxii tugwell, rexford G., 125–28 U.S. Post office, 179; rural mail delivery, 105 U.S. Constitution, 18th amendment to, 78 wheat planting, 20–22 Wiltse, Charles, career of, xiii, 263; daniel Webster papers, 263, 265; death of, xiii, 266; economic conditions of, 98–99; education of, xix; marriage, 261–62; religious beliefs of, 91–92; wife Kelly tooks, xxxi–xxxii; writings, 257–59 Wiltse, Clara “Sis,” xix, 35, 103, 106 Wiltse, herbert and Mary, xviii, xxix york, alvin, xxviii plight of the small farmer, 159, 177 poultry farming, 27–29, 69, 74–75, 80–81, 92, 93, 101, 116, 124–25, 154–55, 160–61, 167, 171, 217–18; disease and injuries, 108, 128–29, 145, 146–47, 148, 161, 165, 171, 177–78, 183, 201–2, 221–22, 225, 234; egg prices, 83, 84, 98, 111, 122, 147, 149, 159; egg production, 98, 107, 116, 118, 124, 137, 143–44, 153–54, 155–56, 169–70, 226 Pride, C. Mike, xxx Prohibition, 113 remini, robert V., 265 russellite sect, 91 Standard oil Company, 19–20 Stevenson, adlai, 261 Sunfish Valley, xviii, 5–10, 99, 100–101 ...

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