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2//economic There are also fewer acres being planted in corn now than in 19^0. In 1962 2 million fewer acres of corn were planted than in 1?40,- olsc the total corn harvested was one-third less. What agricultural products are taking the place of cotton and corn being planted. Although. the number of acres of rice and soybeans is being increased in tho Delta, most of tne land not planted with corn or cotton has become pasture and woodland. The greater amount of land in pasture shows tie and poultry are being raised. all money made from selling all farm prodo.cts, inc uding livestock 1 » W 1940 All money in., from soiling livestock is the colored part in I960 CHART #2 that more and more cat In 1940 for every $100 made from selling farm products, $28 of it was made selling cattle and poultry. In i960, though, for every $100 of farm products sold $40 was made from ing livestock. (See"" rt .'•£) • ':r> 3 to °s more in-. ;.'■'■.0 :• 0.-:. j, iihav in 15-K6, and 5 times broilers were sold in i960 than 1940. :ell more in What is important to the people of Mississippi, part"cularly the Negroes, is the fact that less and less land is being planted with crops and more and more land is becoming pasture and woodland; and even more important, tho iter use of machines and fertilizer in agriculture, have resulted in the loss of jobs. The Mississippi Economio. Council's report,"Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Trends and Prospects," talks about; It this way: 'The substantial increase in farm output has been accomplished mainly through research and the adoption of a vast array of management one technological improvements. Many farmers and farm workers have left the farm. The 252,000 people employed on Mississippi faras comprlxe less than half the 1940 number. The enormity of the Increase in farm labor efficiency made possible through better; management and technology is emphasized when we consider that Missis-., sippi farms are now able to produce more than Ig- timss tho volume of iheir 1940 output with only 45?' as many workers." Perhaps an example taken from a report on the Mississippi Freedom Labor Union can help put these numbers into more human terms, to shew what this Feanp to human beings: "What the union is fighting la the rich farmer who operates hid plantation like a huge, inhuman Indus- . trial corporation. Visitors from other countries come to Mississippu. to see one of the world's largest plantations, the Delta Pine and Land Corporation, which ov;ns more than 60 square miles of land in Bolivar county alone. They are amazed at how so few men can run so many acres so well with so few -workers. Delta Pine and Land Corporation, owned in England, is typical of the way bigger and bigger farm^ are raising most of the crops in this country. From the civil war to' about 1930 the large slave-owner's plantations were divided up among large numbers of sharecroppers. But since 1930 the number of Negro sharecroppers and renters has become smaller because farm land costs too much for poor people today--$500 peracre. And there is very little land' for sale. For tne Negro, there is practically none at all. Although the sharecropper has never been able to earn enough to feed and house his family in the Delta, he at least lived on and land. In a sense, the land oas his to work, though not to farmao some own. But for
Object Description
Title | CORE--Mississippi economics - Memoranda, 1964-1965 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 3, Segment 68) |
Author/Creator | Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi, Fourth Congressional District |
Folder Description | The small folder contains items related to economics in Mississippi. They range from a letter from Richard Jewett to a New York professor, seeking information on the state's economic situation; to information about taxation in Mississippi; to a document called "Mississippi's Economics and Mississippi's 'New Image'?'; to newspaper articles by Drew Pearson on northern ownership of Mississippi factories and on Mississippi's extensive dependence on federal programs. |
State | Mississippi; |
Place | Philadelphia; McComb |
Subject | Democratic National Convention (1964 : Atlantic City, N.J.); agriculture; federal aid; Mississippi Freedom Labor Union; sharecroppers; wages; labor unions; murder; bombings; Ku Klux Klan; intimidation; threats; church buildings; arson; United States. Department of Justice; Congress of Racial Equality; Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.); United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964; |
Personal Name | Brown, Ray; Rich, Marvin; Jewett, Richard A.; Johnson, Paul B., 1916-1985; Pearson, Drew, 1897-1969; Schwerner, Michael Henry, 1939-1964; Goodman, Andrew, 1943-1964; Chaney, James Earl, 1943-1964; Eastland, James Oliver, 1904-1986; Whitten, Jamie; Colmer, William Meyers, 1890-1980; Feinberg, Abe; Miller, William; Myers, Charles, Jr.; Bliss, Henry M.; Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971; |
Event Date | 1965; |
Year | 1965; |
Language | English |
Source | Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 3, Segment 68; WIHVC239G-A |
Format | correspondence; reports and surveys; clippings |
Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Publication Date-Electronic | 2013 |
Rights | Copyright to these documents belongs to the individuals who created them or the organizations for which they worked. The principal organizations have been defunct for many years and copyright to their unpublished records is uncertain. We share them here strictly for non-profit educational purposes. We have attempted to contact individuals who created personal papers of significant length or importance. Nearly all have generously permitted us to include their work. If you believe that you possess copyright to material included here, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. Under the fair use provisions of the U.S. copyright law, teachers and students are free to reproduce any document for nonprofit classroom use. Commercial use of copyright-protected material is generally prohibited. |
Digital Format | XML |
Digital Identifier | fsCOREMS4thR3S68 |
Type | Text; Image |
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Title | p.2 |
Page Text | 2//economic There are also fewer acres being planted in corn now than in 19^0. In 1962 2 million fewer acres of corn were planted than in 1?40,- olsc the total corn harvested was one-third less. What agricultural products are taking the place of cotton and corn being planted. Although. the number of acres of rice and soybeans is being increased in tho Delta, most of tne land not planted with corn or cotton has become pasture and woodland. The greater amount of land in pasture shows tie and poultry are being raised. all money made from selling all farm prodo.cts, inc uding livestock 1 » W 1940 All money in., from soiling livestock is the colored part in I960 CHART #2 that more and more cat In 1940 for every $100 made from selling farm products, $28 of it was made selling cattle and poultry. In i960, though, for every $100 of farm products sold $40 was made from ing livestock. (See"" rt .'•£) • ':r> 3 to °s more in-. ;.'■'■.0 :• 0.-:. j, iihav in 15-K6, and 5 times broilers were sold in i960 than 1940. :ell more in What is important to the people of Mississippi, part"cularly the Negroes, is the fact that less and less land is being planted with crops and more and more land is becoming pasture and woodland; and even more important, tho iter use of machines and fertilizer in agriculture, have resulted in the loss of jobs. The Mississippi Economio. Council's report"Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Trends and Prospects" talks about; It this way: 'The substantial increase in farm output has been accomplished mainly through research and the adoption of a vast array of management one technological improvements. Many farmers and farm workers have left the farm. The 252,000 people employed on Mississippi faras comprlxe less than half the 1940 number. The enormity of the Increase in farm labor efficiency made possible through better; management and technology is emphasized when we consider that Missis-., sippi farms are now able to produce more than Ig- timss tho volume of iheir 1940 output with only 45?' as many workers." Perhaps an example taken from a report on the Mississippi Freedom Labor Union can help put these numbers into more human terms, to shew what this Feanp to human beings: "What the union is fighting la the rich farmer who operates hid plantation like a huge, inhuman Indus- . trial corporation. Visitors from other countries come to Mississippu. to see one of the world's largest plantations, the Delta Pine and Land Corporation, which ov;ns more than 60 square miles of land in Bolivar county alone. They are amazed at how so few men can run so many acres so well with so few -workers. Delta Pine and Land Corporation, owned in England, is typical of the way bigger and bigger farm^ are raising most of the crops in this country. From the civil war to' about 1930 the large slave-owner's plantations were divided up among large numbers of sharecroppers. But since 1930 the number of Negro sharecroppers and renters has become smaller because farm land costs too much for poor people today--$500 peracre. And there is very little land' for sale. For tne Negro, there is practically none at all. Although the sharecropper has never been able to earn enough to feed and house his family in the Delta, he at least lived on and land. In a sense, the land oas his to work, though not to farmao some own. But for |
Language | English |
Source | Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 3, Segment 68 |
Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Publication Date-Electronic | 2013 |
Rights | Copyright to these documents belongs to the individuals who created them or the organizations for which they worked. The principal organizations have been defunct for many years and copyright to their unpublished records is uncertain. We share them here strictly for non-profit educational purposes. We have attempted to contact individuals who created personal papers of significant length or importance. Nearly all have generously permitted us to include their work. If you believe that you possess copyright to material included here, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. Under the fair use provisions of the U.S. copyright law, teachers and students are free to reproduce any document for nonprofit classroom use. Commercial use of copyright-protected material is generally prohibited. |
Digital Format | JPEG2000 |
Digital Identifier | Micro 793 - Reel 3 01121 |