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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...justification," said Robert Meikle, who farms 200 acres, "for paying farmers for doing something they would normally do [e.g., liming the soil and laying drains]. Farming should be a respectable business with a respectable income for anyone who wants to work for it." Said Robert Kestner, a prosperous farmer from Memphis: "I'm afraid of what's to come. The Lord help us if we get a Socialist government. Why can't the Government leave the farmers alone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FARMERS: No Thanks | 9/17/1951 | See Source »

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