Although after the May Coup d'État of 1926 the action was restarted, it never gained significant momentum and then came to a complete halt between 1929 and 1933. Altogether, the "osadnik" families received over 6000 km² of land. The government tried to revive the project once more after 1935, with little success. Because of the Great Depression, the prices of basic food products dropped, and all settler farms were in the red, with the average debt reaching 458 złoty per every hectare of land (that is between 800 and 1700 modern euros, depending on thw conversion method).