Evening star., 1934-01-28
PUBLIC LIBRARY
SUBSISTENCE HoMEsTEADs.


In connection with the general back
to-the-land trend during the depression,
| and the Federal Governments plans for
i subsistence homesteads and decentral-
ization Of industry. the Public Library
presents the following list of material
in recent books and periodicals.
Back-to-the-Land Movement.
American Peasants. by c. M. Wilson.
Commonweal, 10: l47-49. December
8, 1893.
"That the back-to-the-land move
ment is now far more than temporary
| expedient seems to be assured .
The word peasant may again represent
the really stable and healthiest element
| in our society"
Will Back-to-the-Land Help? by N.
Clark. Survey Graphic, %: 455-57,
September, 1893.
A critical appraisal Of the chances
| Of the city man who goes back to the
land, and of the possibility of tie-up
between small farming and a wage
earning job.
Should 1 Move My Family to Farm?
by 0. E. Baker. American Magazine,
1l6: So, November, 1888.
An economic geographer presents the
! advantages and disadvantages of move
from the city to the country.
i How Far Back to the Land? by w. T.
Davis and Malcolm Cowley. New
Republic, IS: 1868, August 9, 1888.
Under the captions THE Small Farm
Racket" and Mountain Slums" two
critics pour cold water on the back-to-
the-land idea.
| Go West. Young Man, by Edgar Schmie-
deber. CommonWeal, l9: 1880, De-
cember Is, 1893.
The writer believes in the continued
validity Of Horace Greeley's oft-quoted
| injunction, and discusses the opportu-
mites for a return to the land in a re-
port on the Catholic Rural Life Con-
ference.
Homestead Projects.
Putting City Workers Back on the
Farm, by Warren Bishop Nations
Business, 81: 1917, November, 1893
A clear explanation of the subsistence
homestead provision of the national in
| dustrial recovery act, what is being done
under it and some of the possibilities
,, for future development.
| Subsistence Homesteads: Presi d e n
Roosevelt's New Land and Popula-
ton Policy. by Ralph Borsodi. Sur
vey Graphic, %: lila, January, 1884.
Subsistence homesteading "a long
remove from subsistence farming-set
| ties family on a plot of land where
| it can grow most of its food and make
many of its goods, plus part-time job
for cash income"
Flight from the City: The Story Of a
New Way to Family Security. by
Ralph Borsodi. 1888. RGC B64.
Includes an account of an experiment
in subsistence homesteading carried out
| near Dayton. Ohio, under the direction
of the author.
| Homesteads. Inc, by Malcolm Cowley
New Republic, II: 77-7a, November
80. 1893.
A review of Mr.. Borsodi's book
Homesteads for Miners. Literary Di-
gest, ll6: 10, october %, 1888.
A brief discussion of the Federal sub
sistence homestead project for unem-
ployed coal miners near Morgantown,
w. Va.
New Deal Homes for Tennessee Valley
Project, by E. S. Draper American
Builder. Sc: 2o-21. January, 1884
A description of the new town of
Norris. Tenn, now under construction,
with its provisions for subsistence farms
on the outskirts.
No Poverty in Llano Colony. by A. w
Taylor. Christian Century, so: 57l,
April 26, 1885.
An account of a cooperative, self
suficing colony in Louisiana which
successfully combines agriculture with
industry.
Value of a Small Plot of Ground to
the Laboring Man. by w. c. Funk
1918. RG83.7Un3dV25.
A study of the food raised by oper-
atives in Southern cotton mill towns.
The New Agriculture, by o. M. Kile
1882. HE83K555n.
Contains a chapter on the subsistence
farm. termed IAN agricultural liability
but social asset" and discussion Of
Henry Fords projects for combining
farming with factory work.
Community Programs for Subsistence
Gardens by ]. c. Colcord and Mary
Johnston. 1888. RIA,C67
Intended as suggestive guide to relief
committees undertaking to promote a
plan of subsistence gardens for unem-
plOyed city workers. Discusses prob
lens of organization. finance, working
conditions and supervision and can
ming and storage.