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Show ... , j GREGORY, S. DAK. f ST' ifl in 221 . y .n M : J : $ i - f z 3 , J t, - s t,- pAXTON, ILL. il In this final article of a series by Barrow Lyons, staff correspondent of Western Newspaper Union, he gives the graphic results of his swing through the nation to gather an impression of political and economic thinking in rural America. Amer-ica. All of these pictures were taken by Mr. Lyons, and opinions opin-ions expressed or quoted are either those of persons pictured or the writer's not necessarily those of this newspaper. - Shown at left is E. C. Biggins, wheat farmer of Gregory, S. D., an early settler who "saw the land come up from nothing." Biggins, who is 67 years old, doesn't like to be told how much wheat to raise and what to do. He believes that many of the farmers around Gregory are spreading themselves too far, buying too many steers, sheep and hogs at prices that are too high. They are putting themselves them-selves on the spot for the coming deflation. Biggins believes. . Shown at left is E. C. Biggins, ""T'f wheat farmer of Gregory, S. D., p S" t an early settler who "saw the 1 ' land come up from nothing." s' ;" y s , t 4 i Biggins, who is 67 years old, I T " xl ' doesn't like to be told how much 1 V" t wheat to raise and what to do. s t i y J We believes that many of the l ''"Tl 1 farmers around Gregory are j V V 1 j ' 4 1 " i sPrea(n8 themselves too far, ' S)V ' !y' Vf buying too many steers, sheep ' J I " 1 and hogs at prices that are too i rWi i high" They are Puttms them- ? - , I selves on the spot for the coming ''&v 4 deflation. Biggins believes. r I SrV,: ill Sentiment in Benton, Arkansas, ' 1 is strongly divided. Businessmen ik r7v,ff t iS and farmers deeply resent the f ' many controls and restrictions im- f,wKlliw,Ew " J posed by the A eiv Deal, and assert j - -r. "-Z' Washington has bungled. The I bauxite miners support the ad- I ministration. Section of Benton's I s 1 business district is shown at right, i s. I Sentiment in Benton, Arkansas, is strongly divided. Business men and farmers deeply resent the many controls and restrictions imposed im-posed by the lew Deal, and assert Washington has bungled. The bauxite miners support the administration. ad-ministration. Section of Benton's business district is shoivn at right. ; v -w. w WAAS Xt 'vr" trraiii;iEE "x Many farms in Ava, Mo., are changing hands, as indicated by these sale posters. These reflect the nation's current land turnover. George Mullins, Douglas county FSA supervisor (inset), has helped many farmers around Ava to rehabilitate themselves. J. G. Saurenman, general foreman fore-man of the Rock Island roundhouse round-house in Eldon, Iowa, finds this labor-dominated town a good place to live. M. H. Bo urne, editor emeritus Owenton (Ky.) News-Herald, says Kentuckians don't like too much government control, but tobacco grotvers approve AAA program. I? . : . - -. t f .6Xv. m -. Milton. Florida: "PoDidution doubled since war's beginning." |