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The conservative [[American Liberty League]] referred to the economic planning of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration as "a trend toward fascist control of agriculture."

The conservative [[American Liberty League]] referred to the economic planning of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration as "a trend toward fascist control of agriculture."

The production cutbacks worked; farm prices shot up (and city food prices rose a little), restoring prosperity to the farm sector well before the problems of the cities were solved.

By 1936 conditions had dramatically improved in agriculture. Although the holy grail of 100% parity was not reached until 1943, incomes were much higher rising from $4.7 billion in 1932 to $8.7 billion in 1936. The heavy burden of debt that had soured the 1920s was mostly paid off or refinanced.  The chimerical vision of escaping to the rich cities no longer enthralled the farm youth.

 

The main causes of the return to prosperity include the overall improved national economy, the severe draught of 1934 that reduced output and caused prices to rise.  The AAA payments to farmers were a help.  The acreage reduction program had little effect except in cotton and tobacco. In other crops the farmers improved their efficiency on the remaining acreage and output stayed level. In cotton and tobacco, however, prices were much higher and since the great majority of Southerners lived in rural areas and depended on these crops, the New Deal was very well regarded.<ref> Benedict, ''Farm Policies,'' p 353</ref>

==Unconstitutional and 2nd AAA==

==Unconstitutional and 2nd AAA==