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Line 31: − ==Declining exports== − The following table gives the volume of imports in 1932 and 1935 for important agricultural products. − − {| style="background:white; color:blue" border="1" class="wikitable" − |''Agricultural Imports − |''Before Roosevelt − |''3 years into 'relief' efforts − |- − ! Commodity − ! 1932 − ! 1935 − |- − | Wheat − | 3,000 bu. − | 27,439,000 bu. − |- − | Corn − | 344,000 bu. − | 43,242,000 bu. − |- − | Oats − | 59,000 bu. − | 10,107,000 bu. − |- − | Barley − | None − | 4,840,000 bu. − |- − | Rye − | None − | 9,643,000 bu. − |- − | Rice − | 19,074,000 lb. − | 53,457,000 lb. − |- − | Barley malt − | 52,533,000 lb. − | 320,6 23,000 lb. − |- − | Hay − | 13,858 tons − | 67,171 tons − |- − |} − − The quantities of individual commodities exported declined as follows: − − {| style="background:white; color:blue" border="1" class="wikitable" − |''Agricultural Exports − |''Declines 3 years into − |- − ! Commodity − ! New Dealism − |- − | Cotton − | 33% − |- − | Unmanufactured tobacco − | 4% − |- − | Wheat − | 99% − |- − | Flour − | 491% − |- − | Meat products − | 19% − |- − | Lard − | 82% − |- − |} − − In the summer of 1933 New Dealers paid farmers under the [[Agricultural Adjustment Act]] (AAA) to plow up 10,500,000 acres of growing cotton, or 25% of the total acreage. The Bankhead cotton Act of 1934 set a limit OF 10,000,000 bales of cotton to be marketed by farmers from the 1934 - 1935 crop. − − In the fall of 1933, the AAA destroyed 6,200,000 pigs and 220,000 mother sows were slaughtered in the AAA's effort to raise prices at a cost of over $30,000,000. The total live weight of the pigs and sows slaughtered was 443,69.7,348 pounds. Of this only 97,064,159 pounds of food products were obtained-the rest was converted into inedible grease or fertilizer.
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The Works Progress Administration ([[WPA]]), like the Civil Works Administration and the Civilian Conservation Corps, established a system of work relief for the unemployed. It had a larger size and budget($5 billion at first) than previous efforts. Harry Hopkins, the director of the WPA, was responsible for the building and renovation of over 100,000 public buildings and the construction of 600 airports, more than 500,000 miles of roads, and over 100,000 bridges. The WPA was also well known for its flexibility. It employed not only construction workers but also artists and authors as well as operating separate sewing projects for women.
The Works Progress Administration ([[WPA]]), like the Civil Works Administration and the Civilian Conservation Corps, established a system of work relief for the unemployed. It had a larger size and budget($5 billion at first) than previous efforts. Harry Hopkins, the director of the WPA, was responsible for the building and renovation of over 100,000 public buildings and the construction of 600 airports, more than 500,000 miles of roads, and over 100,000 bridges. The WPA was also well known for its flexibility. It employed not only construction workers but also artists and authors as well as operating separate sewing projects for women.
==Unemployment==
==Unemployment==