Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Typescript reads: "Must we destroy 200 acres of cotton like this?" ask Mr. and Mrs. A.G. (Gus) Busby. The San Joaquin Valley cotton planter, pictured above with his wife and youngest son, (Eugene) Gene, has his life savings invested in a $14,000 cotton crop ready to be picked. Busby has fallen under the lash of the New Deal's Agricultural Adjustment Administration's cotton curtailment program. [words crossed out] A.G. (Gus) Busby, San Joaquin Valley cotton grower, who says he will lose his life savings if New Deal's Agricultural Adjustment Administration's cotton curtailment program forces him to plow under $14,000 of cotton crop, now ready to pick. Sheet of paper with text with torn header. Text appears to be two captions for two images in a series of nitrate negatives of the Busbys, a cotton farming family from the Fresno area. This text is likely attributed to the images of Ark no. 21198/zz002dh47b and Ark no. 21198/zz002dh48v.Busby's whole name was most likely, "Adam Gusty Busby," and was nicknamed "Gus". Less frequently under other records, he's been recorded as "Gusty A. Busby" as well. The article details how the federal New Deal rulings of the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration have overreached, and possibly ruined Busby's livelihood as a cotton farmer. According to the story, the federal government discovered Busby leased a large portion of land he was not allowed to lease, and ordered him to plow most of his crop. The tone of the column is that of anti-big government and regulation. Related to article, "New Deal Ruling Perils $14,000 Crop of Cotton" [Los Angeles Times, October 27, 1935] Text from negative sleeve: 2614-- A.G. Busby + his cotton field, 10-24-35, [stamped:] OCT 29 1935
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uclamss_1429_9119i ark:/21198/zz002dh49c
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New Deal, 1933-1939--California--Los Angeles County Cotton Farms--California--San Joaquin Valley Busby, Eugene Kirby, 1932-1950 Busby, Bessie Daugherty, b. ca. 1906 Busby, A. G. (Adam Gusty), 1901-1972 United States. Agricultural Adjustment Administration United States. Dept. of Agriculture
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