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Records of theCotton Mattress Program, Extension Service, 1940

USDA Extension Service Circular on how to make a mattress with surplus cotton.

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Cotton Mattress Making, cover
(ca. 1940)
Cover of a USDA circular promoting home production of cotton mattresses. This program not only created a market for a surplus commodity, it helped…
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Cotton Mattress Making, p.2
(ca. 1940)
A USDA circular promoting home production of cotton mattresses. Materials needed to make a mattress included "10 Yards--8 oz. Ticking," "50 Pounds…
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Cotton Mattress Making, p.3
(ca. 1940)
A USDA circular promoting home production of cotton mattresses. Page 3 of 4.
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Cotton Mattress Making, p.4
(ca. 1940)
The final stage in the process involved giving the mattress a vigorous pounding with stout sticks. From a USDA Circular. Page 4 of 4.
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Cotton Mattress Letter
(1945-05-15)
Letter from an Extension Service official in Washington to his counterpart in Louisiana, discussing the Cotton Mattress program, and a demonstration…

Memorandum on Unemployment

Draft of a memorandum on unemployment, with attached chart, to Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace, from his Economic Advisor, Mordecai Ezekiel, May 9, 1933.

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Ezekiel memo, May 9, 1933
(1933-05-09)
Draft of a memorandum to Secretary Henry A. Wallace from his Economic Advisor, Mordecai Ezekiel, May 9, 1933. Ezekiel presents an estimate of employed…
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Ezekiel memo, May 9, 1933
(1933-05-09)
Draft of a memorandum to Secretary Henry A. Wallace from his Economic Advisor, Mordecai Ezekiel, May 9, 1933. Ezekiel presents an estimate of employed…
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Ezekiel memo, chart, May 9, 1933. USDA History Collection
(5/9/1933)
Chart attached to draft of memo to Secretary Henry A. Wallace from Mordecai Ezekiel, May 9, 1933, illustrating numbers of employed and unemployed…

IEFC Meeting

The first meeting of the International Emergency Food Council, as reported in the USDA publication Consumers' Guide.

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IEFC meeting
(1946-08)
Cover of the USDA publication Consumers' Guide, with a report inside on the first meeting of the International Emergency Food Council (IEFC) in…
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IEFC, p.3, Consumers' Guide
An illustration on page 3 of an issue of the USDA publication Consumers' Guide, with a report on the first meeting of the International Emergency Food…
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IEFC, p. 5, Consumers' Guide
An illustration on page 5 of an issue of the USDA publication Consumers' Guide, with a report on the first meeting of the International Emergency Food…
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