Farmer Labor Herald provides in-depth picture of area in 1924
by: George Lauby - Apr. 4, 2021
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Although much of the United States was enjoying an economic boom after World War I, things were not good down on the farm.
Farmers had been encouraged to produce as much as they possibly could during the war, but the war ended, leaving vast surpluses. Prices crumbled, Lincoln County Historical Museum Director Jim Griffin said,
It was the roaring 20s, when investors thought there was no end to higher prices, so farmers had to pay inflated prices for equipment.
For farmers, the Great Depression really started around 1920, historians say. They struggled against bankruptcy.