Farmer Joseph Wall, 34, stepped into the office of the Farm Security Administration at Guthrie Center, Iowa and37 years before it was dueblandly paid the last installment on his $8,257 FSA loan. Last week the well tilled 80-acre farm and well tended stock, which Farmer Wall cautiously estimates are worth $20,000 at 1944 values, were free & clear of debt.
High Hopes and a Pair of Mules. Slim, ruddy Farmer Wall had come a long way since 1935. That year he rebelled at working any longer as a hired hand for $20 a...
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