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This photograph taken by the Kansas Emergency Relief Committee shows cattle suffering from drought conditions in Cloud County, Kansas. The KERC worked alongside the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, which began a cattle-purchasing program in 1934. Emaciated cattle, as shown in this photograph were destroyed after purchase, and healthy cattle were shipped to slaughter with the meat being distributed to poor families needing relief.
Creator: Kansas Emergency Relief Committee
Date: 1934
Item Number: 505577
Call Number: FK2.C7.4 Dr.1934 *2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 505577
Agriculture - Environment - Weather - Droughts
Agriculture - Government farm programs - Price supports - Agricultural Adjustment Act
Agriculture - Livestock - Cattle
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1930s
Environment - Weather - Droughts
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Kansas Emergency Relief Committee
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Counties - Cloud
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Type of Material - Photographs
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