The Abyss, 1926–1932

• Published in: Long Green p. 108
• Main Authors: Eldred E. Prince, ROBERT R. SIMPSON
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: University of Georgia Press 01.01.2013
• Subjects: Agricultural economics; Agricultural geography; Agricultural land; Agricultural sciences; Agricultural seasons; Agriculture; Agronomy; Atmospheric sciences; Biological sciences; Business; Business administration; Business operations; Business structures; Climatology; Collective farms; Commerce; Cooperatives; Corporate communications; Crop economics; Crop production; Crops; Economic disciplines; Economics; Environmental studies; External corporate communications; Farm economics; Farming; Farmlands; Farms; Field crops; Market prices; Marketing; Prices; Pricing; Seasons; Specialty crops; Tobacco

Observers of southern agriculture had long predicted that flue-cured tobacco growers were headed for disaster. By the late 1920s, the handwriting was clearly on the wall. Efforts to reform the highly prejudiced marketing system had failed. Besides the inherent bias of few buyers and many sellers, gr...