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Abstract
Excerpts from the Foreword: This bibliography consists of references to material on part-time farming and subsistence homesteads in the United States from approximately 1900 through October 1938. In this bibliography the term part-time farming is used to designate farming for purposes of home consumption, supplemented by income from another source. References to publications on allotment gardens and subsistence gardens for the unemployed have been included. The following subjects have been omitted: Marginal or subsistence farming by full-time farmers; the Little Landers' Movement in California; farm laborers' allotments; garden cities and greenbelt communities; and war time gardens for increased production.