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Oklahoma farm housewives boost family income study
A Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station report analyzes 163 rural home makers from 1930 to 1934, finding average annual family contributions of 286 dollars per woman with a range from a loss of 34 to a net 1755. Dairy poultry and garden enterprises dominate, many women supplementing with off farm work and diverse farms yield the largest single cash contributions.
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Oklahoma
Department of Home Economics Research
Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station
Grace Fernandes
Oklahoma A. and M. College