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RABBl—D-—TROPHY TO DEFEAT.

This sagging pile of weathered boards is more booty for waste in
the grim battle American farmers wage against drought, erosion

and misuse of land. When the Resettlement Administration bought
land for the construction of Greenbelt, families on this land were
found living in houses some of which were even worse than this one.
What chance for an American standard of living here? On the old
estates in the vicinity of Berwyn, Maryland, tobacco had been
grown since colonial times, seriously depleting the soil. Resettle~
ment‘s program of prOper land use is restoring the productivity of
these lands in the greenbelt region surrounding the residential and
business sections of the town of Greenbelt. In this broad girdle

of farms and parks from which the town takes its name, neighboring
farmers will work the farms, insuring a plentiful supply of fresh
food for the residents of the town. (Resettlement Administration
Photo)