Yakima Valley Farm Life 1939 Tenant Farmers E Houston

A farm in Yakima Valley, Washington, stands in August 1939 with irrigated pastures, cows, and a barn. E. Houston and his wife worked as tenant farmers for seven years before obtaining their eighty-acre farm through the Farm Security Administrations tenant purchase program, which cost $7,544. Their story illustrates the role of government support in rural agriculture.

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