Soil+Conservation+and+Allottment+Act+9


 * The Soil and Allottment Act**; Matthew Johns and Gregory Maita

"In signing Soil Conservation and Domestic Allottment Act I feel that I am improving a measure which helps to safeguard vital public interest not only for today, but for generations to come." - Franklin D. Roosevelt




 * Goals**
 * evade threats of soil erosion and agricultural overproduction
 * designed to support farm income by making soil conservation and soil building payments to participating farmers
 * faciltate growth that was needed after the destruction of the Dust Bowl
 * educate farmers how to properly mantain their land
 * control floods
 * prevent impairment of resevoirs
 * maintain navagability of rivers and harbors
 * protect public health and public lands
 * relieve unemployment




 * Information**
 * act was passed when the supreme court declared the Agricultural Adjustment Act unconsitutional
 * bill enacted on March 1st, 1936


 * Result**
 * three years after the bill was passed the soil erosion in the United States dropped 65%