Last Field Trip Makes a Perfect Ending of Agricultural Communication Class!

Today is Wednesday, June 27, 2012. We went to Southern Tenant Farmers Museum, which located in Tyronza, Arkansas. Dr. Fears are authorized to give us a ride to the museum.
The southern Tenant Farmers Museum is located in the restored historic Mitchell-East building and the former Bank of Tyronza. H. L. Mitchell's dry cleaning business and Clay East's Service Station served as headquarters for the Southern Tenant Farmers Union until it moved to Memphis.

When I went into the museum, I was impressed by the display. I love its design.

The guest speaker told us many knowledge about cotton production. One 500 pound bale of cotton produces 215 pairs of jeans, 1,217 T-shirts,3,085 diapers, 4,321 mid-calf socks.

The guest speaker told us that the Great Depression, drought,and nickel cotton ravaged Delta agriculture in the early 1930s.Federal officials considered radical intervention necessary.
The Agriculture Adjustment Act (AAA) of 1933 was passed to help surpport cotton prices by reducing cotton production.Local arbitration of AAA payment dispute was left to county committees, usually controlled by planters. Thus, tenants could not get help from the committees.

This is the last field trip we had this semester for the Journalism Seminar class. It is an amazing class for everyone, it breaks the boring pattern of listening to professors in class, we have a lot of fun during different kinds of activities outdoor, and we experienced the life of farmers, and learn the knowledge of farming,and the history of agriculture in Arkansas.
I will miss this class! For sure!
Have a good summer everyone!