McNary - Haugen Farm Relief Bill

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The plight of farmers continued. In 1924, Senator Charles L. McNary of Oregon and Representative Gilbert N. Haugen of Iowa presented a new bill, the McNary-Haugen Farm Relief Bill. The bill had two main parts.

• A Farm Board would be created, and the government would buy any surplus crops

• The Farm Board could choose to sell surplus crops abroad, in order to raise domestic agricultural prices (13)