Technical Agency: Soil Conservation Service<

Summary:

CPS Camp No. 24 consisted of five units located in Washington County, Maryland operated conjointly by Mennonite Central Committee and the Brethren Service Committee from February 1942 through September 1946. Together they developed a unique demonstration project in cooperative subsistence farming on five run-down farms. The units cooperated with the soil conservation agency to improve local soil conservation practices, and to provide models to be followed by returning soldiers who wanted to be farmers after the war.