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County allotment allotment 



Adams 184^7 68^40 



Alexander ... 30,944 17,831 



Bond 87XB9 28,912 



Boone 87,446 43,441 



Brown 52,125 26,937 



Bureau 270,749 163,885 



Calhoun 30,667 16J35 



CarroU 106,799 58,488 



Can 107^)73 46,832 



Champaign 409,582 204,548 



Christian 256,068 100,698 



Clark 84,328 47,745 



Clay 68,957 42,324 



Clinton 134,914 MM7 



Coles 164,792 77,124 



Cook 120,915 50,877 



Crawford 70,243 39,781 



Cumberland 70,508 38,863 



DeKalb 233,658 125,187 



DeWitt 147,077 77,770 



Douglas 169,507 74J)44 



DuPage 73,646 33,586 



Edgar 212,964 95,130 



Edwards 48,144 22.787 



EHingham 94,906 40,432 



Fayette 133,632 61,403 



Ford 201,106 105,257 



Franklin 59,337 26,534 



Fulton 213,396 103,520 



Gallatin 65,499 37,817 



Greene 125,630 64,459 



Grundy 158,609 89,046 



HamUton 63,354 32,822 



Hancock 202,406 85,338 



Hardin 12,719 10.312 



Henderson 102,344 57,320 



Henry 258.859 152.675 



Iroquois 440,774 226.475 



lackson 87,490 37,554 



Jasper 83.495 47.513 



leiierson 83.781 43.084 



Jersey 74,146 31,038 



Jo Daviess 82.430 45.812 



Johnson 28,219 22.243 



Kane 152.137 81.068 



Kankakee 241,730 122,929 



KendaU 117,251 59,501 



Knox 188,685 111,589 



Lake 70,052 34,502 



LaSaUe 402.322 234,996 



Lawrence 78.347 37J)48 



Lee .:.:: ..::V- :.;.,..;.,,. 245,333 129.512 



Liyingston ...:. ..;,......, 438.713 233,772 



Logan .;, 241.835 114430 



McDonough ............ 180,498 92JI28 



McHenry 153,239 85,116 



McLean ....458,249 257J86 



Macon ..;..... 220,110 104,219 



Macoupin .201,762 78J87 



Madison ...175.809 56,321 



Marion 81.156 40.095 



MarshoU .1 124,731 68,304 



Mason .' .185,520 76,204 



Massac 31,837 19,446 



Menard 105,598 46,531 



Mercer 137 J49 91,261 



Monroe 93 J08 25.481 



Montgomery 179,862 67,477 



Morgan 176,909 79,865 



Moultrie 131.415 56,147 



Ogle 232,510 115,978 



Peoria . . 149,608 80,638 



P«rry . ... 81,906 24.697 



Piatt 179.597 81.743 



Pike 162J)56 71,948 



Pope 26.123 16.330 



Pulaski 36.374 204)90 



Putnam :............ 44.806 24J06 



Randolph 127,333 34.547 



Richland 60.749 31.254 



Hock Island 88.228 57.146 



St. Clair 176.675 48.611 



Saline 66.029 34.586 



Sangamon 289.478 138.17S 



Schuyler 94,493 39,619 



Scott 72.607 35.733 



Shelby :....... 205.967 101.465 



Stark . 93,745 54,833 



Stephenson 143,515 72,277 



TaxeweU 218,825 106,068 



Onion 44,773 24,480 



VermUion 329.290 158.257 



Wabash 57.346 25J67 



Warren 166.270 105.192 



Washington 161.048 33.237 



Wayne 86.845 55.468 



White 117,757 60.372 



Whiteside . . . . ; 208.484 117.299 



WiU 262.635 125,292 



Williamson 51,296 26J34 



Winnebago 129.393 66.130 



Woodlord 181,660 95.655 



State Total 14,984,239 7.348,398 



Com Belt Farmers 



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production can a protective granary of 

 reserve supplies be established for use 

 when production is unavoidably low. 

 Growing large surpluses above current 

 needs, however, requires that farmers be 

 fully prepared to tJike cooperative action 

 to store the surpluses and to support corn 

 prices. 



Disadvantages of large production 

 from excess acreage instead of good 

 yields are quite obvious. Very important 

 is destrurtion of soil fertility because of 

 insufficient soil-building crops on farms. 

 .The dangers of surpluses difficult to 



manage and of low prices are much 

 greater. Crop failures with large com 

 acreage mean less land available for pro- 

 duction of emergency, drought-resisting 

 crops. 



Corn Belt farmers have a choice to 

 make this spring. Their decision may 

 have an /important effect on the size of 

 their incomes for the next two or three 

 years. As they plan their corn acreage, 

 they are free to choose as individuals. 

 The choice of cooperation under the 

 AAA Farm Program is offered for them 

 to take or leave as they see fit. 



With the conservation and acreage ad- 

 justment programs, the corn loans and 

 the marketing quotas available in the 

 AAA Farm Program, farmers should be 



able to reduce substantially the fluctua- 

 tion in corn prices resulting from uneven 

 production and with it much of the risk 

 of livestock feeding. 



On the other hand, surplus com pro- 

 duction without these advantages de- 

 presses corn prices and stimulates live- 

 stock production above the level that can 

 be maintained in normal years. Reserve 

 supplies are used up for large livestock 

 production, forcing down the income to 

 livestock farmers and leaving inadequate 

 reserves for livestock feed in short crop 

 years. These ups and downs in produc- 

 tion and prices depress farm incomes 

 and create unbalance in the entire situa- 



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