"I PAY TAXES WITH DOLLARS . 

 .... NOT WITH EARS OF CORN", 





GOT my com and crop allotments the! 



other day, too, just like other farmers. Sort oil 

 jolted me for a minute. Then I got to comparing 

 notes with my neighbors. They received about the same per-| 

 centage cut as I. ^ After thinking it over, I got out my pencill 

 and started figuring. My com crib is still pretty full. In ourl 

 neighborhood nearly everybody has more com on hand thanl 

 usual. Biggest carryover in years, govemment reports show. 

 So I reasoned, suppose we all put in as much com as wel 

 had planned. With average weather what would we get for 

 it? Maybe 35 cents a bushel when it ought to bring 60 to 70] 

 cents. ^ After all, I thought, I pay taxes with dollars, not ears j 

 of com. Everyone else controls production to keep prices up. 

 Why not farmers? Why mine the fertility from our soil grow-| 

 ing bumper crops that bring fewer dollars than a smaller crop? | 

 Why not get in the habit of growing less com and give the 

 soil a chance to rest up with clover and alfalfa? 



"Looks like common sense for fanners to go along with 

 this program. That's what I'm going to do." 



ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATIOI 









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