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poiinds of com. instead of one by the individual, you will get rid of 

 more corn. 



Mr. Walker. May I finish the answer I started to give. 



Mr. Pakker. Yes, I would like you to conclude if you will. 



Mr. Pace. We only have about 30 minutes left today to cover this 

 phase of the discussion. 



Mr. Parker. Mr. Walker, in calculating the reserve supply of 

 corn, you have to take into account the normal years domestic 

 consumption? 



Mr. Walker. That is right. 



Mr. Parker. "VSH^iat do you add to that by reason of the consumer 

 safeguard in section 304? 



Mr. Walker. In making the adjustments for trends in normal 

 domestic consumption, we take into account the consumer safeguards, 

 and if our result in the adjustment for trends in consumption are 

 above the standijrd domestic consumption safeguard, the adjustments 

 are considered to have met both requirements. I have started out 

 by giving you the adjustments here made on the basis of the individual 

 utilizations. 



Mr. HoEVEN. You suggest that the period be limited to 5 yeirs? 



Mr. Walker. The 5 years would bring it more nearly in line with 

 the current year in making the determination called for, than for a 10- 

 year period. In the 10-year period adjustment for trends, by reason 

 of improvements, might be too far away from the current requirements, 

 further away then if you used the o-year period of time. xVs you say, 

 5 years would bring it more closely to the years for which we are mak- 

 ing the determination. 



Mr. HoEVEN. Due to the fact that producers have now gone into 

 the growing of hybrid corn? 



Mr. Walker. Yes. 



Mr. HoEVEN. That would more clearly express the situation as it 

 is now, than it would have, 10 years ago. 



Mr. Walker. That is right. 



Mr. Andresen. Will the gentleman yield? 



Mr. Hoeven. Yes. 



Mr. Andresen. Do you take into consideration also the decrease 

 in the livestock population? 



Mr. Walker. Yes. 



Mr. Andresen. In 1943 we raised approximately 122,000,000 pigs. 



Mr. Walker. Yes. 



Mr. Andresen. That has gone down to about 81 or 82 million pigs, 

 approximately. 



Mr. Walker. Yes. 



Mr. Andresen. The livestock population has decreased very 

 rapidly during the last 4 years, but our human population has gone 

 up. Will you explain how you figure that in? 



Mr. Walker. The (.•onsumptiou safeguard provision woukl pro- 

 hibit any adjustments downward because of the loss of livestock to a 

 level below the consumption standard of 1920-29. 



Now we do make adjustments in determining the consumption, 

 domestic consumption and export, to provide that wherever the re- 

 serve supply level shall take into account the increased human 

 po])ulation 



Mr. Andresen. You do not anticipate feeding as much corn to the 

 decreased livestock population? 



