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Mr. Walker. No, but we have set certain standards which must 

 he provided for. In other words, we have to have enough corn so 

 that we can increase the hvestock to a level which it should be with 

 respect to consumer safeguard, because ii we do not have the corn, 

 do not have a supply available, then we could not build up the live- 

 stock population. 



Mr. Andresen. Well our livestock population has been going 

 down. Let us take the year 1947 when we had a short corn crop, 

 for instance. 



Mr. Walker. That is right. 



Mr. Andresen. We came tlu'ough with a carry-over of some 125,- 

 000,000 bushels, and with the beginning of 1946, and even before 

 that, our livestock population had probably reached the peak in 

 about 1943 or 1944, and had started to go down again? 



Mr. Walker, lliat is right. 



Mr, Andresen. And of course there was less corn consumed. 



Mr. Walker. Yes. 



Mr. Andresen. Now the point is not quite clear to me as yet just 

 the relationship between the decrease in the supply of livestock and 

 the increase in the human population of the country. 



Mr. Walker. We must, in determining the national acreage allot- 

 ment level, provide a supply of corn that could rebuild the livestock 

 popidation to a level necessary for the increased population. Hogs 

 will go down too, and beef cattle will go down too, but if we do not 

 have that supph^ of feed available we will never be in position to 

 build up to the level where it should be. Consequently in setting the 

 national corn acreage allotment those things must be considered, and 

 the supply must be considered at a level that will enable us to rebuild 

 and maintain the livestock population. 



Mr. Andresen. There was no corn acreage quota, no corn acreage 

 allotment for 1949? 



Mr. Walker. That is right. 



Mr. Andresen. As I understand, the Department urged the farmers 

 to plant the same acreage to corn in 1949 that they had in 1948. 



Air. Walker. That is the situation as to corn, the same acreage. 



Mr. Andresen. According to the Secretary the estimated carry- 

 over of corn will be between 700,000,000 bushels and 800,000,000 

 bushels at the beginning of the marketing year 1949. 



Mr. Walker. I could not verify that upper figure; we do know 

 that the carry-over of corn, on the basis of current estimates, would be 

 up to as high as 700,000,000 bushels. 



Mr. Patzig. I believe the Secretary said it would not be more than 

 700,000,000, and said that it would not get up to 800,000,000 for 

 some time. 



Mr. Andresen. ^Miat I am getting at is this: Suppose we have 

 700,000,000 bushels at the beginning of 1949, how does that figure 

 work out with reference to your formula? 



Mr. Walker. That is, the 700,000,000 bushels? 



Mr. Andresen. Yes. 



Mr. Walker. WTiat part does that have to plaj'^ in setting the 

 national allotments? 



Mr. Andresen. Yes, 



Mr. Walker. In determining the production needed to meet the 

 requu-ements of the reserve supply level, we take first the corn that 

 is estimated to be produced outside the commercial area, and then we 



