GENERAL FAR^SI PROGRAM 



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Corn: Produdton in commercial corn-producing area as defined in 1943 compared 

 with the production of corn in the noncommercial area 



[Thousand bushels] 



' Revised county figures not available; based on preliminary county estimates. 



Corn: Yield per planted acre in commercial corn-producing area as defined in 194^ 

 compared with the yield of corn per planted acre in noncommercial area 



' Preliminary estimates; final estimates not available on county basis. 



Mr. Granger. Is it not true, Mr. Walker, that wherever there has 

 beeD acreage control there has been an mcrease in production per 

 acre? 



Mr. Walker. That is true, generally. 



Mr. Granger. Nearly all coniLiodities? 



Mr. Walker. Tes. Of course, farmers have engaged in conserva- 

 tion practices at the same time, which has improved the situation, 

 and while they have restricted the number of acres, in doing so they 

 could tend those acres better; and they have introduced hybrid seed 

 corn and that in tiu-n, has increased the yield as much as 20 percent. 



Mr. Granger. And they have used a lot more fertilizer? 



