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commercial counties would be somewhere in the neighborhood of 

 52,000,000 acres. 



Mr. AndresExNT. That M'ould be a reduction under 1948? 



Mr. Albert. Tliere has been expressed before the committee 

 considerable concern about feed for livestock raised by livestock 

 procedures being included in average allotments. In your opinion 

 would it be practical to rewrite the legislation so as to exclude feed 

 for that purpose in setting the national acreage allotment? 



Mr. Walker. Do you mean by that, exclusion of all corn fed on 

 the farm, where grown on the farm? 



Mr. Albert. Yes. 



Mr. Walker. And the feed for home consumption as well? 



Mr. Albert. Both, for home consumption and for livestock to be 

 sold. 



Mr. Walker. In making an appraisal of that question I think you 

 must realize that about 85 percent of the total corn production is 

 consumed as feed on the farm, or in the immediate vicinity where 

 produced. 



That being the case the provisions of the law then would be applica- 

 ble only to about 15 percent of the corn crop that moves off from 

 the farms and out of tlie community. 



In my opinion it woidd be impracticable trying to control just that 

 15 percent of the corn production. Disregarding 85 percent of the 

 production woidd make controls on the 15 percent of the production 

 ineffective. Corn is a feed crop, not necessarily a direct food crop, 

 and the food that is produced from feeding of corn is the important 

 outset. 



Mr. Anduesex. \\ ill the gentleman yield? 



Mr. Albert. Yes. 



Mr. Andresex. It seems to be the clear intention of the; Depart- 

 ment to expand the livestock and dairy economy in agriculture, and 

 it seisms to me some consideration should be given to the point raised 

 by Mr. Albert. Now, we want to consume the corn and other feed, 

 and it has to be consumed by livestock so as to increase the livestock 

 supply. 



Mr. Walker. That is correct. 



Mr. Andresen. Now if you are going to try to regulate the corn 

 production through the feeding of it by saying to the commercial 

 corn area that it will have 4,000,000 less acres of corn in 1950 than 

 they had in 1949, there will be less corn available for feeding of live- 

 stock, so what you will do will be simply to deci-ease the supply of 

 livestock for the country as a whole. 



Mr. Walker. That is the very reason, one of the major reasons, 

 for not having an a(U'eage allotment in 1949. 



Mr. Andresen. And you do not raise livestock that fast. 



Mr. Walker. That is true, but w(> need to build up a stock pile of 

 corn; we have to have a stable supply of corn so that the livestock 

 producers of the country can have a visible supply of corn, so they 

 ma}^ know that there is a supply witli wlu<'li tiu\v can maintain an 

 even keel of livestock production. 



Mr. Andresen. I know, but you are looking rather far ahead. 

 Suppose for 1949 the bulk corn has fro'u 20 to 25 percent moisture, 

 that corn will not be much good for fe(>ding ia the summer of 1950. 

 Is that not ('(MMcct? 



