128 GENERAL FARM PROGRAM 



I agree with you ii is not directly considered. 



Mr. AxDRESEX. We know this: Of course, in the diversified farming 

 ureas hke the area that I happen to represcnU that a typical farm \\ ill 

 grow so many acres of corn, so many acres of oats, and we used to raise 

 considerable barley. We will also raise alfalfa and clover and a certain 

 amount of our land will be in pasture. In the last few years we 

 raised flax as one of the war crops. 



Mr. Walker. That is right. 



Mr. Andresex. Now we rotate the crops. I know on farn^s that 

 I am familiar ^^itll, they do not plant a corn crop every year on the 

 same land. They rotate that, as they rotate the other crops. The 

 acreage is limited to what they can use on the average-sized farm in 

 this rotation process. 



Mr. Walker. Yes. 



Mr. AxDRESEX. Of course, this type ot fni'ming is considered good 

 soil conservation practice. 



Mr. Walker. Yes. 



Mr. AxDRESEN. About the most uncertain crop that we have in 

 our area is the corn crop. It we have a corn-crop failure we are short 

 of feed. 



Mr. Walker. That is right. 



Mr. Andresex. If w^e have a good crop then we will have enough 

 feed to take care of the livestock, dairy cattle, in the form of silage 

 corn; and to take care of the hogs that we do produce on every farm. 

 If we have poultry and hogs and dairy cattle, we ma}^ also have a 

 few beef cattle on each farm. That is why, in all these years, I have 

 had this problem of getting acreage enough under the control program 

 to produce enough even on the farm to take care of the livestock on 

 the place. 



Mr. Pace. Without objection, Mr. Walker, you will complete your 

 statement before any other questions. 



Mr. Walker. Thank you. [Reading:] 



If the liistorical average acreage of corn for the farm is greater than the indicated 

 usual corn acreage as determined above, the adjusted corn acreage shall not 

 be less than such indicated acreage nor grea^ter than the average corn acreage 

 reported. 



3. If the historical average acreage of corn for the farm is less than the indicated 

 usual corn acreage as determined above, the adjusted corn acreage shall not be 

 greater than such indicated acreage not less than the average corn acreage reported. 



A copy of the detailed instructions to county and communit}' committees for 

 the determination of 1940 farm corn acreage allotments may be furnished upon 

 request. 



I want to pause here just a moment to indicate that they are not 

 here, because these are detailed instructions which would require 

 a listing sheet and forms and so forth to even follow it. Hovever, if 

 it is the desire of the committee that you have a copy, we will have 

 them reproduce it and sent up. 



Mr. Andresex. \A^io interprets them for the county committee? 

 Do they each have a solicitor? 



Mr. Walker. They have all the forms necessary to follow. The 

 instruction will detail it and say, "Do this" and "Do that," but you 

 could not follow it unless you had a listing sheet. 



Mr. Pace. We have no need for those at this time. 



Mr. Hoevex. Mr. Chairman, I think we should have a copy of 

 those detailed instructions for committee use. 



