GENERAL FARM PROGRAM ]29 



Mr. Pace. Mr. Walker, will you kindly supply Mrs. Downey, the 

 clerk of the committee, with a copy? 

 Mr. Walker. Yes. 

 (The information referred to is as follows :) 



Instructions for Determining 1940 Farm Corn Acreage Allotments and 



Normal Yields 



i. introduction 



A. In accordance with the regulations for determining farm acreage allotments 

 and normal yields of corn for 1940, entitled "Regulations Governing the Deter- 

 mination of 1940 Farm Corn Acreage Allotments and Normal Yields Under Title 

 III of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as Amended," farm acreage 

 allotments and normal yields of corn, subject to the approval of the State commit- 

 tee, shall be determined by the county committees with the assistance of other 

 local committees in the counties in accordance with the instructions set forth 

 hereinafter. 



B. Except as otherwise provided in these instructions, the entries in all columns 

 will be rounded to one decimal ])lace and all factors will be rounded to not less 

 than four decimal places. In all cases involving decimals, the results of the com- 

 putations shall be carried two decimal places beyond the number of decimal 

 places required in the result and rounded back to the required number of decimal 

 places. In rounding, digits of .50 or less shall be dropped and digits of .51 or 

 more shall be counted as one and added to the figure in the next decimal place 

 to the left. 



C. The applicable provisions for determining farm corn acreage allotments are 

 contained in Section 329, paragraph (b). Part II, under Title III of the Agricul- 

 tural Adjustment Act of 1938, and provide that — 



''The acreage allotment to the county for corn shall be apportioned by the 

 Secretary, through the local committees, among the farms within the county on 

 the basis of tillable acreage, crop-rotation practices, type of soil, and topography." 



II. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS 



^4. Farm identification information. — Date identifying the farms for the pur- 

 poses of determining the 1940 farm corn acreage allotments shall be listed in col- 

 umns, (1), (2), (3). and (4) of form NCR-409"(1940 Listing Sheet) as follows: 



1. Enter in column (1) the 1940 farm number. The farms shall be consecutively 

 numbered in alphabetical order by townships. 



2. Enter in column (2) the 1939 farm number which is obtained from NCR-309 

 (1939 Listing Sheet), column (1). 



3. Enter in column (3) the name of the title owner(s) which is obtained from 

 NCR-309, column (2). 



4. Column (4) is for the convenience of the county committee and should con- 

 tain the name of the 1940 farm operator when such information is available. 



B. Scope of procedure. — The corn acreage allotments and normal yields for 

 individual farms will be determined bv carrving out the following procedure for 

 columns (6), (12), (26), (27), (28), (29), (30), (31), (32), (33), (34), (35), (36), 

 (37), (38), (39), (40), and (41), of NCR-409. 



C. General data pertinent to the procedure. — 1. Enter in column (6) the number of 

 acres of cropland. 



2. Enter in column (12) the NCR-203 (Soil Management Field Report) 

 indicated soil-depleting acreage for the farm which is obtained from NCR-309, 

 column (10). In counties in which corrections are neces.sary, the entrj- for column 

 (12) shall be determined by computing the NCR-203 indicated soil-depleting 

 acreage in accordance with the instructions for executing such forms. 



3. For farms measured in 1939, enter in column (26) the 1939 planted cora 

 acreage which is obtained from NCR-317 (Farm Report), Section IV, item (1), 

 column (ht. For all other farms a dash will be entered in this column. 



4. Enter in column (27) the 1938 planted corn acreage which is obtained from 

 column (24) of NCR-.309. If this information is not available, enter a dash. 



