132 GENERAL FARM PROGRAiVl 



VI. FINAL ENTRIES AND DETERMINATIONS 



A. Enter in column (32) the average of the*entries in columns (28) and (31) 

 except that — 



1. If the entry for column (28), 1936-37 average corn acreage, has been stricken, 

 the entry for column (32) shall be the average of the entries in columns (29), ad- 

 justed corn history, and (31) ; and 



2. If the entry in column (28) is zero and not stricken, the entry in column (32) 

 shall be zero. 



B. Enter in column (33) the 1940 corn acreage allotment for the farm. This 

 entry will be obtained as follows: 



1." Derive a factor by dividing the county corn acreage allotment by the county 

 total of column (32) and enter the result in the box at the head of column (33). 



2. Multiply each entry in column (32) by the factor entered in the box heading 

 of column (33) and enter the result in column (33). 



C. Enter in column (34) the county and community committee's recommended 

 corn acreage allotment for the farm. This entry shall be derived as follows: 



Column 34. — The community and county committees shall review all cases in 

 which the entries in column (33) are larger than the respective entries in column 

 (28) or column (29) and all cases in which it is known that the farm is under con- 

 tract to grow sweet corn for a canning factory in 1940 but was not under such 

 contract in 1936 or 1937. If the entry in column (33) is larger than the respective 

 entry in column (28) or column (29) and the committee determines that such 

 allotment will not be utilized in 1940, they shall enter a recommended corn acreage 

 allotment in column (34). This entry shall not be greater than the entry in column 

 (33) nor less than the entry in column (28) or column (29) except, on farms where 

 sweet corn is being grown under contract in 1940 and was not so grown in 1936 or 

 1937, the corn allotment may be less than would otherwise be established by an 

 amount equal to the acreage contracted for the production of sweet corn. 



No other entries are to be made in column (34) at this time. 



D. Enter in column (35) the State committee approved 1940 corn acreage allot- 

 ment. This entry should correspond to the entry in column (34) unless the State 

 committee finds after a careful check of the procedure carried out by the county 

 committee, the entry in column (34) does not correspond to that which would be 

 obtained if the procedure set forth herein had beeri correctly followed. In such 

 case, the State committee will enter in column (35) that entry which the county 

 committee would have obtained in column (34) if it had correctly followed the 

 procedure. The State committee entry in column (35) may vary from the allot- 

 ment established for the farm by the county committee if it is determined that the 

 county corn acreage allotment has not been met, in which case the State committee 

 shall adjust individual corn acreage allotments pro rata either upward or down- 

 ward to meet the county corn acreage allotment. 



Mr. "Walker. The foregoing statement outlining the methods 

 employed by the Department in carrying out the directives of Congress 

 relating to acreage allotments for corn, as embodied in the Agri- 

 cidtural Adjustment Act of 19.38, as amended, has been prepared 

 solely for informational purposes and is not to be construed as contain- 

 ing Departmental recommendations. However, it may be said that 

 the provisions of the Act governing the apportionment of the national 

 corn acreage allotment among counties and farms have proved to be 

 fair and practicable as a basis for the determination of suc'i allot- 

 ments. 



In fact, by 1941 the farm acreage allotments for corn, determined 

 under these provisions by the continuous application of procedures 

 developed in accordance with the regulations prescribed by the 

 Secretary, were established in such a satisfactory manner that they 

 could serve as a basis for the determination of future allotments. 



(The document referred to as attachment 1 is as follows:) 



