GENERAL FARM PROGRAM 673 



Mr. Wales. That is right. 



Mr. Hill. Mr. Wales, you are going to be here tomorrow to listen 

 to the testimony of the Department? 



Mr. Wales. Yes, sir. 



Mr. Hill. Let me ask you another question. I know from my own 

 observation around my own home in the irrigated section that the 

 wheat acreage has somewhat dropped in the last few j^ears because of 

 their experience which was not too good. I would like to know, 

 if you have ar increase of wheat in the State of Colorado and if we 

 put this acreage on a State basis, would you be cut as much as the 

 Secretary proposes to cut wheat production in the over-all picture? 

 Do you happen to know? 



Air. Wales. Roughly only. There are a little over 3,000,000 acres 

 of wheat in Colorado this year; I believe 3,129,000, or just a little 

 over 3,000,000 acres in wheat. Now, in our territory, in our county, 

 there were 8,000 acres of wheat allotment in 1942. 



Mr. Hill. How many acres do you have m your territory now? 



Mr. Wales. There are 208,309 in our county now. Crowley 

 County to the south of us has about the same situation. 



Mr. Hill. What is the State figure; do you happen to know that? 



Mr. Wales. Only the total acreage of wheat in the State at the 

 present time. I cannot tell you what the old wheat acreage allotment 

 was. 



Mr. Hill. I wonder if we can have that tomorrow? 



Mr. Wales. I think we can probably get it for you tomorrow. 

 Just estimating now from the basis that was explained here today — - 

 I have not figured it — it would cut the Colorado wheat production 

 acreage about two-thirds, about 66^3 percent. 



Mr. Pace. That would be rather stiff. 



Mr. Hope. Are you talking about the 10-year average? 



Mr. Wales. The 10-year average; yes. 



Mr. Hill. The 10-year average would cut the acreage 6Q% percent 

 in the State of Colorado? 



Mr. Wales. That is right — that has been farmed. 



Mr. Hill. Do you have any idea what it would do to the States in 

 the Northwest like Idaho? 



Mr. Wales. I have not any definite idea on that. I do not imagine 

 it would be nearly that much. 



Mr. Hill. How about Kansas; do you have any idea there? 



Mr. Wales. It would not affect the Kansas acreage nearly as 

 radically as Colorado. 



Mr. Hope. I think the head of our State PMA says that a 10- or 

 5- or 3-year average would turn out just about the same in Kansas. 



Air. Hill. A 2-year average or a 3-year average would not be as 

 hard on you? 



Mr. Wales. A 2-year average or a 3-year average would not be as 

 hard on us. 



Air. Hill. But if you take a 10-year average, that is where you get 

 hit? 



Mr. Wales. Yes. 



Mr. Pace. How much of this wheat acreage is owned by men who 

 live there and farm there and live on the farm? 



Mr. Wales. The largest percentage of it. 



