280 OUR USE OF THE LAND 



1. An attempt to save the land of the farmer by preserving 

 the markets and agricultural production. Under this head are 

 the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936, 

 the Sugar Act of 1937, and the Agricultural Adjustment Acts 

 of 1933, 1937, and 1938 (see pages 66-72). 



2. An attempt to insure the farmer's crop yield by the 

 Federal Crop Insurance Act of 1938. 



3. An attempt to keep the prices of agricultural products 

 up to a point where they will yield a profit, by the Marketing 

 Agreements under the acts of 1937 (see page 70), and the 

 surplus commodities program under the Surplus Commodities 

 Act of 1937-38 (see page 83). 



4. An attempt to reestablish the farmer who is on the down" 

 grade, and to put a stop to farm tenancy under the Bankhead' 

 Jones Farm Tenant Act of 1937 (see pages 76-77). 



5. An attempt under the Bankhead- Jones Farm Tenant Act 

 of 1937 (see page 75) to adjust certain factors of land use 

 which are out of balance. This act was designed to improve the 

 opportunities for making a living by people on poor farms in 

 poor agricultural areas. The act provides for acquiring the poor 

 lands and converting them into uses which will improve the 

 pattern of land use and the economic well-being of the area. 



6. An attempt to control erosion under the Soil Conserva- 

 tion Act of 1935 (see page 72). 



7. An attempt to control flood waters under the Omnibus 

 Flood Control Act of 1936 and amendments of 1938 (see 

 page 114). 



8. An attempt to make it possible for the farmer to use his 

 woodlot profitably under the Norris-Doxey Act of 1937 (see 

 pages 88 and 197). 



9. An attempt to get the most use from water in the arid and 

 semi-arid regions under the Water Facilities program of the 

 Pope- Jones Act of 1937 (see page 126). 



