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TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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The Problem 3 



The Procedure 3 



Enrollment and Participation 9 



Qualifying for Payments 11 



Participation and Changes in Practices 11 



Conservation Payments 13 



Present Management of Tillage Land 14 



Ratio of Livestock to Tillage Land 14 



Per Cent of Tillage Land Reseeded 16 



Effect of Management on Tillage Land Abandonment . . 18 



The Effect and Significance of the Conservation Program . . 19 



What Farms Should be Enrolled for Maximum Social 



Gains? 20 



Effect of Participation on Individual Farms 23 



Effect of Program on Dairy Production 24 



Effect of Program on Cow Population 27 



Effect of Program on Fruit and Poultry Farms 30 



The Program as Related to Marginal Farms 30 



