This publication on shifts in livestock and feed production 

 during the war is based on a report originally prepared during 

 the summer of 1944 and printed for the use of Agricultural 

 Adjustment Agency administrative personnel. The unfavor- 

 able feed-grain situation that developed in the summer of 1943 

 and continued until the 1944 harvest of small grains aroused 

 wide interest in the subject. 



From the Corn Belt, where feed supplies are generally ade- 

 quate, inquiries have come regarding the increased production 

 of livestock and poultry in areas where farmers normally depend 

 on the Corn Belt for part of their feed requirements. From 

 feed-deficit areas have come requests for information regarding 

 increased livestock production in the Corn Belt. 



Requests for information about wartime production of feed 

 and livestock on a local area basis have been received (1) from 

 farmers and other general readers who sought a popular, non- 

 technical explanation of the situation, and (2) from educators 

 and agricultural specialists who , wished the most complete 

 statistical data that could be readily compiled. 



This publication is designed to meet the needs of both groups. 

 The text is for the general reader. The tables furnish detailed 

 data regarding wartime shifts in production of all classes of 

 livestock and of the principal feed grains in all regions and all 

 States. 



This publication supersedes Wartime Shifts in Feed and Live- 

 stock Production with Local Area Comparisons, ACP No. 145, 

 issued for administrative use, July 1944. 



Washington, D. C. 



June, 1945 



JT 



