Vol. 20, No. 7 
Page 4 
Continuance of such dismal agricultural economics portends an uncertain 
future ror wheat. Apparently, a similar situation exists for oats. The 
results are likely to be (1) a decline in the acreage devoted to small grains 
on private farmland, (2) more double cropping (soybeans following wheat or 
oats in the same growing season), and (3) increased acreage of corn and 
soybeans. We may thus encounter more difficulty in getting sharecroppers to 
plant small grains on sanctuary land. The shift to less small grains and 
more row crops will require us to provide more and better brood cover and 
night-roosting cover on the sanctuaries in the future. The net result will 
06 f , t acres sanctuary will be needed to support a given number of 
prairie chickens. A sanctuary system that may be adequate today will 
undoubtedly be too small if small grains disappear from nearby farmland. 
