Possibilities for Developing a Practicable Crop Control Program in 1935

Excerpts: Of all the grain crops to which production control measures might be applied in 1935, farmers who have talked with us seem pretty well agreed that corn unmistakably is one crop which should be held within certain limitations as to acreage. Corn is our principal feed grain. An increase of only one percent in the acreage of corn is equivalent to an increase of between 10 and 15 percent in barley acreage and of at least five percent in oats acreage, so far as livestock feeding is concerned. In a good year, corn will produce more feed than an acre of any other grain. Moreover, it is emphasized that practically all of the corn land held out of production this year will be available for planting during 1935 unless farmers agree upon some adjustment program. The question next arises: What degree of control on planted corn acreage is most desirable, in view of the livestock situation that likely will prevail?