The Redwood gazette., 1934-03-08
County Agent AnsWers More
Frequent Corn Hog Queries
Says Farmers Who Sign Can't
Cut Hog Production and Add
More Cows to Herd

:
of those which are being asked by
Redwood county farmers about the
corn-hog reduction plan, and the an
swers are typical of those being CIV
en- by County Agent Nate H. Bovee,
who has supplied this list for publica-
ton:
@. broke up five acres of meadow
and three acres of pasture last fall.
What can I do with this land under
the terms of the corn-hog contract?
A. The contract requires: (D that
you reduce your 1884 field corn acre
age at least 20 per cent below the
average acreage which you planted
to corn in 1882 and 1888; and (2)
that you do not increase on this farm
in 1884 above 1882 and 1888, which
ever is higher (a) the total acres OF
crops planted for harvest, plus the
contracted acres; (b) the acreage
planted to each crop for sale, design
ated as basic commodity principal
ly wheat in this region); and (c) the
total acreage of feed crops other than
corn and hay.
Meadows are considered as crop
land under the contract, so you 90
not need to worry that in planting a
new crop on your meadow you will
be increasing your crop acres. Since
you must avoid increasing your acre
age of feed crops, other than corn
and hay, you had better seed it to
some cash crops, such as flax or bar
ley for sale.
Land used only for pasture is not
considered as crop land, so If you
plant crop on your newly broken
pasture, you will have to seed down
an equal average elswhere on your
farm to hay or pasture.
@. operate large dairy and hog
farm and am planning to sign the
corn-hog reduction contract. L am
also planning to buy a milk route
Can add the dairy cow base OF the
person whose route l am planning to
buy, or must 1 keep only as many
milk cows in 1884 as l have been
keeping in the past?
A. You can not increase the num-
Der of milk cows which you keep IN
1884 above the number which you
kept in 1882 or 1888, whichever was
higher. This statement applies to any
increase which you might bring ABOUT
by obtaining another persons dairy
cow base or by any other method.
@. l operate a large farm and raise
100 hogs or more every year OF my
own narrowing. I also buy and sell
hogs on a commercial scale, some
times bringing them to the farm Tor
few days before shipping them to
market. Can 1 sign the corn-hog re-
duction contract and collect an ad-
justment payment? -,
A. The decision in your case Will
rest with the community committee
and county allotment committee which
will weight the Importance OF your
farming enterprise in comparison
with your livestock business to see II
Won can be classed as farm operat-
orr If you pass this test, you VIII
have to present very convincing EVIL
dence to support your claims for a
hog base.
O. NV brother stays with me on the
farm and raises a few litters of hogs,
keeping them in my hog house but IN
separate pens. He earmarks all Oh
his hogs. He has land of his own
which he farms but there are no
buildings on it. Can sign the corn
hog reduction contract if ne does not
choose to reduce his hogs!
A. The corn-hog contract must IN
cluda all hogs produced on the farm.
To rule otherwise might give unscru-
pulous producers an opportunity 10
disguise the production of more hogs
in 1884 than is allowed under the con-
tract. If your brother should move
his hogs to temporary shelters on his
own land, keep them there the year
around, or otherwise dispose OF them,
you would then be eligible. to sign the
contract.
O. / sold several live hogs to my
hired man last year which he butch
cred for use in. his home, when Is
located on my farm. May l count
these hogs in my 1888 base!
A. No. Only hogs that are sold TO
people other than those who are llv-
ing on the farm under contract may
be counted in the base.
@. Does the government pay the
contract signer S. per head for all
hogs marketed from the farm, re-
gardless of size.
A. Yes, except in the case of hogs
that are butchered and sold from the
farm, in which case $5 is paid TOR
every hog which weighed over 2oo
pounds when slaughtered and sold for
meat. If the hogs weighed less than
200 pounds when slaughtered and
sold for meat, the number of hogs in
cluded will be in the proportion OF
one hog to each $50 pounds of dress
ed carcass or meat. Fractions OF this
amount will not be counted. In no
case will the number included be
greater than one hog for each 15O
pounds of the dressed pork. (The
foregoing answer is the substance OF
. now Instrumentation of AdminiStra-