COUNTIES IN COMMERCIAL CORN-PRODUCING AREAS

3

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION AND CROP INSURANCE

AND THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON

LIVESTOCK AND FEED GRAINS

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-FIFTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

H. R. 10316, H. R. 10754, H. R. 10756,
H. R. 10762, and H. R. 10843

FEBRUARY 7, 19, AND 21, 1958

Printed for the use of the Committee on Agriculture

Serial QQ

22857

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1958

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE

HAROLD D. COOLEY, North Carolina, Chairman

WILLIAM S. HILL, Colorado, er officio member of all subcommittees

RESIDENT COMMISSIONER

A. FERNÓS-ISERN, Puerto Rico

MRS. MABEL C. DOWNEY, Clerk
HYDE H. MURRAY, Assistant Clerk
JOHN J. HEIMBURGER, Counsel
FRANCIS M. LEMAY, Consultant

CONTENTS

H. R. 10316. A bill to exclude Ottawa County, Mich., from the commer-

cial corn-producing area during 1958.

H. R. 10754. A bill to amend section 114 of the Soil Bank Act

H. R. 10756. A bill to exclude from the commercial corn-producing area

38 counties in the United States during 1958-

Page

17

29

29

H. R. 10762. A bill to amend section 114 of the Soil Bank Act for purpose

of excluding certain counties in United States from the commercial pro-

ducing area during 1958.

H. R. 10843. A bill to amend section 114 of the Soil Bank Act with

respect to compliance with corn acreage allotments....

Statement of-

Doggett, Howard, Soil Bank Division, Commodity Stabilization

Service; accompanied by Raymond J. Pollock, director, Grain

Division, Commodity Stabilization Service; Claude Coffman, attor-

ney, General Counsel's Office; and Thomas B. Walker, Grain Divi-

sion, United States Department of Agriculture-

Ford, Hon. Gerald R., Jr., a Representative in Congress from the
fifth district in the State of Michigan..

Pollock, Raymond J., Director, Grain Division, Commodity Stabiliza-

tion Service, United States Department of Agriculture; accompanied

by Thomas B. Walker, Chief of Program Analysis Branch, Grain

Division, Commodity Stabilization Service, United States Depart-

ment of Agriculture..

Additional data submitted to the subcommittees by-

Department of Agriculture:

Corn-annual yields and acreage planted to corn, excluding silage,

1948-57, Robeson County, and Dillon County

Report on H. Res. 477 by Marvin L. McLain, Assistant Secretary,

of February 21, 1958.

1958 commercial corn area (map).

Faces 12

1958 corn allotment program: Paragraph B test of minor civil-

division data for commercial area determination for counties

not in the 1957 area

12

1958 corn-allotment program-selection of strongest minor civil

division, Horry County, and Dillon County.

11

Ford, Hon. Gerald R., Jr.:

Harrington, R. L., General Counsel, Department of Agriculture,

letter of January 21, 1958

19

Letter to Hon. Harold D. Cooley, chairman, House Committee

on Agriculture, dated January 29, 1958..

18

1958 soil-bank wheat acreage reserve agreements reported

through deadline, October 4, 1957.

20

3.8 million acres signed for winter wheat acreage reserve at pro-

gram close...

19

McMillan, Hon. John L.:

Altman, J. Eugene, Columbia, S. C., letter of December 11, 1957__

Atkinson, John H., Jr., Conway, S. C., letter....

4

6

Bethea Coal & Distributing Co., Inc., Dillon, S. C., letter of

January 17, 1958...

Bethea, W. L., Dillon, S. C., telegram of January 13, 1958

Cottingham, R. D., Dillon, S. C., telegram of January 14, 1958

Dew, D. M., & Sons, Inc., Latta, S. C., letter of January 13, 1958.

Dillon County Farm Bureau, Dillon, S. C., letter of February 1,

1958.

5346

1

Additional data submitted to the subcommittees by-Continued,

McMillan, Hon. John L.-Continued

Hartley, J. C., Dillon, S. C., letter of January 31, 1958.

Latta Milling & Grain Co., Latta, S. C., letter of January 17, 1958

Lupo, Mrs. Flora M., Dillon, S. C., letter of January 3, 1958.

McDaniel, Alphonso, Hamer, S. C., letter of January 13, 1958--

McLain, Marvin L., Assistant Secretary, Washington, D. C.,

letters of December 11, 1957, and February 5, 1958.

Moody, Curtis, R., Jr., Dillon, S. C., telegram of January 14,

1958__

Pee Dee Farms Corp., Galivants Ferry, S. C., letter of December
12, 1957

Pineland Grange Community, Latta, S. C., letter of January 13,

1958_.

Reaves, Dr. R. L., Latta, S. C., letter of January 13, 1958.

Sessions, Dan E., Dillon, S. C., telegram of January 15, 1958-

Sloan, Paul D., The Dillon Co., Dillon, S. C., letter of January 15,

1958-

Page

24

5

3

25, 26

3

4

773

3

The Anderson Bank of Dillon, Dillon, S. C., letter of January 15,

1958 ..

6