Word: corning
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Farmers are guaranteed for 1936 not less than 5? a Ib. for cotton they do not raise. 35? a bu. for corn they do not raise, $1.25 for each hog they do raise. Every hog over their quota will cost them...
...Cotton farmers must not increase their plantings of peanuts, tobacco or rice but can grow any amount of feed or food for home use. Corn farmers must grow erosion-preventing or soil-improving crops on the land "rented" by the Government...
...cotton contract lasts for four years, the corn-hog contract for two years but both can be canceled at the close of any season by Government or farmers...
Significance. Though the cotton contract calls for a crop reduction of 30% to 45% below normal, it does not represent as stiff a cut as has been demanded by Southern Senators who want to boost the price of cotton. This fact, in conjunction with the smaller reduction in corn planting and no reduction at all in hog raising, indicates AAA's present belief that farm prices are not likely to flop, that those who want still higher prices are less to be feared than the loss of markets, the howls of consumers...
...Everyone cannot raise hogs, cotton, corn or wheat." Many a socialite Philadelphia matron at her breakfast table goggled as she read these words addressed to her. Then, reading on, she found she was being invited by Mrs. Walter M. Newkirk to join the "Potato Protest Planters...