meal? On hogs, we have to face it that the corn market potential has been cut 50 per cent by changes in feed ing methods I am not saying that it was wrong. I am just saying let us be realistic and recognize what has happened. Poultry rations today are made up mostly of small grains, maiz.e or milo because producers have found both r 01 more' economical. Less than one-fourth ot the current dairy ration is corn. That is a big change from 20 years ago And whal about beef? The lab st figures for n states, including the rum Corn Rdf States show that less than five per cent of the cattle are fed anything hut grass and pro tein supplement for as much as six months, and less than 2,1 per cent of the cattle in this country ever see any corn for as much as three months out of the year. Bv far the : ■ ■ : duo d in this country today is grass fed. with a little cottonseed or soy . . months I held a steak in one of the res taurants on Capitol Hill the other day and I guarantee that that bull neve- saw an ear of corn. I think he was fed on Johnson grass and Jimson weed. Changes m feeding habits ail over the Nation and including the corn belt have seriously reduced the de mand fm corn m the past 2? years. Vet. the coni bloc apparently in sists on j| million basic acres, just like ' !.! : :m •- And 55 million acres "i can will be grown, whether Con gress applies this patch to the crazy quilt farm problem or not.

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