Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.
Page 2 · column 1 of 6 · from the scan, no model involved
1 nc aqnuai piwuvuw.. summary lor 1957, issued in December opens with this paragraph:
“Crop [production in 1957 -i matches the previous record high despite thf smallest total acreage planted orjgrown since 1919. Over all yield levels readied an alltime peak despite many local and . sectional setbacks which delayed planting and. slowed harvest of -some crops to the latest stage in recent years.” * The* whole point of the acreage reservle, of course, was to- cut down on production of the pricesupported crops'which had been accounting "for. the tremendous quantitiesjof food and fiber stored in government warehouses. ^lany who werel willing to give the soil bank a. trial were doubtful that production could be reduced appreciably iiy paying farmers to take acres, out of production while, af the same time, offering price supports for production, These doubts have been borne out by the 1957 rrop figures—acreage withdrawn, but production still at near-record levels. Withdrawal of poor acres md intensified fanning on the. »ood acres has been the story. Let me emphasize that we are leafing hem with the acreage ret'A::
53.6%