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Line 576: − ===Declining exports=== − − − From 1932 to 1935 the volume of imports of crude foodstuffs increased 41% and of manufactured foodstuffs 49%. The volume of Agricultural exports from the United States declined. <ref>Publications of United States Department of Commerce.</ref> − − − − The following table gives the volume of imports in 1932 and 1935 for important agricultural products. − − − − {| style="background:white; color:blue" border="1" class="wikitable" − − |''Agricultural Imports − − |''Before Roosevelt − − |''3 years into 'relief' efforts − − |- − − ! Commodity − − ! 1932 − − ! 1935 − − |- − − | Wheat − − | 3,000 bu. − − | 27,439,000 bu. − − |- − − | Corn − − | 344,000 bu. − − | 43,242,000 bu. − − |- − − | Oats − − | 59,000 bu. − − | 10,107,000 bu. − − |- − − | Barley − − | None − − | 4,840,000 bu. − − |- − − | Rye − − | None − − | 9,643,000 bu. − − |- − − | Rice − − | 19,074,000 lb. − − | 53,457,000 lb. − − |- − − | Barley malt − − | 52,533,000 lb. − − | 320,6 23,000 lb. − − |- − − | Hay − − | 13,858 tons − − | 67,171 tons − − |- − − |} − − − − The quantities of individual commodities exported declined as follows: − − − − {| style="background:white; color:blue" border="1" class="wikitable" − − |''Agricultural Exports − − |''Declines 3 years into − − |- − − ! Commodity − − ! New Dealism − − |- − − | Cotton − − | 33% − − |- − − | Unmanufactured tobacco − − | 4% − − |- − − | Wheat − − | 99% − − |- − − | Flour − − | 491% − − |- − − | Meat products − − | 19% − − |- − − | Lard − − | 82% − − |- − − |} − − − − In the summer of 1933 New Dealers paid farmers under the [[Agricultural Adjustment Act]] (AAA) to plow up 10,500,000 acres of growing cotton, or 25% of the total acreage. The Bankhead Cotton Act of 1934 set a limit OF 10,000,000 bales of cotton to be marketed by farmers from the 1934 - 1935 crop. − − − − In the fall of 1933, the AAA destroyed 6,200,000 pigs and 220,000 mother sows were slaughtered in the AAA's effort to raise prices at a cost of over $30,000,000. The total live weight of the pigs and sows slaughtered was 443,69.7,348 pounds. Of this only 97,064,159 pounds of food products were obtained-the rest was converted into inedible grease or fertilizer. − −
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===Relief Statistics===
===Relief Statistics===