The Soil Bank Act of 1956 was part of the Agricultural Act of 1956 passed by the U.S. Congress. This act created the Soil Bank Program, which removed farmland from production in an effort to reduce large crop surpluses after World War II.1 Land deposited into the Soil Bank was then converted into conservation use.2 The idea for the Soil Bank was taken from legislation from the 1930s dust bowl and was similar to many depression-era solutions to lower crop prices.2 Eventually, the Soil Bank act of 1956 was overturned by the Food and Agriculture Act of 1965.
Took me a moment to realize the pillow by the fire is Hobbes.