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LEE M. GENTRY. CHAIRMAN OF THE 



STATE SOIL CONSERVATION 



COMMITTEE 



"That's in the law." 



/^(^W will tlu AAA operate, 

 *~^[A, on my farm' Wliat must 

 _ / / I do to be assured of a corn 



loan next fall? What other benefits 

 will I receive through complying with 

 the law? 



Will the program help me get the 

 greatest return from my farm consis- 

 .tent with good soil management prac- 

 tices? 



How can I compute my soil conser-' 

 ration and other payments under this 

 new program? 



These are some of the questions this 

 article attempts to answer. 



First, you'll need two figures. One 

 is the soil depleting acreage allotment 

 for your farm. The other is the corn 

 .icreage allotment. Both figures will 

 be posted in your county agricultural 

 conservation office and will be mailed 

 to you on a post card as soon as avail- 

 able. 



The state corn acre.ige allotment 

 for I93.S vKas cut about 2 J per cent be- 

 low the lO-year average by Secretary 

 Wallace. The reduction has been 

 passed along to counties by the state 

 committee, and your county committee 

 has or soon will spread the county 

 figure,s equitably over individual farms. 

 Allot men Is for f.trvi\ me haieJ on till- 

 able M'lei. aiij the topogrdphy and type 

 of soil, not i/eii-i xjr/ly on yo//r pjit 

 ext>eriei!ie. 



Before you start figuring, don't over- 

 look the fact that ./;/) farmer who knotr- 



Here's How The New 

 AAA WUl Operate 



iiii^ly exii'cJs his corn acreage allotment 

 II ill not be eligible for federal corn loans 

 Ihi.^ fall. 



O.verplanting of corn, however, will 

 not 'bar you from payment for partial 

 compliance if you have followed all 

 the other rules. 



Wheat acreage allotments will be an- 

 nounced this summer. Since most of 

 the 1938 crop was .sown by the time 

 the law was passed, there will be no 

 penalty for growing too much wheat 

 this year. 



You are eligible for the following 

 p.iyments if you cooperate: 



First, 10 cents a bushel on normal 

 |iroduction of corn grown on allotted 

 acreage. Second, 12 cents a bushel on 

 normal production of wheat grown on 

 the allotted acreage. Third, $1.25 per 

 .icre, adjusted for prodiictivity, for all 

 soil depleting crops, except corn and 

 wheat, grown on the allotted ,soU de- 

 pleting acreage. Fourth, 50 cents for 

 each acre of crop land, not included 

 in total soil depleting allotment, on 

 which certain soil conserving measures 

 are practiced. 



Payments Calculated 



Assume, for example, that yours is 

 a 160-acre farm of which UO acres are 

 crop land. You are notified that the 

 total soil depleting allotment is 110 

 acres, that ihe coi-n acreage allotment is 

 50 acres. 



To find the soil conserving acreage 

 subtract the soil depleting allotment, 

 110 acres, from the total crop land, 

 MO acres. Result — 30 acres. 



Assume that you have 50 acres of 

 wheat, 30 of clover and you plan to 

 put out 50 acres of corn, ten of soy- 

 beans. For illustration, place the nor- 

 mal corn yield at 35 bushels, the nor- 

 mal wheat yield at 30 bushels..^ 



Figure your payment for full com- 

 pliance this way: 



50 acres (corn allotment) times 35 

 (bushel yield) times 10 cents (rate of 

 payment) — total $175. 



Suppose that your wheat allotment 

 will be,/ -10 acres when it is published 

 in the summer. Wheat payment: 40 

 acres times 30 (yield) times 12 cents 

 (rate) — total $\i\. You will not 

 receive payment on nor will you be 

 penalized for the ten acres you over- 

 planted. The ten acres of wheat will 

 be added to the ten acres of soybeans 

 to complete the soil depleting total. 



Figure the general .soil depleting pay- 

 ment: 20 acres times $1.25 (rate) ^ 

 total $25. 



To get the soil conserving payment, 

 multiply 30 acres (clover) times 50 

 cents (rate) — total $15. 



Add the four payments. 

 $175.00 Corn Allotment Payment 

 1 i4.00 Wheat Allotment Payment 



(CoiiliHueJ OH p.ige 30) 



EAGER PUPILS 

 Soil conservation committeemen and farm advisers from 18 counties met. Cham- 

 paign, March 4. to learn how the AAA of '38 will be applied. 



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