GENERAL FARM PROGRAM 133 



[Attachment I] 



TITLE 7. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Chapter VIT. Agricultural Adjxjstment Administration 



part 721. proclamations and determinations relating to corn allotments 



Regulations Governing the Determination of 1940 Farm Corn Acreage 

 Allotments * * * Under Title III of the Agricultural Adjustment Act 

 of 1938, as Amended.i 



CONTENTS 



Sec. 721.211. Determination of farm corn acreage allotments for 1940 * * *. 



Sec. 721.213. Miscellaneous provisions applicable to farm corn acreage allotments * * *. 



Sec. 721.214. Definitions. 



Bv virtue of the authoritv vested in the Secretarv of Agriculture bv Sections 

 301,' 329, and 375 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, I do 

 prescribe the following regulations applicable for determining farm corn acreage 

 allotments * * * for tjie 1940 crop in counties in the commercial corn- 

 producing area under Title III of said Act. to be in force and effect until rescinded, 

 amended, or superseded by regulations hereafter made by the Secretary of 

 Agriculture under said Act. 



Section 329 (b) of said act, provides that — 



"The acreage allotment to the county for corn shall be apportioned by the 

 Secretary, through the local committees, among the farms within the county 

 on the basis of tillable acreage, crop-rotation practices, type of soil, and topog- 

 raphy." 



Sec. 721.211. Determination of farm corn acreage allotments for 1940: The 

 county committee, with the assistance of other local committees in the county 

 and subject to the approval of the State committee, shall determine farm acreage 

 allotments of corn for farms in the commercial corn-producing area for the calendar 

 year 1940 on the basis of tillable acreage, crop-rotation practices, type of soil and 

 topography of the cropland as follows: 



(a) Detennination with respect to tillable acreage, and crop rotation practices. — As 

 a basis for giving consideration to tillable acres and crop rotation practices in the 

 apportionment of the county corn acreage allotment to farms, the countv com- 

 mittee shall first determine for each farm the usual acreage of corn. This acreage 

 shall be the average acreage of corn ]jlanted or such average acreage adjusted for 

 participation, as the case maj- be during the years 193G and 1937. 



The county and commiuiity committees shall review the usual acreage for the 

 several farms and determine whether any usual acreage is not representative for 

 the farm. In making this determination the committees should consider factors 

 such as a change in t\'pe of farming operations, change in farm land, change in 

 cropland acreage, drought, flood, and any other unusual conditions which may 

 apply to the farm at the present time. 



If it is determined that the 1936-1937 average acreage is not representative of 

 the farm, the committee shall apj^raise a usual acreaa;e which is more representa- 

 tive for the farm. This appraised usual acreage shall be based on the usual acreage 

 for similar farms in the countv or community, or limited to a figure computed by 

 applying to the cropland on the farm the township ratio of the average acreage of 

 corn in the township in 1936 and 1937 to the cropland in the township. 



(6) Determination ivith respect to type of soil and topography. — .\s a basis for 

 giving consideration to types of soil and topography in the apportionment of the 

 countv corn acreage allotment to farms, the county committee shall determine for 

 each farm the iixdicated corn acreage which shall represent the acreage of corn 

 that should be planted in the light of good soil management for the particular 

 types of soil comprising the farm and the erodibility as related to the topography 

 of the cropland. Such indicated acreage shall not be given more than equal 

 weight with the usual acreage of corn for the farm in the determination of the farm 

 corn acreage allotment. 



' Sees. 721.211 to 721.214 issued under the authoritv contained in sec. 329 (b), 52 Stat. 52; sec. 375 (b;, 52 

 Stat. 66; sec. 301 (b) 13 (e), 52 Stat. 202, 7 U. S. C. 1329, 1.375, 1301. 



