Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1933-11-23
PAYING WHEAT MONEY
AFTER CAREFUL CHECK

Government benefit payments tc
farmers who participate in the
wheat production control program
OF the Agricultural Adjustment
Administration are being sen out
to growers in counties which are
the first TO have their contracts
completely checked and approved
The a at which these payments
are cleared from Washington will
be increased.
Payments can be made only after
a double check OF the reports and
estimates Of acreage and produc.
ton on which the benefit PAYMENTS
are calculated, the Adjustment Ad-
ministration points out, and wheat
growers who have signed contra cts
should understand that the paw
ments a not all be made at once
The first of these required ex.
aminations is carried out by the
local committee of the county
wheat production control associa.
ffoffs, and the second by officials OF
Adjustment Administration at Wash
ington.
contracts to reduce acreage. and
the benefit payments In compensa-
ton for that reduction, are handled
In county units-all the contracts
from a county must be In order
before any farmer In the county
gets his payment, and all farmers
IN the county will receive their
payments at the same time.
When all contracts from a given
county are signed, the reports OF the
farmers who signed them are ex-
amined by officers of the county,
association. Ii the reports are In
order. they are forwarded to Wash
In Washington a .County
acceptance Unit" made I'D of Ey-
workers and others from
the wheat growing States. check
me total acreage represented by
contracts, plus the total acre
age In the county for which con.
tracts have not been signed, against
ne Government reports of acreage
and production that are on file
With the Department OF Agricul-
.ure.
II the County's report agrees
With the figure that Is on file.
individual contracts TO con.
'titute a fair sample OF the entire
county bundle are examined In de-
all In some cases surveyors have (
'een dispatched to the counties
to make accurate SIR
eys OF the acreage reports. Thresh- !
certificates and elevator
eceipts have been examined TO
I've q check on wheat produced
nd marketed In the past years.
II the total acreage reported
grees with the Government acre
sc record for the base period. and
the production estimates OF the
total reasonably close to
re Government production reports.
contracts are approved. and
assed on to the audit section OF
le Adjustment Administra II o n
here the benefit checks are made
y ana forwarded to the county
,ncerned.
1t farmers reports and estimates
e not In accord with the figures
lille In the Department of Agri-
Iiture the contracts for the entire |
unity are returned to be corrected
the county association, and the
unity must take its turn after the
is made, before it's con- !
acts are checked again and the
merit checks are written.
Farmers In more than 2.O0O
1ntIes In the Unitedl States grow
leat and are signing contracts to
luce their acreage In 1894 and I
II Is estimated that they con-
\ more than So million acres of
cat 10 signing the contracts they
re 10 reduce wheat acreage in
- by some 1900. 600 acres. and
\ become eligible for over $1O2.-
1000 In benefit payments.