Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-07-13
WHEAT YIELD
IS ALLOTTED
Farm A d jus t m e n t Act
Would Have Pine Farmers
Raise 1865 Bushels.
A Total of $1885 Will be
Paid for Crop Re-
duCtiOn.

ment Act as determined by the United
States Department of Agriculture,
Pine county's allotment for wheat In
1894 will be approximately 1855
bushels. This means that If the wheat
growers of the county cooperate in
full with the United States Agricul-
tural Adjustment Administration on
the basis of past production, by con-
tracing to reduce their production
for 1884 and 1885 there will be paid
to them all a total Of approximately
S1s55 for the year 1888. The payments
for 1884 and 1885 will be determined
later.
The allotment is based on the aver
age annual wheat production OF the
county for the last five years, 1928 to
1882. The average production for the
five years 1882, in Pine county was
1890 bushels.
Will Reduce Surplus.
The allotment in bushels is arrived
at by reducing by 20 per cent the
average annual production. The 70
per cent is the proposed cut in the
total wheat production for the entire
United States, in which each grower
is asked to cooperate by reducing his
acreage 20 per cent. 1t is expected
that with such a reduction the sup
ply will be adequate to take care OF
domestic needs on the one hand, and
of possible export demand on the other
hand, and at the same time help to
dispose of the present excess surplus.
Compensatory payments, however,
are to be made only on that part OF
the crop which is domestically con-
sumed; that is, consumed as human
food in the United States. The nor
NAL domestic consumption is so to 90
per cent of the normal production.
The money allotment, on the basis OF
SO per cent of normal production for
domestic consumption, therefore, is
arrived at by multiplying one-half OF
the bushel allotment by 80 cents, the
amount to be added to the price per
bushel in order to bring the price OF
wheat to a parity in buying power
with the price of wheat in the years
1909-14, before the war. The expense
of administering the affairs in each
county will be deducted from the al
lotment that is finally made by the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture.
Some adjustment may have to be
made for the current year in the per-
centage of cut in production or acre
age, depending upon the action of the
international wheat conference in
London, and adjustments may have to
be made next year in the needed cut
in acreage and in the amount added
to the current price to maintain a
parity between the buying power OF
wheat and other commodities. But,
as things stand now, the allotment
for the 1888 crop for this county will
be about as they have been given in
the foregoing, according to calcula-
lions made by the extension service,
University Farm, st. Paul, based on
the crop averages compiled by Paul
H. Kirk, United States crop stats
tician for Minnesota.
Two-thirds of the compensatory
payments on the 1888 crop will be
paid late in September or early In
October and the remaining one-third
next spring when the farmers have
shown the required reduction In their
1894 wheat acreage seedlings.
How to Obtain Payments.
To obtain the compensatory pay
ments, the wheat growers OF the
county are expected to form volun-
tary wheat production control assoc1-
alton, made up of those who sign
contracts with the Agricultural Ad-
justment Administration to reduce
their acreage The steps in the form
ing of such an association will be ex-
planned by the county agricultural
agent in each county having such an
agent, or by agricultural adjustment
agents in counties not having county
agents. Conferences are being held
with such agents at University Farm
ST Paul, this week, to acquaint them
with the details of the program.
Wheat production control associa-
lions will be organized in counties
having an average annual wheat pro-
duction of 10000 bushels, or, pos
sibly, in counties having produc-
tion of more than 100000 buhsels
For counties having a smaller an
nual wheat production. combinations
may be made, the wheat-growers OF
two or three or more counties unit
ing. The details for wheat producers
in such counties have not yet been an.
nounced.
The compensatory payments for the
1888 crop will be made from a spe-
cial federal fund appropriated for the
purpose. This fund will be main
tanned by processing tax ON flour