The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-08-31

fit payments would mean a cut OF
approximately 9,6OO,O 900 acres in this
country's wheat acreage. Based on
past averages, this would reduce the
production of wheat from the aver
age in recent years, excluding this
years production of 124,0OO, O0O
bushels.
The Is per cent requirement will
apply only to wheat paintings for
harvest merit year. Decision as to
the extent of reduction for the 1885
acreage will be made a year hence.
The reduction in acreage is to be
made from the average acreage of
farmers joining in the plan from the
base period for the years 1880, 1881
and 1892 with some exceptions to
provide four or five-year base in
instances where the three year base
is considered unfair"
Application Days" are here for
Stearns county wheat growers who
are not busy completing the appli-
cation forms for wheat allotment
contracts which they signed at or
ganization meetings the past few
days says county Agent e. c. LEM
meier.
Farmers have carefully consid-
cred all angles Of the wheat allot-
ment plan which has been presented
in detail at the educational meet
ings, through the radio and press,
and which is fully described in the
wheat primers and specimen con-
tract supplied by the county agent.
Furthermore they are taking plen-
ty of time to. think the plan over
and to ask questions about it. No
proposition ever offered to farmers
in this county has not been more
thoroughly presented and explained.
1T is of the utmost importance
to the speed, economy and success
with which the wheat plan can get
under way in the county, that grow
ers appreciate the use to be made of
the information called for in the
applications and the need for CIV
ing this information as fully and &C
curately as possible Mr.. Lentme ier
points out.
Primarily, it should be under
stood that the applications are to
supply the information upon which
the county allotment committee
must decide each farms allotment;
that is, on how many bushels that
farm will receive adjustment pay
ments. " .~-@
Each farmer is asked to submit
full record of all crops planted
on his farm in 1888. He will also
give acres of wheat seeded and har-
vested, and bushels harvested, dur
ing the last three years-193O, 1881
and 1882. He should file sketch
map of the farm and attach supple
mentary statements for each of the
above years on disposal of his crop,
threshermen's certificates, and GER
tificates of sale. All of this infor-
nation is to be checked and certi-
fed by the community committee
before being passed on to the coun-
ty allotment committee.
Furnishing the supplementary
forms, such as the crop disposal
statements, threshermen's certifi-
Gates, and certificates of sale, is to
the advantage of growers when at
all possible. Claims backed by such
evidence will be given preferred
treatment by the county allotment
committee. If individual allot-
ments have to be scaled down ia
conform to the county allotment
the cuts will most likely be made
against growers not supplying def
mite proof of their claims. This is
not only reasonable, but is the def
mite instructions of the federal Ag-
ricultural Adjustment Administers
|tion.
Each growers claims as to acre
age and production of wheat are
to be published in newspapers OF
the county, which will give his
neighbors an opportunity to object
if they think he has been innaccur-
ate. Furthermore, intentional mis-
representation may be dealt with by
the U. s. Department of Justice as
an attempt to defraud the federal
government. There will be cases, OF
course, especially on rented farms
where estimates, rather than proven
statements will have to be given.
The foregoing should not be con-
strued as implying any risk to
farmers who proceed honestly to
make the best reports they can
says County Agent Lenzmeier but
merely to impress every grower
with the Importance of making a
really worthwhile effort to present
a complete and accurate applica-
tion."
The pig and SOW buying program,
begun last week by the Agriculture,
adjustment administration, with
327,500 little pigs and 400 sows
marketed at six central western
markets in three days, is only an
emergency measure. It will end
about Oct. 1, and will not be repeat
ed, say advices received from Wash
jington, d. c., by Andrew Boss, Uni
versity Farm, st. Paul, who is in
charge of the agricultural adjust
|ment program in Minnesota.
The plan to buy 100000 healthy
normal pigs between Is and 1Oo
pounds in weight, and 100000 sows
soon to farrow and weighing not
less than 275 pounds each, at prem
ium prices, was designed to reduce
the potential hog marketing for the
1933-34 season and thus increase
hog prices for the season, as a
measure of immediate relief to
swine raisers. It will by no means
solve Americas corn hog problem
say the Washington advices.
This emergency program" says