The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-11-20
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Chiseling the Allotment
When williams county's wheat al
lotment committee attempted to
match the governments acreage fig
ures with those submitted by resi-
dents OF the district 1t found they
didn't jibe, and 20 the allotment
checks will be held up until the diff
ficulty is ironed out.
The only way to do 50, according
to announcement by the government,
is to pare the figures submitted by
individuals until they check with the
government data.
The result, obviously, may be to
work a hardship on some Williams
county farmers. Even 50, there can
be little quarrel with the govern
ment's attitude. Its experts did the
best they could In allocating produce
ton q between more than 5000 coun-
ties in the United States and to re-
wise the figures for one would force
revision Of them all.
Information comes from the state
agricultural college, which has big
hand in directing the allotment work.
ei,at other counties have met with the
same difficulty but that there is no
remedy for 1t and the thing to do Is
get the matter Strengthened out 50
the government can offer contracts
to those who have signed up and. a
little later. send out their checks.
N. d. German, supervisor Of field
activities in farm adjustment work
for the state college extension serv-
ice, explains the situation as follows:
The wheat section has taken
the position that in every state
the total Of the wheat acreage
reported on applications. plus the
acreage and production reported
by applicants, must be with
in the federal estimate for the
base period before contracts will
be approved. Since the success
Of the wheat production control
program depends on a reduction
Of wheat production, to allow the
acreage to exceed the figure on
which the allotments are based
would be to defeat the purpose OF
the plan.
Several North Dakota counties
have succeeded In keeping within
their allotments. The work OF
getting the contracts signed has
already begun, with the likeli-
hood that growers there will have
their wheat adjustment checks
soon.
County production control as
sociations that are delaying adj
justment Of their acreage and
production totals to agree with
the allotments assigned to them
are merely postponing the date on
which their members will receive
checks.
North Dakota's wheat allot-
ment Is 55,217,s21 bushels. based
on . five-year average production
Of l02 1900 bushels and . seed
ed acreage Of 10469, 800 acres.
Summarization Of the applica-
tions from the various counties
by the Agricultural College ex-
tension service shows that this
production has been exceeded"
The matter Is not properly sub
ject for argument because the gov
eminent will not argue, but II It wer
there is at least q so per cent chanc
that the home folks might be proves
wrong.
Few North Dakotans believe tina
our average production over the las
five years has been more than 102,
254,800 bushels. The recurring drouth
have seen to that.
It may be that mistakes have bee,
made as between counties within tn
state. But these should not provid
for any large percentage Of error.
The most reasonable view is tha
tome farmers have tried to "chisel
The plan ~ getting more than thei
share, thereby throwing the figure
cut Of line.
II they have. their fellow farmer
should give them short shrift becaus
my money the "chiseler" manage
10 divert into his own pocket vii
come directly from the pockets Of hi
neighbors.