The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-07-07
MEETING AT FARGO
ACQuAIN7S LEADERS
With WILSON VIEWS
Federal Men Explain Substitu.
tion Of Other Crops Will
Be Prohibited
CAN GROW CERTAIN CROPS,
How Acreages Will Be curtailed
on Three Year Basis Is
Made Clear
CAN GROW CERTAIN CROPS

questions as to the workings Of the
domestic allotment plan for controlled
wheat production were answered at
the opening session Of the two-day
conference on wheat adjustment,
which opened here Friday, by M. L.
Wilson, chief Of the wheat adjustment
administration, w. A. Callander, chief
OF the crop reporting board Of the
United States department Of agricul-
ture, and George E. Farrell. SUPER
visor Of extension work for the de-
partment In north central states.
Farrell declared the law specifically
provides that the land which will be
retired from wheat production each
year under the plan may not be used
to produce crops that shall go into
production Of commodity that en-
tiers into national competition.
In other words the idle wheat lands
cannot be planted to corn and other
grain that would be sold In the mar.
ket places.
The land may be used for soil
building legumes. or for crops that
would stop soil erosion or for produc-
ing food that would be consumed on
the farm.
Callander explained how the plan
will reduce acreage under the late
crops for the man who has been in
creasing his acreage planted to wheat
In late years, while it would increase
acreage for the man who has been re-
ducing his acreage in late years.
Gives Illustration
He took as an illustration the man
who had planted 100 acres in 1880, rs
acres in 1891 and 50 acres in 1882. His
average for the three years would be
IS acres and even If he reduced by 20
per cent that would give him 60 acres
or more than his last acreage.
Reversing the process, the man who
planted so acres in 1880, IS acres in
1881 and 100 acres In 1882 also would
have an average Of IS acres for the
three years, and he would have to
back to so acres under the plan.
1.-THE whole idea Of this act IS to
bring up the purchasing power Of the
farmer to the 1909-1o14 parity" Far
rell said
1T the farmer tries to cheat, the
law will not suffer, he will suffer.
1T must be remembered that ad-
justed production is being planned for
many domestic crops. livestock and
other farm produce. One Of the pur-
poses Of the law will be to prevent an
increase In production OF some other
commodity on the land that Is held
out Of production, for instance, the
wheat areas may not add to the COM
petition of the corn producers, hog
producers or dairying when the latter
attempt to control acreage or produc-
ton in their own lines.
Lists Meeting Purposes
Two ideas are back of the meetings
which are being held throughout the
country, Wilson said.
The first is educational. to acQuaint
the extension officials. county agents
and others who will be called upon
to help put the plan into effect, with
its details 50 that they may place the
matter intelligently before the wheat
farmers.
The second purpose is to gather
facts and get the reaction Of the ex-
tension officials as to the working
out of the details Of the plan in
their particular areas.
while the broad general plans
have worked out, the campaign has
not yet started, and there are nu-
merous policies not yet completely
formulated" he said.
The program which Is tentatively
worked out provides that the farmers
will be paid compensation on q por-
ton of three wheat crops, those which
will be raised in 1888, 1884 and 1885,
provided they agree to reduce their
acreage in 1894 and 1885.
They will be asked to cut their acre
age by not to exceed 20 per cent of
their production in 1880, 1881 and
1882.
Two Plans Are Offered
There are two plans being consid-
cred for determining what the farm
ers production, was in 1880, 1891 and
1882.
Plan "A" would provide that the
farmer use his average acreage for
the three years in question and null
tiply that by the average yield for his
county.
AS an example, the average yield
per acre for Cass county for those
three years is 14.8 bushels per acre.
A Cass county farmer who had an \
average of 800 acres of wheat for the
last three years would be compensated
en- q basis Of Z total production Of
800 times 1913 or 400 bushels.
But it is held this would penalize
the good farmer by giving the man
who had farmed poorly and had re-
ceived low yields, more than his aver
age production, while the man who
had produced good yields and had a
production above the average would
also be held to that general average
and would therefore be of compen-
stated on q lower basis than his own
ectual average yields
Plan p" would be TO base the con-
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