Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1933-12-07
MONDAY TUESDAY TO
Be signing DATES,
ADJUSTMENTS MADE
Contracts to Washington on
December 20, Checks
In January

The Sheridan County Wheat Al
lofment committee brelthed a s.an
of relief this week as they viewed
a possible end OF -Wo months
grueliing task in making adjust
ments for the 1900 applicants III
the county who sought to cooper.
ate in the governments wheat acre
age reduction plan for next year.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. a44- completed.
the committee had designated Mon
day and Tuesday. December IT and
II, as the time for applicants TO
sign contracts for their acreage re
ductson and allotment payments.
Notices had been mailed this week
to each applicant advising him
where to appear and sign his con
tract.
The committee announced tina
every applicant will have an oppsr-
tunity to appear before their own
committee men on the two dafes
for the purpose of ascerfaining
their adjusted acre base, the am
cunt of allotment bushels as final
~ determined by the committee at
ter they made the necessary re
auctions to correct possible errors
and to meet the final adjusted
Board of Review figures.
Should the contracts for 30 per
cent of the adjusted application be
finally completed, 1t Will return
approximately s215.0D0 to sheri-
dan county farmers n landown-
ers In the first benefit payment
early in Ianns.y and $4,000 more
next summer
Whatever reductions The AlI0t
ment Committee made were distrf-
buted as equitably as possible
among the 1900 applicants in coun-
". taking into consideration size
Of farm unit. acres of wheat to cul-
tivated acres. small general reduc.
ton for roads. etc.
Applicants who nave local Ianu-
lords residing WITHIN the district
should request that they be pres
ent to sign contracts in order To
avoid delay. Where both husband
or wife are jointly interested in
the application. both should sign
contract. This also applies to joinf
ownership. In case OF contract for
purchase cases, the vendors sigma
does not need To appear III
contract.
While an extension of time II
granted for filing contracts with
Wheat Administration. 30 per cent
OF contracts should be at Washing
ton by December 20 Hence. e.
Is urged to attend the sign
meeting the first day ii pos-
as there is considerable work
to do for the Wheat Allotment or
lice after the applications are sign
ed. to complete them for the Wash
ington office. 1t will, OF course
necessary to send certain con.
away for landlords sigma
ture, but 1t Is hoped these will be
less than 10 per
Carl Peterson. special coun-x
agent, told the Herald hal while
: would be natural that a few an.
plicanfs would refuse to sign the
contracts, indications pointed FL
general cooperation on the ART M
ne farmers throughout the coun-
y. with slight doubt that the "a
tuiiVu ~ per cent would be signed
up promptly.
MT. peterson explained thar the
a Oh acreage reduction followed
~ the committee was virtually faa
anne as that proposed by the Coal
idee group inasmuch as ii Was
on the total cultivated acre.
-se on farms. I'm fact" said the
we feel the plan finally
lsed is better inasmuch as a three
ear base is used which served n
Increase the wheat acreage y per
ent over that Of the 1883 base
sheridan county was keeping
ace with practically all of tha
onnties in Montana in getting AL
made and signing up con-
racts. While two or three coun.
Ies still had adjusting work TO 10
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