Evening star., 1933-07-28
WHEAT REDUCTION
7. PLANS ARE RUSHED
World Conference Ignored,
Control Associations Or
dered Set-up.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
County wheat production control as
sociations, the handspring Of the vol+
untary domestic allotment plan. will be
set up speedily in wheat-producing States
in the next three weeks by farm admin
istrators as the next step in their cam
paign to cut down wheat production.
Instructions to extension workers and
special representatives in counties
without agricultural agents went for
ward today. following up Secretary
Wallace's overnight announcement of
wheat allotments from AZ States and
2233 counties.
One other announcement Is neces-
sary before the campaign of admins
traitors to obtain agreements from
farmers to reduce their acreage for
harvest next year will be in full swing.
Wallace, determined to go ahead
wait for an international wheat acre
age reduction agreement, said that
within 10 days he will announce what
percentage Of reduction farmers will be
required to agree to make in order to
qualify for cash payments.
20 Per Cent Is Maximum.
His announcement came after the
decision of the London Wheat Confer
ence to recess until August 81, without
having reached agreement.
The maximum reduction which Wal
lace will require will be 20 per cent,
with prospects that because of this
years light production of the grain
that he may select a smaller figure.
Each country producing wheat has
been given an allotment representing a
share in the estimated human domestic
consumption Of the grain for the COM
ing year.
In some counties the allotments are
small and reduction campaigns may not
be undertaken there specifically.
II farmers there and in other coun-
ties growing small quantities of wheat
wish to join in the plan. however. they
will be permitted to form control asso-
cations with a larger area than a SIN
gle county.
Allotment Principle.
The allotment principle works In this
way: Wallace estimated that the Ma
tion's needs for wheat as food during
the coming year aggregated 456, ,198, ,588
bushels. which is 81 per cent of the
average annual production for the five
years ending June 80, 1892
Now the 80 cents a bushel processing
tax on wheat. which went into effect
July 9, actually will fall on these
bushels used in domestic consumption,
as wheat which goes into export Is not
taxed and refunds are paid on wheat
products exported.
Taxes collected on wheat at mills
where 1t is ground. which is used for
charitable purposes, will also be re-
funded.
wallace split up the figure repre-
senting the Nations wheat needs, or
and county allotments, on the basis OF
the production of each in the last five
years.
Work for Counties.
The county allotments will be split
into grower allotments by the county
associations. consisting Of farmers who
make application to come in on the
plan. But in the case of farmers the
allotment will be based on production
in the last three years.
Each applicantfarmer will state
what his acreage and production OF
wheat has been in the last three years,
and his willingness to join the plan.
These applicants will then meet. form
an association and elect a committee
which will compute their estimates Of
production and then split up the coun-
ty allotment among them.
These allotments will be published in
local newspapers 50 that farmers can
determine If their neighbors are max
ing excessive claims Of production. in
order to obtain larger allotments than
they are entitled to.
To Pass on Complaints.
The committee will pass on COM
plants and revise allotments where
necessary.
If the national allotment is projected
directly to the individual farmer his
allotment will be 81 per cent of his
annual average production of the last
three years.
After the allotments are approved by
administrators. the applications will be-
accepted. forming contracts.
The farmer will then be paid 20 cents
a bushel on his allotment with eight
cents a bushel to be paid later when
proof has been furnished that he has
fulfilled his pledge in his application to
cut his acreage.
A farmer raising an average Of l 900
bushels of wheat on 100 acres of land
in the last three years up to June 80.
1882. If the national allotment was
projected exactly to his farm, would
have an allotment of $40 bushels.
On this he would be paid 20 cents
bushel this Fall and 8 cents next
Spring In return he would be re-
quired to reduce his acreage up to 20
per cent or whatever lesser figure Wal
lace decided on in the next 10 days.
May Be Out Entirely.
In case the full reduction was re-
quired he would have 80 acres
He will sell the wheat he harvests
as before. The farmer who does not
join in the plan. II he has had 100
acres. can continue to grow that acre
age or more If he wants to, but he will
not be eligible for Government cash
payments.
Farmers who join the plan will not
be permitted to grow corn or other
crops Of which administrators believe
q surplus Is now being produced, on
acres taken out of wheat production.
Administrators will set up special
division to help farmers utilize this
land without having it put into the
production Of crops competing with
farmers who already have marketing
problems Of their own
Summer fallow. planting of SOIL.
Improvement crops, establishment of
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