The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-11-17
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CHANGE PROPOSED IN
WHEAT ALLOTMENT BASE

Due to the large oveT-run Of "a
per cent in the total wheat acre
age of Sheridan county and the
consequent reduction of acres
that will inevitably be made there
by, and also many other unfair ad-
iustments especially to the small
farmers, a great deal of dissatis- |
faction is developing throughout |
the county. Farmers who have
been consistently cooperating with
the Department of Agriculture, the
Farm Board and other agencies
the past three years in reducing
wheat acreage are now being
penalized. First, he will be pena-
lized in the three year base adj
justment, and second, by the in
evitable uniform reduction caused
by this over-run. When it comes
down to signing those contracts,
we'll, he just won't. He can't and
won't stand for letting those
others who have not cooperated IN
reducing and rather increased the
wheat acres, get by with it. Con-
sequentIy we will not see even a
so percent signup.
A change in the acreage base
is proposed, a change that seems
to be more fair to all concerned
and which will eliminate this large
over-run, and a base which can
readily be checked up on. This
proposal is to base the wheat
acreage on a percentage of the
total cultivated acreage 1888 in
Sheridan county. This total acre
age can be obtained from those
work sheets which were filled out
as we'll as the maps, and in case
, of a question it can be checked
up on far more readily than the
acreage of the past three years
( On this total cultivated acreage
}. we can compute the percentage by
a using the governments official 8
year base, 248,83S acres of wheat
T This is apparently the fixed basi
on which we get the money to dis
. tribute it and make as equitabl
+ adjustments as possible.
Assume, then, that this 248, 83
~ acres represents say 65 per cen
n of the cultivated acreage Of Sheri
i dan county. Each farmer, theI
ID would be allowed an adjustmen
m on his total acreage at the fla
rate of IS per cent, each treate
alike, big farmer or small. A 16(
acre farmer with 100 acres unde
cultivation including summerfa
- low and tame hay, would be give
- a base adjustment of 65 acres (
wheat. The 1,000-acre farmt
with all under cultivation in Il
same way would be allowed 81
acres. The farmer who used goo
cultural practices, summerfalloI
tame hay and rotation. would
given fair consideration, while Il
plungeTs would be held down.
would also show some consider
ton to those farmers who hay
s'' had to cut wheat acreages on a
count of economic conditions
well as those forced to comp
with the federal seed loan regul
tions. 1t appears to be the be
:. method for giving everyone a ia
- shake, and it is believed that t
:" County Wheat Control Board h
~ the power in its discretion to p
~ it into effect. 1t would be Il
- simplest to upt into effect as W
" as the least expensive, and wou
,o+ induce a much greater signeup.
- Edgar 1. SyveruC
The P. S. In consultation with Cou
re. ty Agent Peterson and making
ted few estimates on farms at randt
it was found that the percenta
would figure out to be nearer
per cent than the above IS perez
Also a special ruling would
N necessary from the Department
NJ Agriculture to adopt this plan.