The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-24
Farm Administrator Says Plan
Will Be Ready When Con.
gress Votes Money
NORTH DAKOTA FAVORED
Entire State Listed in District
Most Seriously Affected
by Drouth

Washington, May 26.-(R-Chestel
G. Davis, farm administrator. ex'
pressed the hope Thursday that pur'
chase Of cattle In the drouth ares
can begin Immediately after the ap'
preparation Of relief funds by con.
gress.
A tentative outline of the purchas.
plan, he said, has been prepared ane
is in conference between farm ad.
ministration and federal relief ad.
ministration officials.
Davis added he would be well sat.
isfied" II it is in shape to proceed
when the funds are available.
He designated l2l counties II
North Dakota. South Dakota and
Minnesota as emergency droutt
counties in which the surplus cattle
removal program will get under way
Immediately and limitations on the
amount OF forage crops which can be
grown under government contracts
will be lifted.
List Secondary Counties
An additional 80 counties were
listed as secondary drouth areas in
which farmers will be allowed to plant
any amount Of forage except on gov
ernment-rented acres. Cattle pur-
chases will not be made In these lat
ter counties until the situation be-
comes more serious or work is COM
pleted in the emergency area, Davis
said.
In certain counties in North Dako-
ia. South Dakota, Minnesota and
Wisconsin farmers who plant corn
for forage will be required to do SO
after specified dates in order that the
crop will not produce commercial
yields and interfere with workings OF
the corn-hog production control pro-
gram. No restrictions were placed on
other forage crops, such as grain sor-
ghums, sudan grass, oats and soy
beans.
The cattle purchase program. to be
conducted under funds expected to
be provided by congress under the
Jones' Connally bill, will call for buy
ing and removal Of diseased cattle for
other than food purposes. Healthy
cattle will either be processed and
distributed by the relief administra-
ton or return to farms as ''subsist-
ence units"
Plan Other Activities
The entire relief program, which
also calls for direct relief grants 10
stricken farm families. improving
farm water supplies. supplying work
relief. and shipping livestock feed for
basic herds into the area, will De
carried out by county committees
working under the supervision Of
state directors named Wednesday.
Counties designated as emergency
areas include: North Dakota-Adams.
Benson. Bottineau. Burke, Burleigh,
Cavalier, Dickey, Divide, Dunn, Eddy,
Emmons, Foster. Grant, Hettinger,
Kidder, Logan, McHenry, Mcintosh,
Mckenzie, Mclean, Mercer. Morton,
Mountrail. Nelson, Oliver. Pembina.
Pierce, Ramsey. Ransom, Renyille,
Richland, Rolette, Sargent, Sheridan,
Sioux, Towner. Walsh, Ward. Wells,
williams.
The counties designated as "secon-
dary". in which minimum pidl4+ing
restrictions will be lifted. include:
North Dakota-Barnes, Billings, Bow
man, Cas-, Golden Valley, Grand
Forks, Griggs, LaM0urc. SLOPE, Stark,
Steele, Stutsman, Trail.
Davis also announced that new adj
ministrative rulings would be issued
shortly to permit farmers IN the
drouth area to pasture their live
stock on government-rented acres,
forbidden under wheat
and corn-hog contracts.
Four representatives Of the federal
government, G. .. Lowe, O. s. Fisher,
K. +. Warner, and william Jackson,
were on their way to the drou:h area
Thursday to assist state and county
directors and committees In the adj
Of the relief program.
Hopkins Outlines Aims
Addressing drouth-relief delegations
from eight states, including North
Dakota, Relief Director Harry Hop
kins said at Kansas City that the
government Is prepare to spend $50.
100000 II necessary in solving the
troubles Of farmers In areas where
crop losses have been heaviest.
In addition to buying livestock and
seed for forage crops, Hop
kins said, his administrator will pro-
ride = works program 50 that farmers
may supplement their cash income
Ind to buy food while attempting to
ave their livestock.
The goal. he said, Is to maintain
people on the land 80 they will not be
driven from their homes.