The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-02-01
QUESTIONS ABOUT
CORN-HOG CONTROL
I SYSTEM ANSWERED
Farm Account Books Considered
Best Supporting Evidence
for Allotment

tracts is this: "What constitutes &C
ceptable supporting evidence as tt
the number Of hogs sold by produc.
er during the base years, 1882 ano
1887" ~,
In answer to this question, Nate H
Boyee, the county agricultural agent
has issued the following statement
''The best supporting evidence that
can be obtained of hog sales made in
1882 and 1888 is one or more Of the
following: % correctly kept farm &C
count books; (2) statement signed by
the, trucker, giving date, number of
hogs shipped and approximate weight
Of each shipment; a. sales slips or
weight tickets from, local, buyers, CO.
operative shipping. associations or
commission companies at terminal
markets; (4) a. bank, record showing
deposit of check received for sale of
hogs with date and amount of the de-
post. ''.n'';" T.
:"Other evideficep that will be accept
able but of less value than the above
is "a statement signed by the appli-
cant and verified by at least two of
his. 'neighbors, which gives informal
ion as to his production and sales of
hogs. A veterinarians statement Of
vaccination also will be of some val
pe as evidence, but can not be consid-
cred conclusive, since hogs some
times die afer vaccination.
In writing to commission firms for
information, farmers are advised to
tell whether the hogs were shipped by
truck or rail; the approximate date
Of the shipment; the name of the
trucker or railroad; the car number
(if shipment was. made by rail) and
the name in which the rail shipment
was billed. '''2 -
,:Other questions which the county
agent has been called upon to answer
daring the past week and his answers
to these questions are as follows:
@. Is the producer permitted to in
clude, in his production base, hogs
which were narrowed in 1882 or 1888
but died of cholera?
A. No, The primary objective of the
administration in this campaign is to
reduce hog numbers and it will be i'm
possible to accomplish this result if
credit is given in the base period for
hogs which died before they reached
market. Allowing this exception also
would set precedent for other ex-
ceptions, which if allowed to accumu-
late would make the program too I'M
wieldy to administer.
@. Will credit be allowed the pro-
dacer in his base period for hogs
which are stolen before they reach
market?
= A. No, for reasons mentioned above.
@. Will credit be allowed the pro-
dricer in his base period for hogs
which are shipped to market but con-
tdemned and sold for tankage.
Z" A. Yes, because they were marketed
and brought the producer some re-
! turn.
@. What period is the basis for de-
termining the hog reduction for each
!: producer?
: A. The two hog years beginning
december of 1891 and 1882.
= @. Are there any exceptions to this
rule?
A. Yes, person who started farm
ing in 1888 can compute his hog base
on his 1888 litters and hogs produced
for market from these filters without
dividing by two, providing that he did
not engage in farming or have any in
'terest in hogs origtpwing corn prior
TO- December 1, 1872, and did not
have any ownership interest in a
farm prior to July L. 1892. He must
operate only a single, farming unit
Gland farmed from one set of build
ings, with one set! Of machinery, work
stock, etc. in 1884.
@. How would he figure his base
production if he raised hogs in 1882
but not in 1888?
A. His base would be the average
number of litters farrowed and hogs
produced for market from those lit,
tiers during the two year period, 1882
3S. In other words. he would have &c
divide his number of 1882 filters ano
hogs produced for market by two te
compute his base production.
o. Isa person who has started
farming in 1894 and wishes to raise
hogs this year eligible to sign corn
hos reduction contract?
A. Yes, if he is able to obtain thf
production rights of retired farmer
who raised hogs in 1882 and 1888 ant
who would be eligible, if he operatet
a farm in 1884, to sign the corn-hol
reduction contract. The new producer
would be entitled to raise up to q
uef cent of the production base which
he acquired in this way and to receive
an adjustment payment for reducing
his corn acreage. He would not be en-
titled to receive a hog adjustment
payment. He must operate farm j
1884 that is at least as large as tn
one operated in 1888 by the retiring
producer.
@. Is a producer who owns, oper
ates or controls more than one farm
ing unit required to Singh contract
covering all such farming units?
A. No, he may sign contract Q
contracts for one or. more farming