The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-06-14
MEN
TO GET CHECKS
ON PRODUCTION
Ten Per Cent Of Growers Still
Shy on Furnishing Informa-
ton Required; Directors Com
plete Formation Work

The board of directors Of the Ben
ton County Corn-Hog Control Asso-
citation has just recently met in the
County Extension office in Kennewick
to take care Of further details in re-.
lation to the completion of this work.
The board consists of John Fergn-
son, president, representing the Ken
newick, Richland, Finley and Hover
districts; S. v. Tanning, vice pres
dent, representing the Priest Rapids
Valley districts, and ]. S. Albin, repre-
senting the Prosser, Grandview, Whit
stran, Benton City and Kiona dis
trict. Harry Forsyth, county treas
urer, is acting as treasurer for this
association, as he did for the wheat
association, and Waldo w. Skuse,
county agent, is secretary. In addi-
ton to these men there are six other
farmers in different parts Of the coun-
ty who are serving as permanent
community committeeman.
Out Of 242 members Of the associa-
tion there are 90 who have not yet
given all the information relative to
their contracts, and these men have
been strongly urged to complete their
records, for after the county quota is
once fixed by the state board Of re-
view, it will be impossible to get any
further increase in the quota number.
At the present time contracts have
been put in complete order as well as
the other forms which contain infor-
nation for all members, except the
%. Listing sheets have been sent in
to Pullman giving all details. Mean
while County Agent Skuse, acting in
his capacity as secretary Of the ASSOC
citation, is working with the different
permanent community committeeman
on the matter of the certification Of
each and every contract. In many in
stances it is necessary for the COM
mitteemen and the secretary to call
on hog grower to clear up some
question or piece of information.
AS soon as the community commit
, tees have certified the various con-
tracts, they are to be referred to the
board of directors who also serve as
the county allotment committee. The
county allotment committee will then
/ have the task Of certifying the con-
racts in their turn, passing on evil
dence, making any adjustments nee.
essary in numbers Of hogs to be al
lowed in the payments to be made to
the growers. The state board OF re
view will then determine the number
of hogs on which payment will be al
lowed in the county.
The contracts will then be drawn
up on this basis in triplicate and pre-
scented at meetings Of the growers
for their approval, at which time thu
contracts will be signed and be ready
To be sent in to Washington, D. 9
i for acceptance. AS soon as the con
] tracts are thereupon accepted by tnt
Corn-Hog Section of the Agriculture
Adjustment Administration at Wash
inrton. a check will be sent to TIT
4 treasurer, who in turn will issue
checks to the growers.
{, This will be the first payment, AM
win be at the rate Of $500 per hof
produced for market for IS percent o
/ the growers average production Il
4 1899 and 1888, and is not paymen
/ for producing 75 percent less hog
4 than he normally would, but is =
nartlv compensate him for the de
= creased price on market hogs during
the transition period in which pro
duction is being decreased to domes
tic needs. There is a processing ta'
az s2.25 q hundred weight and Will
i surplus Of hogs still exists this Ia
tends to decrease the price paid tn
farmer, hence the benefit payments.