The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-09-12
NEW WHEAT
! CONTRACTS TO
ARRIVE SOON
County Agent Receives Infor-
nation Relative to New
Provisions of AAA; to Pro-
vide Parity Prices Yearly

vide Parity FrlceS Iedriy
- new wheat adjustment con-
.roct has been approved in final
form form and will be offered to Wash
, . farmers soon, Waldo w.
sk,s. county agent. has been noti-
fed by the Agricultural Adjustment
administration.
"DETAILS of the contract will be
tlly explained at local meetings
which will be held during the sign
no campaign. The contract was
drafted after it had been studied by
farmer representatives from the
principal wheat growing states and
after they had made suggestions re-
garding it.
The highlights of the new con-
tract, according to word from Wash
ington, are as follows:
Period Covered by Contract
The contract is to run for four
wears from 1886 to 1899, inclusive,
as compared with the three-year
ueriod of the present contract. The
longer period will reduce the cost OF
frequent sign-up campaigns and
will enable the signer to plan his
operations over the four-year per-
iod. Provision is made for volun-
tary withdrawal by individuals from
the contract at the end of two years,
If farmer has fully complied with
the contract. The secretary OF ag-
riculture may also terminate the
contract at the end of any market
ing year If circumstances warrant,
or If a national referendum on the
question is held and a majority OF
the contract signers vote against
continuation. Twenty-Five percent
Of the cooperating wheat producers
in any of the principal wheat re-
gions may initiate national refer
endum upon petition.
Under the new contract the pro-
Queer will have additional assrr-
Asnce Of full parity return on his
allotment through the flexible-pay-
ment principle. Under this plan,
producers will receive first pay
ment each year, and then at the end
of the year, the second adjustment
payment win be fixed at such an
amount as will tend to give the pro-
Queer parity according to what the
the price Of wheat has been during
the marketing year.
Percentage Of Reduction
The reduction each year will de-
pend upon the national and world
wheat situation. The contract pro-
vides that the reduction may be as
much as Is percent under the basic
acreage. This is the extreme limit,
however. The 1885 contract call
ed for as much as 20 percent, but
the most required was in 1884, when
Is percent was asked. For 1895 the
reduction asked was only 10 per-
cent and the figure for 1886 is five
percent. A feature of the new con-
tract is that producers agree to hold
their acreage within the base fig
ure, even If no reduction is asked.
The base years for the new wheat
contract are the same as those for
the present contract-193O-32 for
acreage and 1928-32 for production.
Under certain conditions, four-year
and five-year periods may be used,
to meet special crop rotation and
summer-fallow practices.
New Signers
All wheat producers who can es-
tablish q base production and acre
age are eligible to sign. Under GER
tain conditions, farmers who did
not grow wheat in all the base years
may sign contracts and receive adj
l.
Wstment payments on limited new
program. Producers who have not
Deen contract signers and who wish
70 go into the new program should
get IN touch with the county agent,
OF the county or community COM
mitteemen.
Inc adjusted acreage is to be used
.of such purposes as pasture, hay,
emner, shelter belts, soil erosion
prevention, weed control, soil inn
pioVement and summer fallow. SAD
.uSeeo acreage" under the new con-
Iact means the same as contracted
coleage, under the first contract.
NO adjustment can be assigned