Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-09-12
STATE WHEAT SIGM.UP
STARTS IN OCTOBER
Details of New Contract Proceed
ure Learned at Regional Con-
ference in Boise

At the regional wheat program
meeting at Boise August 80 81, at
tended by representatives from six
western states, and fro mthe wheat
section at Washington it was de-
termined that the sign-up program
for the new four-year AAA wheat
adjustment contrct would start
time in October for the state of
Washington; and lit was felt by
many present that features of the
new contract would insure an easy
and quick sign-up growers.
Details of the contract were ex-
explained and discussed, and a
plan laid out for holding sign-up
meetings in various districts and
counties throughout the six states
involved 1t is expected that the
campaigns will be held simultan-
eously in Washington, Oregon and
Idaho. In this state cIdaho. In this
state county agents and county as
ISOLATION committeeman will be call
ed into conference by districts, and
then the program of securing grow
er signatures will be started In all
the states wheat counties follow
ing county meetings at which the
contract will be explained.
1t was strongly emphasized at
Boise that the new program Is
known os an adjustment program
and that the old termsT' contrac-
| ted acreage" and "acrege reduc-
ton" have been dropped. because
they did not so we'll indicate the
fundamental purpose of the Agri-
Uo, II, CT that
is flexible, and contemplates adj
justing production in order to more
closly approach parity prices to
growers.
1t was indicated that under the
new contract considerable power
will be in the hands of the newly
authorized state grain board and
county allotment COMMITTEES. Speak
| ers urged that some p revision be
made for inclusion under the adj
justment program of growersinar-
cas- just coming into production.
and who, therefore, have no base
acreage. Wheat section represent
atives ruled that this could not be
permitted.
However, present nom contract
signers who grew wheat during the
baslSyears may. apply fer new
tcontract,, by conforming to the nee
essary rules.
Actual acreages will not be used
under the new contract as deter
mined by land surveys. In the ap-
plication for the 1868 contract.
growers must provide description
of their farm or farms and histor-
| les for the base years and for the
years from 1888 to 1895. 1t is thot
that in many cases this information
can be obtained from similar pa
pers prepared for previous con-
/ tracts.
Men from Washington. d. G.,
who were present at the conference
c. C. Conser. director of
Grains; DR.. E. j. BellI Jr.. Princi-
pal economist in the division or
grains; Vernon E. Bundy. assistant
director of the division Of informa-
ton for the AAA: DR.. Waugh. sem
ior economist, u s. Extension Ser
vice and T. B. Cling.
An added feature, not contemplat
ed in the program was visit by W
Ii. MEYERS governor of the Farm
ICredit Administration, who made a
SuOTI tdlhS putting oue 'he"' 49, -
Iganization stressed co operation
with farmers realizing that In ord
Ter to render the greatest service
Ithey must have sympathetic att
tude toward the farmers problems
and at the same time operate on a
Sound basis.
Staes represented by directors &
members of extension services,com-
Imodity representatives. and allot-
Imet committeeman were Washing
ton, Oregon, Idaho. California, Ut
Iah and Nevada. Washington men
present included; +. e Balmer, eX-
! tension service; r. M. Turner, ex-
TENSION economist; Archie M.
Camp, commodities representative
and Charles A. Bond, extension ed
itor.