Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-12-10

and Incorporated as many of them as
could be we'll fitted into a national
program for agriculture.
Most of the changes made, in fact
were proposed at these conferences or
at the meetings with farmer-commit-
teemen and extension service repre-
sentatives in Washington.
'"The notifications are intended
for the most part, to adapt the pro-
gram more closely to the needs of the
various regions. AS you will recall,
this is in line with the statement
made by H. r. Tolley at the time the
1886 Agricultural Conservation Pro-
gram was announced.
For the 1887 program, additional
emphasis has been placed on soil
building and more money will be avail
able for soil building practices. Such
practices, together with the shifting
of acreage to soil-conserving crops on
land previously devoted to soil-deplet-
ing crops, are essential to any sound
plan for restoring soil fertility and
preventing erosion.
"The new program should not only
improve the soil but it also should
protect the interests of consumers
and help to preserve the economic
gains which farmers have made dur
ing the past four years.
"The fact that funds for the 1897
program are not yet available should
be pointed out. The Congress, at the
time the Soil Conservation and Do
nestle Allotment Act was passed in
1885, authorized an annual appropria-
ton of $50O0O0,O00 for carrying out
a program under the Act. The ac-
tual appropriation for 1887 remains to
be made, however. The program we
have drafted, therefore, is dependent
upon the action of Congress"
Salient points of the new plan in
clude:
l. The program provides for expen-
ditures not to exceed the $500, 900, 900
authorized to carry out the Soil Con-
servation and Domestic Allotment
Act.
2. The plan of establishing soil de-
pleting bases for farms has been
continued. These bases will he used
as a yardstick to measure diversion
from soil depicting to soil conserving
crops.
g. Payment for shifts from general
depicting crops and cotton, tobacco,
and peanuts will be continued in 1887,
together with payments to sugar and
rice producers who participate in the
program.
A. Crops will be classified as soil
conserving and soil depicting. These
classifications follow those establish
ed in 1886 but some changes have
been made in the light of experience
in the actual operation of the pro-
gram and conditions brought about
by the 1886 drought.
5. The regional set-up for the adj
ministration of the program will be
virtually the same as for 1885,
g. The administrative expenses of
all County Agricultural Conservation
Associations will be be deducted from
the payments to farmers in their re-
spective counties.
This was true of the North Central,
East Central and Western Regions in
1886 but county administrative. exk
penses in the Southern and Northeast
Regions were paid out of the general
administrative funds in 1886.
7. The range program, which APP
piled only to Western Region states
in 1886, will be extended to include
range lands in western parts of the
Southern and North Central Region
regions.
8. The allowance which growers of
vegetables and fruits can earn thro-
ugh soil building practices will be in
creased for the 1887 program.
9. Any producer, no matter how
small his farm, will have an oppor-
tunity to earn at least 500. The mini
mum allowance in the 1886 program
was So