Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-05-28
FARMERS Will GET
PAYMENTS ON SOIL
FOR STATED Change
County Flax Growers May
Earn Payment Under
Set-up

ing IN the agricultural conservation
program will receive the rate per acre
as established for their farms, for di-
verting Is per ccnt of their soil de-
rlotln8 acreage TO soil-conserving
roos nd for scil-building practices,
provided the general totals Of their
son-dapleting and soil-conserving ac-
reages meet certain standards, accord
ing to County Agent M. j. Peterson.
III farmers have less than IS per
cent or the minimum, in soil-conserv-
ing crops, or if they plant more soil
depicting crops than they had in their
s~oh-depleting base acreages, their to-
tai payments will be subject to de-
ductions,' Mr.. Peterson said.
The reason that there are deduc-
tons IS that underplantings Of soil
conserving crops or over-plantings Of
soil-depleting crops would defeat the
purpose Of the program. There is no
control OF what farmers may plant,
but if they underplant soil-conserving
crops or over-plant so~il-depletine
crops, they cannot expect to receive
full payments.
Deductions for having less than the
specified acreages of soil-conservinq
crops on the farm will be computed
at l12 times the soil-conserving pay
ment for the farm, times the number
of acres the soil-conserving acreage is
below the minimum.
The deductions for over-plantine
s~oil-depleting crops will be the num-
Der OF acres over-planted times the
per-acre rate for the farm.
III a farmer needed 20 acres of soil
conserving crops TO qualify for full
payment, but had only IS acres, and
the per-acre rate for his farm was So
an acre, the total payments, which ne
would otherwise have received, would
be subject to a deduction of 2 acres
tines S12 az times the acre rate), OF
SPA.
IF his soil-depleting base was 100
acres and he planted 102 acres, and il
the per-acre rate was So, the payments
which he would otherwise have re-
ceived would be reduced by 2 times
IS, or SIG.
May Get Flax Payments
Flax growers in Sheridan county
may earn flax payments under the
agricultural conservation program
without making any reduction in their
normal flax acreage" the county agent
said.
Special provisions have been adj
opted for flax because this is a def
CLERGY crop end there is no intention
Of d~iscouraging its production. The
principal requirement for flax paw
ments is that the farmer have a com
panion' acreage of soil-conservins
crops equal to at least one-fifth of hi.
fiav acreage. For example, a producer
with Is acres in flax would need tC
show 5 acres in soil-conserving crop.
such as alfalfa and sweet clover, in or
der TO get the payments.
The flax payment will be 20 cent.
2 bushel on the normal yield of eacf
farmers acreage allotment. The acre.
age allotment will be the acreage thu
farmer plants. if the total acreag,
planted by all farmers does not ex.
coed the total estimated as necessary
at normal yields, to produce 10 mil.
lion bushels Of flax. If the total acre.
ago for the country is larger than tina
estimated as necessary to produce /.
million bushels, at normal yields, eacl
farmers acreage allotment will be hi
nro-rata share of the acreage estimat.
ed necessary TO produce 10 million
bushels.
In order TO receive the full paw.
ment on his flax, a farmer will neeC
his companion acreage in soil-con.
aerving crops equal to 20 per cent O
his flax acreage. and in addition HI
would need to have at least Is pc
cent as much acreage in s~oil-conserv
ing crops as there was acreage in hi
General s~oil-depleting base. If he hat
loss than this his payments would b,
subject to deductions"