Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-04-30

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annual grasses, such as Sudan grass
and millet, harvested for hay or
seed, and soy beans. 1t is expected
that the rate of the first general
payment to be made to Ohio farm
ers will be approximately 10 percent
for each acre that they increase the
amount OF soil-conserving crops as
compared with the amount on the
farm in 1895. There is no minimum
or maximum limit on the amount of
the increase he can make, but he
can not get payment for more acres
than the number which equals Is
percent Of the total acres of crop
depicting crops grown on his farm
in 1895. The second general pay
ment is made for adopting practices
which tend to improve the soil in
the future. These practices may be
seeding grasses or legumes in 1896,
blowing down green manure crops,
or lining The rate of payment will
vary from 81 to $3.50 per acre, de-
pending upon the type of practice.
An Ohio farmer who wants to de-
termine whether he will participate
in this plan must consider several
factors. First, he must know the
total acreage of soil-depleting crops
and the total acreage of soil-eon-
serving crops grown on his farm in
1895. The acreage of soil-depleting
crops will be the soil-depleting base
used to determine the maximum
number of acres upon which he can
collect soil-C0nScrviaG payments
provided he grows in 1886 the soil
conserving crops which will quail
ify for payment.
If he had 100 acres of soil-de-
pleting crops last year, he can col
lect soil conserving payments on Is
acres this year if he sufficiently in
creases his soil conserving crops,
as compared with the soil-conserving
crops grown last year. He can not
collect any soil conserving payment
except upon the increased acreage
of soil-conserving crops If this
farmer had Is acres of alfalfa
which he cut for hay last year and
seeded Is acres more in the spring
of 1885, he can collect on the 1 5
acres of increase of soil-conserving
crops if he keeps the whole 80 acres
in 1886. If he ploWs up the old al
falfa and retains only the Is acres
Of new seeding, he can not collect
any payment for soil-conserving as
he has not increased the soil-con-
serving acreage from that of last
year. Grasses, biennial legumes, or
other perennial legumes seeded in
1885 can be used in obtaining soil
conserving payments the same as
alfalfa. Seedlings made i'll 1886 can
be counted as soil conserving crops
only if they are seeded alone or
with nurse crop which is pastur-
ed off or clipped while green. If
any crop other than hay or seed
from a hay crop is harvested from
the land in 1886, that land can not
be included in the soil conserving
class This farmer who had Is
acres of alfalfa in 1886 and 100
acres of soil-depleting crops can
increase his soil conserving acres
any amount that he wishes in 1886,
but he can not collect payments on
more than Is acres. He does not
have to make an increase as large
as Is acres, but he can not get pay
ments for any more acres than the
actual number above the total for
last year. This farmer must also
have on his farm in 1896 at least
Is percent of soil-conserving crops,
as compared with Soil-depleting g
crops in 1886, before he can collect
any payments. He actually has 80
acres of soil-conserving' crops, and
uyiJ1 no
of soil-depleting crops SO he can
qualify for the maximum soil-con-
serving payment. He can draw soil
conserving payments on ] 5 acres,
SO the total payment will be approx
imately IS times 10 or $50. This
payment per acre is undetermined
as yet and may amount to more
than $40 per acre.
This farmer also can qualify for
the second type of payment, the
soil-building payment. The total
amount of payment possible in this
classification on this farm is one
dollar times the number of acres of
crops in 1886. He
has 80 acres of soil-conserving crops
so this farmer can qualify for a
maximum OF 90U IN SOlI-DullQlnS
payments if he adopts practices
recommended by the state commit
tee These practices will include
seeding legumes or grasses, not to
be harvested in 1886; lining: plant
ing trees on crop land; plowing
down green manure crops; and per-
haps others.
The rate of payment on each
practice will be as follows: For
seeding of alfalfa, two dollars per
acre; for seeding of red and NAM
moth clover, $3.50 per acre; for
seeding of Alsike and sweet clover
and Lespedeza, 81 per acre; for ap
plications of at least two tons of
ground limestone per acre, $3.50; SIS
per acre for planting forest trees.
1t is apparent that Ohio farmers
will not receive as much money for
participating in the soil conserving
plan as they did under the old AAA
crop adjustment contracts, but more
farmers will have chance to par
icipate.-James F. Hum, County
Agent.