The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-07-23
Thursday, July 20, 1886.

however, a good stand will be the
only proof of performance on land
from which a crop of grain hay or
annual legume hay has been har-
vested.
8. Emergency Forage Crop
Plantings.-Land which has been
devoted to a soil-conserving use
may be used after this date for the
planting of an emergency forage
crop for harvest in 1896 without
changing the classification of such
land. Land upon which emergency
forage crops are to be planted,
however, will not be classified as
soil conserving If there is good
stand of a soil conserving crop on
such land. Emergency forage crops
include the sorghums, sudan grass,
soy beans, millets, and other SIM
liar crops.
This modification is designed to
enable farmers who have lost soil
conserving crops because Of alb
normal weather conditions or In
sect infestations to plant emergen-
CIV crops on such land without the
loss of soil conserving payments. 1t
will be beneficial particularly in
areas where new seedlings of le-
gumes and grasses have been en-
tirely wiped out by drought and
high temperatures.
Section / may be interpreted as
meaning that operators who have
harvested grain or annual legumes
for hay on some of their soil de-
pleting acreage may, If the wealth
err permits, seed such land to SOIL
conserving crop and get credit for
same as soil conserving, provided
thew have at the time of the super
visor's check a stand of soil con-
! serving crops thereon. Given favor
able weather, this will materially
aid farm operators in meeting the
requirements of the program with
respect to maximum soil depicting
acreage permitted on the farm.
This provision does not apply
where the grain was harvester
with binder.
Referring to Section 2, If opera
tors have any seeding of soil con-
serving crop with which they used
grain for a nurse crop, such land
will be considered soil conserving
even though the drought has killed
the new seeding of the soil con-
serving crop. If the nurse crop Is
not harvested for hay or for grain
and proof of performance such as
receipts for seed purchased and
statements signed by the COM
munity committee or two neigh
bors proving that soil conserving
crops were seeded in the land in
the spring is furnished, such proof
will be accepted in lieu of a good
stand of soil conserving crop.
With reference to Section 3, If
land has been devoted to a soil
conserving use up to July 10, and
such soil conserving crop has been
destroyed because of drought,
emergency forage crops may be
seeded on the land without chang
ing the classification of the land.
Such emergency forage crops may
include any forage crop adapted to
YOUR section of the state. 1t is i'm
portant, referring to the above
modification in every case where
land was originally devoted to soil
conserving and is now used for the
production of emergency crops
that before land is broken up and
seeded to such crops that the land
be checked by a community com
mitteeman and approval be given
,, that the operator may receive ere.
dit for having had the land in sol
conserving practice prior to the
above authorized change. Under nc
circumstances should a community
committeeman approve breaking
up soil conserving crops for emer
gency forage crops unless it is def
initely known that the soil conserv'
ing crop is totally killed as rains
might revive some later this fall.