Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-09
.AAA CONSERVAT|ON
BENEFITS REVISED
Changes Made To Conform
to Provisions of New
Farm Control Act

Washington, March 9-The Agr:-
cultural Adjustment Administration
has announced changes in the AAA
farm program for this year to bring
it fully into line with specific provi-
sions of the Agricultural Adjustment
Act of 1888.
J. B. Hutson, Assistant Admins
traitor of the AAA, said that the
main outline of the program remains
substantially like the agricultural
conservation program as originally
announced last September 90 ''The
new Farm Act" he said, definitely
provides for continuing agricultural
conservation, and for making it the
foundation of the more comprehen-
sive new program. The Act makes
some additions to the Soil Conserve
ton and Domestic Allotment Act, un-
der which the conservation work IS
carried out and also contains speci-
fic instructions for administering ex-
listing provisions"
New points announced today in
GUIDED:
/. Provisions for ALLEGATION of the
1888 wheat acreage allotment eStab-
q Establishment of II cents per
bushel for acreage within the indi-
vidual farmers wheat allotment. Cat
the normal yield per acre for the
farm)s as the rate of payment to
wheat farmers who cooperate in the
program.
3. Revision of some of the previous
ly announced rates Of payment so as
| to carry out the new Farm Acts
| formula for allocating the total ma
tional payment among commodities
| T. Slight revisions of some of the
national acreage goals that were an
| nounced last September.
5. Classification of farms into two
| groups, one group consisting of those
| located in areas producing a surplus
of food and feed crops, and the other
of those located in areas producing a
deficit of such crops.
6. Additions to the program to
carry out detailed provisions in the
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1888
that relate to dairy production on
land not used for soil-depleting crops;
to increases in small payments; and
to assignment of cooperators inter
ests in payment as security for adj
vances used for making a crop in
1888.
Z. Establishment of a restoration
land goal of 100000 acres.
All but the last of these modifica-
tons is made in order to have the
AAA program for 1888 conform to the
new Farm Act. Setting the restora-
ton land goal at 100000 acres de-
fines an objective which was outlined
in a general way but not stated IN
| terms of acres when the original pro-
| gram was announced. Restoration
land is land in areas subject to Sc
rious erosion which has been cropped
at least once since 1880, but which
should he returned to permanent
grass. The restoration land goal will
be divided between States and coun-
ties and allotted to Individual farms
that have land better suited to native
vegetation than to continued cult
waited crops.
nv incorporating in the conserva-
ton program, as announced last Sep
tennber, the changes required by the
| new Act, the AAA is enabled to &C
| ahead and offer farmers one consol
| idated program, Mr.. Hutson pointed
ont. "In addition to promoting main
tenance and improvement of soil fer
tility," he said, "the conservation
. program, through acreage allotments
4 for soil-depleting crops, will tend tt
Il keep production in line with require
ments. In years when yields are
normal and large majority of farm
ers cooperate in conservation work
that part of the program would bt
the only one necessary, except in the
case of crops with large carryovers