The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-21
|TRIPLE-A PROGRAM
CHANGES EFFECTED
E. Y. Floyd Says 'Conserva.
ton Most Important Word
In Agency's Title

The Triple.A program is the
Agricultural Conservation Pro-
gram, and E. Y. Floyd. AAA exc
cutive officer OF N. c. State college,
says Conservation" is the most
important word in the title. With
this in mind, he announces an inn
portant improvement in the pro-
gram, effective in l94l.
General soil-depleting allot-
ments have been discontinued and
payments will be based on the
amount of soil building a farmer
does" Floyd stated. In other
words, the farmer who earns all
soil.building units will earn his
maximum payment for planting
within special allotments, such as
tobacco, cotton, peanuts, and COM
mercial wheat, potatoes. and vege-
tables in designed commercial
counties; the farmer who fails to
meet his soil-building goal will
have his conservation payments re-
duced in the same proportion by
which he fails to meet his soil
building goal.
This change does not affect the
wheat phase of the program. A
farm not having a commercial
wheat acreage allotment is eligi-
bic to plant the larger Of D The
usual acreage Of wheat, (2) Ten
acres or, 60 Three acres per fam
lily living on the farm, if no wheat
is sold from the farm. II there is
any question as to the acreage of
wheat that may be grown on
farm. consult the county AAA Of
flce, Floyd advises.
The 1941 AAA program in North
Carolina will be more than ever a
conservation program. BY not
establishing a general (totaD soil
depicting allotment for a farm, il
will mean that only special allot.
ment crops and practices will have
to be measured. This will make the
program more adaptable for all
farms in the state and encourage
the production of added food and
feed crops to take care Of the peo-
pie and the livestock on the farm
and by not having tc measure de-
pleting crops except special allot-
ments should greatly reduce the
cost of compliance.
Here. in simple language, is the
way Floyd explains the new plan:
I'VE will say that Farmer Jones
had set up for his farm a total
farm payment Of 500, made up of
$50 for planting within special crop
allotments and $50 to be earned for
carrying out practices, such as
seeding legumes and grasses. win
ter cover crops and green manure
crops, terracing, contour stripcrop.
ping. forestry practices, home gar
dening, application Of lining mate
rials, and the like"
If Farmer Jones only carried
out enough soil-building practices
to earn $40 of his soil-building al
lowance, then he would only get
$40 of his special allotment pay
ments, giving Farmer Jones final
total payment of $50 instead Of
500. That's because he earned
only so per cent Of his soil-build-
ing goal. OF course, il he carried
out enough practices to receive
his entire $50 soil-building allow
ance, then he would receive his full
$50 for planting within special crop
allotments. That would give him
his maximum farm payment Of
$780,"
If farm grows on special crops,
such as tobacco, cotton, ETC., then
it receives all the payments earn
ed for carrying out ssoil-building
practices up to the maximum goal.
The minimum payment which any
farm can earn remains unchanged
at $40. Also, an additional pay
n,ent Of SIS may be earned by any
farm for planting forest trees,
making a total of $35 that can be
earned by any farm.
Now, here is another phase Of the
new plan which Floyd stressed. The
portion Of the special allotment
payments which farmers have fail
ed to earn by not carrying out their
full soil-building allowance will be
used to defray the administrative
expense Of the program in the
county. This will mean that the
farmers who comply with their
AAA Program in every respect
may profit in a small way from
the producers who fail to earn
part of their special allotment pay
ments by not carrying out their
full requirements in soil-building
practices.
The above-described plan was
outlined and recommended by
leading farmers and committee
men for the 1910 Program. How
ever, arrangements could not be
worked out to incorporate the plan
until 1041.
In conclusion, Floyd said: I'VE
are certain that this change win
increase the benefits to be derived
from the Agricultural Conserva-
ton Program. It means that farm
ers will have an incentive to carry
out more soil-building practices
and thereby improve their land
and grow adequate food and feed
crops for the people and the live
stock on the farm. In 1899 the state
earned 7s.5 per cent of its soil
building allowance. In 1910 1t is
estimated that we will earn 79.l