The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1941-03-07
How Supplementary
Cotton Program Will
Aid Home Living

How the Supplementary Cotton
Program viii aid home living Is
shown IN this question and answer
article prepared by County Agent
A. J. Franklin for the Chronicle
Star and Advertiser.
q. Can the acreage not planted
to cotton under this supplementary
Cotton Program be used for other
cropsf
A. Yes. This acreage can be used
10 produce food and feed crops for
home consumption. or for any other
crop o. land use. except that the
sum of the 1871 acrragca Of wheat.
corn. Gin the commercial corn area.
peanuts. potatoes. commercial veg
etables. rice and tobacco for the
farm cannot exceed the sum Of is
aliotnents or permitted acreages
for such crops under the 1891 Agrf-
cultural Conservation Program.
q. What additional assistance Is
offered for encournginR increased
food production and storage for
home use, and who Is eligible for
this assistance9
A. Amy owner. landlord. tenant.
or sharecropper on q farm which
qualities for q cotton order stamp
payment. may also earn a cash pay
ment Of s. By carrying out 8 desiE-
mated practice designed TO improve
and increase food production and
storage for hone use.
q. What practice can be carried
out In order to earn this special %
cash payment
A. In order 70 qualify for such q
payment the food products must
have been grown by zach producer
on the farm for consumption b.
the producers family. In order 20
qualify. ons or both Of the following
requirements under Cd and ca
must be met:
~ Perform At least three of the
items listed below for consumption
when they are not otherwise avail
able on the farm Partial perform
ance under four or more Of the fol-
lowing items may be counted IN ar
irving 81 the total requirement. for
example, q payment Of e. maj be
made II so percent Of the require
menas under III items = met. How
ever. IN no event viii = payment Of
less than - Be made % q landlord.
tenant. or sn~arecropper. taD Produce
and store rs quarts Of canned food
stuffs Ter the equivalent IN frozen
fo0dstuffsD. Oh Produce ard store
20 bushels Of Irish potatoes. sweet
potatoes. andfm other root crops.
tc) Produce and store three buzhea
Of edible. dried SheiIed eoHpees
andfor beans. or tnn equivalent tn
unsheiied cowpeas andfor beans
td) Produce and store 5 bushels Of
unshelled peanuts. tel Produce
and store Is gallons Of strip. ~
Produce and store 10 busf1els Of
cereal grains othes than corn te1
Grow 3 fan garden consisting q
not les than go Mne4I feet Of row
planted 70 Ct least four green. ieafy.
o. yellow root vegetables. such as
eollardz. mustards. carrots. rutaba9-
e.. turnIuA beets. Or onions. Such
3 garden mus be N : good state
q cultivation and adequately pro-
tected from livestock & the time
performances Is checked IN TIE fall
"a Pruduce and store II least 1o
quarts Of canned foodztuffs t0 uhe
equivalent Thereof Ia frozen food
stuff
@ Vii The g payment be oiFtded
among tenants and lAndloFdsf
A. No. Each producer who ear
res CIT : foo1 production and stor-
age practice I'll receive tke entire
payment o. e.
q Mszss fhe food FefeFre6 = IL
this practice b grown "a TIE farm7
A Yes Tne food which qualified
ne producer Tor TIE 81 payment
muHt b. grown On ue farm fo
consumption - The producer and
hzs fAmzEt.
q May . Us1ucsF fscetTe credit