The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-02-27

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move into the corn belt or south
into the cotton belt, you find even
more sweeping changes in crop cone
troll, penalties and incentives.
On corn itself, the change isn't 80
marked. There are acreage al.
lotmentS for corn and there Is O
triple A payment Of SO cents FOR
every busfel Of corn grown on the
allotted acreage, similar to the 90
cents per bushel paid on wheat
grown on allotted acreage.
But there Is no additional incen-
tive to grow corn, though there Is
no penalty imposed on the farmer
II he chooses to plant corn on
more than his allotted acreage.
The reason for this Is that with
the increased goals for meat AMI
mails, there Is an increased demand
for feed grains. This past year was
one Of Americas best growing sea-
sons. II 1913 should be an Off
year with drouth. the yield Of corn
nigh drop below consumption, and
the reserve carry-over Of corn might
be reduced to danger point. That's
why some wheat, Of which there Is o
two-year carry-over, has been All.
thorized for sale as feed.
TOO MUCH COTTON
But now get into the cotton belt
and see what incentives and penal
ties do to the average small farmer
there. Take a typical Farmer Smith,
who has 30 acres Of ground, SOUTH
ern farms running smaller than In
other sections. There Is still O tree
mendous carry.over Of short staple
cotton, SO the Department Of Agri-
culture triple A program authorizes
payments to farmers for NOT
planting more than their allotted
cotton acreage. Payment rate for
l943 is set at IL cents Q pound.
Suppose Farmer Smith has q
cotton allotment Of IS acres. Il he
gets 400 pounds to the acre, he can
collect $66 on his Is acres. But II
Farmer Smith goes over his cotton
acreage allotment, even 80 little as
an acre, he doesn't get any money.
The Department Of Agriculture
for the 10 years has been urging
cotton farmers to grow something
besides short staple cotton. The pro-
gram hasn't been too successful, but
under the war demand for other
crops, there Is the opportunity to
make incentive payments to farm.
ers to convert.
Suppose Farmer Smith, therefore,
Is given O quota Of six acres OF pea.
nuts. He can collect incentive pay
merts on from 90 per cent Of his
quota, or 81 acres, on up TO ITO per
cent Of his quota, which Is 6.6 acres.
On the Ia acres over his minimum
goal, Farmer Smith can collect an
incentive OF $50 an acre. which
would give him $50 In addition to
his $66 for not growing more than
his Is acres Of cotton.
SUPPORT FOR DAIRY
AND POULTRY
On top Of all these incentives for
specified crops, the Department OF
Agriculture has announced that Its
policy will be to support" prices
generally for dairy and poultry
products, and for other food crops
most essential to the war effort.
This general policy Of support will
be carried out through government
loans, price guarantees, or govern
ment purchases.
In other words, If the incentive
principle is accepted and the money
is forthcoming from Congress to
carry them out, there will be other
devices thought up to invent fur
ther farm production.
Already announced Is q plan
whereby the Commodity Credit Cor
poration, another Department Of
Agriculture subsidiary, VIII buy up
tomatoes. green peas, sweet corn and
snap beans for canning, paying the
growers more than the market price,
then reselling at discount to the
Gamers. The idea Is to enable the
Gamers to sell their processed foods
at prices under the ceiling prices
set by OPA. :.
The theory behind this Is that 1t
will prevent imitation and an in
crease in the cost Of living and be
cheaper in the long run than II AL
incentives and price supports were
removed. prices paid to the farmer
being allowed to rise with the de-
mand.