Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-03
County War Board
Chairman Tells
OF Farm PLANNING

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THE farm plan is used as the
basis for obtaining necessary in
formation in connection with spe-
cial services performed by the I'M
perial county USDA war board and
Agricultural Conservation associa
ton.
Farmers are asked to sign this
plan mainly to provide definite in
formation necessary in surveying
the countyis various programs, .
Rudolph Miller, county secretary
said Thursday morning
Many farmers, he said, take the
attitude that his office is forcing
signature to the plan and thereby
forcing their participation in the
Agricultural Adjustment Admins
:ration program for the year. This
is not true, he declared.
CITES SET-UP
The war board, for example
Miller said, perform many special
services for the farmers. If the
board has a large number of 1914
farm plans of Imperial county farm
operators before i. at meetings, they
can be tabulated, thus fcrmulat-
ing an idea what the trend is in
the county. Are we going to have
more flax, more barley. more al
falfa? These farm plans answer
those questions.
I'VE know what happened in
t,.,@
know what is going 10 happen in
1874" Miller said, and the farm
plans are the only means we have
of knowing what the farmers Of
Imperial county intend to do this
year"
The Imperial county war board
is made up of committeeman from
the county, conservation associa-
ton and others including the Unit
ed States Employment Service
manager. county farm advisor, farm
labor manager and county soil con-
sservatiOnist.
The war board grants certificates
for purchases of equipment, ma
chinery and tractors among other
rationed items and better recon-
mendaions for granting certifl-
Gates can be made when the appli-
cant provides full information OF
his farm plan or program for 1874.
Miller said.
PHOSPHhTE SURVEY
At this time the board is max
ing survey Of phosphate needs
in the county. And it is necessarT
to know the kind and total acre
age of various crops in order to de-
termine how much phosphate will
be needed.
In granting draft deferment rec
concentrations the board can act
without full information. These
facts oftel. can be obtained also
from the farm plans, Miller said.
In answer TO various criticisms
directed at the agricultural adjust
ment administration in California.
Miller referred to a letter received
from the agency at Berkeley Wd-
nesday.
The letter said in part:
1T is not intended that there
should be any change in the in
structions regarding the use Of the
farm plan as set out previously
>. this is to emphasize our estab-
lished policy that the farm plan
should be used as the basis of OBJ
tanning necessary information from
farmers in connection with special
service needed or desired by farm
ers and, also, as the basis of in
forming farmers of the war food
program for 1914; but that on the
other hand there IS no obligation
on the part of the farmer TO sign
a farm plan or to participate in the
AAA program In other word :
il is not necessary for them to sign
the farm plan in order to obtain
special services nor to be informed
of the overall food program, and
only if they desire TO participate
!, in the AAA program is it necessary
At.,they sign the farm plan"
Z uUo,e, otter, written by Dave David
loI Loosrman Of the state agricul-
lie mo Douustment agency, called at
the policy to clarity any
iON findings since AAA being
: Sister OF Cahcy is subject to attach;
Still the Morrlsrent infringement on
Butler Died in farmers" "
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