The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-06-29
PIMA Gives instruction
On Excess Cotton
Planted In County
Penalties On 1850
Crop Cited By
Holmes Official


The 1850 acreage and perform
ance procedure requires that the
State PIMA Committee shall ap-
prove the amount of the deposi.
required for checking disposition
of overpanted cotton, according
to E. r. Trotman, county admin
strative office.
The State Committee has ap-
proved the following:
For checking disposition of
overplanted cotton a deposit of
$3.50 per farm plus an addition
al charge of twenty five cents
per acre for all acreage to be
checked shall be made by the
operator prior to making the re-
check. In the event of a fraction
OF an acre, the nearest whole
acre will be used to determine
the amount of the deposit requir-
cd. The smallest acreage to be
destroyed in single plot shall
be five-tenths of an acre except
In the following cases:
/. When the total acreage TO
be destroyed in less than 5 acre.
in which case the entire acreage
destroyed must be in one plot.
z. When the acreage to be
destroyed is more than S acre
ana less than one acre, the acre
age destroyed may be in two
plots.
3. When the acreage to be de-
stroyed is over one acre. ONLY
one plot out of the plots DESTROY.
cd may be less than 5 acre. For
example, IL acres to be DESTROY
ed could be destroyed in plots
OF one and two-tenths acre etc
q. All of any separate plot of
cotton may be destroyed to come
within the allotment regardless
OF the number or size of such
iields destroyed in so doing.
:. we wish to call your atten-
t,on 70 the law which REQUIRES
tnat the excess cotton acres
planted above the farn acreage
siiotment must be DESTROYED
within Is days from the date of
your notice, showing the number
acres planted in excess of vour
allotment. You will receive this
notice through the mail If the
excess acreage is not DESTROYED
within the Is days, your farm
VIII be considered as overplant-
cd and no cotton produced on the
farm can be sold until the pre-
scribe penalties have been paid
on the cotton produced on the
excess acreage. You will not he
permitted to put your cotton in
tne loan or to be eligible for anv
support prices for any cotton pro-
ouced by you or any cotton nro-
auced that you have an interest
in. ''
IN addition to not being eligi-
pie to support price you will not
De eligible for any assistance of.
lered through the ACP Program
as 10 conservation materials and
services. If you have received
such material or services during
lSoo and your farm remains over.
planted after the l5-day period
you VIII be requested to refund
TIE total amount of any assist
ance or granted you under the
1850 program.
Each producer that receives 2
notice that the farm has over
painted the cotton acreage allot-
ment will also receive a mimeo-
graph form that you will fill ont
ana attach your plow-up check
70 after you have DESTROYED the
excess cotton acreage. There will
y no one sent out from this Of
gee TO measure or stake off the
, "a acreage to be DESTROYED
ms VIII be your responsibility
% determine the acreage, have
! destroyed and notify the
holmes County PIMA Office with
your remittance. We will then
'ena a man to check up on the
acreage destroyed and if the de-
'troyed acreage equals or exceeds
ne amount shown on your notice
,ou viii receive a corrected no.
ace stating that your farm is in
we urge every farmer who
eceives notice that he has ey-
'eeded his cotton acreage allot- |
nent to destroy the excess acre /
'ge and let us get his farm in |
at the very earl;as+ |