The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-07-24
Wheat Marketing
Quota Issue Will
Be Voted Aug. IA
Record National
Harvest Brings
Referendum Here


or reject marketing quotas for
their 1854 crop which were re-
Gently proclaimed by Secretary of
Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson.
Marketing quotas on wheat
have not been IN effect since 1912,
although an acreage allotment
program. less strict form OF con-
trolling wheat production. was IN
operation for the one year 1850
Here is the reason for the re-
ferendum as explained by P A
Lewis. State Chairman of the
Production and Marketing Ad-
ministration under whose direc-
ton the wheat vote VIII be con-
Quoted in Virginia
Law Makes Necessary
The Agricultural Adjustment
Act of 1888 as amended. requires
the Secretary OF Agriculture to
proclaim wheat marketing quotas
on crop when The total supply
at the beginning Of the preceding
marketing year exceeds the nor
nal supply by more than 20 per
cent" Lewis sand ION July /. the
beginning CT the 1858 marketing
year, there were l.717 900 900
bushels OF wheat already harvest
cd or IN prospect OF being harvest
ed This is the largest supply in
the Nations history
The Bureau Of Agricultural
Economics estimates that a nor
NAL supply for this year would
be 1856 100000. This means that
our total supply Of wheat exceeds
our normal supply by 48 per cent.
Under such conditions it is man
datOry that the Secretary call
upon farmers to vote on the i'm
position production controls in
the form Of marketing quotas"
Need TwO-T Thirds Vote
For quotas 10 be IN effect, they
must be approved by at least two
thirds Of the eligible growers vot-
ing IN the referendum Lewis ex-
planned that an eligible voter Will
be one who has a 1854 wheat
acreage allotment larger than rs
acres or a farmer who states that
he intends to plant more than IS
acres Of wheat for grain for 1854
Farmers who grew wheat in one
Of the past three years viii re-
celve an acreage allotment before
the referendum date. as we'll as
new farmers who grew no wheat
the past three wears but who APP
piled for an allotment before June
30. 1858.
II quotas are approved by at
least two-thirdS of the farmers
voting IN the referendum. acreage
allotments viii be in effect on all
wheat seeded for grain Each
farmer must seed within his farm
acreage allotment to be eligible
for price support which is guar
anteed al 80 per cent Of parity
A farmer who does not comply
with lis acreage allotment is not
eligible for Price support. the
PIMA Chairman pointed out. He
further noted that farmer with
a wheat acreage allotment larger
than IS acres is subject to
marketing quota penalty on all
wheat produced on acreage in ex-
cess Of his farm acreage allot-
ment Other growers with more
than IS acres Of wheat viii also
be subject to marketing quota
penalties The penalty is at a rate
equal to 4 5per cont Of parity on
The excess production.
Alternatives
Should wheat farmers reject
marketing quotas for 1854. price
support would automatically drop
from so per cent 10 so per cent
q parity for those growers plant
me within Their acreage allot-
ments Growers exceeding their
acreage allotment would not be
subject TO marketing penalties
bat would receive no price sup
ports
The National wheat acreage al
lotment for 1854 has been ostab-
llshcd by Congress at $1,000 900
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