Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-07-01
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'55 Acreage Allotments Will Be Tight;

nounced soon. Every effort will
be made to see that each pro.
Queer who is affected receives
notice of his wheat allotment be-
fore the referendum" Chairman
Martin emphasizes.
The State chairman added that
farmers who seed between 80 and
100 percent of their 1855 wheat
acreage allotmentS will not be
penaliZed for such understanding
in the establishment of any fu-
ture allotments. This same pro-
vision was included in the 1854
wheat allotment program.
When the acreage of a crop is
limited by allotments, farmer
ordinarily SHIFTS" the acreage to
some other crop. The shifting is
likely to result in new SURPRISES.
Martin points out two require
ments of the 1855 program which
are designed to prevent the
shifting of SURPRISES" They are:
% A producer must comply with
all acreage allotments estab-
lished for his farm in order to be
eligible for price support on any
crop produced on the farm. ~ A
total acreage allotment will be
established for farms where
more than 10 acres must be di-
verified from allotment crops. Pro
ducers must keep within the total
acreage allotment, when one is
established for their farms, in
order to be eligible for price sup
port on any crop. This require
ment does not auuly on the small
er farms where not more than 10
acres are to be diverted from al
lotment crops.
GET WHEAT CARDS
Maryland farmers producing
wheat this year were advised by
Martin to secure their wheat mar
keting cards from the county
ASC office before attempting to
sell their wheat.
Marketing cards will be re-
quired by buyers, dealers and 9th
ers before a sale can be COM
pleted. Farmers harvesting with
in their acreage allotments for
1854 or not over Is acres can Sc
cure the card by calling for it at
the county ASC office or by send
ing a written request to the ASC
office that it be mailed out.
Producers who have harvested
over their acreage allotments and
over Is acres must pay market
ing quota penalty of SLIP per
bushe1 for the excess wheat or
store the excess under bond be-
fore they will be issued the mar
keting card, Martin pointed out.
WHEAT STORAGE
In order to provide more stor-
age space for wheat grown in
South ern Pennsylvania and
Maryland, Cargill, Incorporated,
will this year accept truck or rail
wheat at their Mt. Clare elevator
at Pratt and Poppleton Streets,
Baltimore, where wheat will be
accumulated for tranShipment to
Albany N. Y. by barge, where it
will be stored under the Uniform
Grain Storage Agreement.
A fiat charge of % cents per
bushel will be assessed for all of
the services required to receive,
store, load, and tranship the
wheat to Albany. When the grain
is unloaded in Albany, Cargill
will also prepare and issue the
documents necessary for obtain
ing a loan on any wheat that is
eligible for the loan from a grade
standpoint. In order to insure
the storage life of this wheat, it
may well have to be dried. To
take care of this, weight deduc-
ton sufficient to cover the shrink
and the cost of drying to II per-
cent moisture will be taken on all
loads.
LAND WEEK
Governor Theodore r. Nickel
din has officially proclaimed the
week of August l to August Z as
Maryland Land Week"
The governor signed the proc
lamation in his office in Annapo-
lis recently. Among those pres
ent at the proclamation ceremony
was Charles p. Ellington, secre-
tary of the Maryland Land Week
committee. Ellington is assistant
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