Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-07-06
Farmers Should
Study Program
For Own Good


1856 Soil bank program explain
ed by a report from Rural Eco
nonic Department, o. S. u.
Here are "a questions and ans
wers.
The soil banks major objectives
are (1 to reduce the surplus (2)
to achieve better land use (3) to
improve farm income, and (4) to
provide adequate, balanced and or
derly flow of agricultural commo-
dities in interstate and foreign
commerce.
The following questions attempt
to give a producer working
knowledge of the general provis-
ions applying to the acreage re-
serve phase of the Soil Bank.
/. Which land goes in the acre.
age reserve in 1855?
The land eligible for acreage re-
serve In Ohio would be only that
land normally planted to corn and
wheat. These are the crops with ac-
reage allotments or basic commodi-
ties. Conservation reserve is in adj
dition to acre reserve. 1t is differ
ent land.
2. How can / use banked" ac-
res?
An ASC approved cover crop or
a crop for harvest after 1856 may
be planted. No Crop can be harves-
ter. Grazing permitted UP to June
%, 1856. A certificate must be
signed to the effect no harvesting
occurred or will occur between
January /, 1856 and December 81,
1856, and no grazing since June
% to December 80, 1856. Growing
crops including oats, rye. hay, etc.
can be plowed, clipped and moved
to be left on the land. Noxious
weeds designated by the county A
sc must be controlled.
3. Will participation reduce my
historic base acreage?
Most farms have a base from
which acreage allotments are de-
terminated. Participation in the
acreage reserve will not lower the
historical base and will not cause
future allotments to be less than
they would have been If there were
no soil bank.
A. Do have to be in compliance
with all allotments to qualify for
Acreage Reserve?
Yes. A farmer overplanting any
of this allotments will be ineligible
for reserve payments. One except
ion is the farmer with a wheat al
lotment of less than Is acres. For
example, farmer with a II acre
wheat allotment could plant Is ac-
res of wheat without foregoing re-
serve payment on some other crop.
5. Do I sign an agreement?
A one-year contract is signed.
In 1856, this agreement must be
signed by July 20. This contract
will be renewable annually.
s. What should I do before I
dispose any crop?
You must sign an agreement be-
fore July 20 with the county ASC
committee.
z. Can I combine the reserve If
have more than one farm?
No. Each farm is a separate
unit.
s. Can I choose any land I want
to place in the acreage reserve?
Farmers will be asked to deSig-
nate the crep tract (s) he wants in
the acreage reserve when he signs
up. except in certain cases where
destruction takes place. This land
has to be rotation crop land. He
could use a strip of a field. His
selection must be approved by the
ASC.
9. Can I plant grass crop on
the acreage reserve, then rotate
the land next year and harvest a
crop?
Farmers designate the land each
contract year to be placed in the
acreage reserve. The designated
tract could be changed the second
year and harvested. This Is volun-
tary program and he would not
need to nenew his contract the
second year. He could then harvest
the crop. No crop can be harvest
ed for the entire year or grazed
after June %, 1856 of this contract
year.
10 Will be reimbursed for the
conservation practices ON the acre.
age reserve?
The soil bank authority does not
permit payment for practices in
the acreage reserve, unless the
farmer has already signed up for
ASC conservation practices on that
land
IL. How will I be paid?
Payment will be made in certi-
ficates. These certificates can be
cashed at banks at their face val
ue. Certificates under certain con-
ditions, can be exchanged for any
feed grains.
IL. How will tenant and landlord
relations be affected?
The owner cannot reduce the
number of tenants because of par
ticipation in the soil bank. Norm
al tenant turn over does not APP
ply in the foregoing statement.
The compensation from acreage
reserve shall be divided among ir-,