The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-04
State Allotted
$4,O69,OOO For
Soil Bank Funds
Rate Of Payment
For Tobacco To Be
The Same AS 1856


of the Soil Bank netted Prince
Edward farmers S16,815.56 in 1856
and $l7.11843 is scheduled for
payments on winter wheat land
now in the soil bank
Regulations covering the pro-
gram for 1857 have just been an
nonncad by the Department OF
Agriculture as the first full year
of operation for this new pro-
gram gets underway
D. c. Morris. Prince Edward
County ASC Officer Manager,
said that his office is not ready
to take applications yet. but an
announcement would be made as
soon as his office receives in
from the state office
March / Deadline
Although the beginning time
has not been set. the headlines
for applications have been an
nouneed. The deadline for tobacco
will be March ! The same dead
line for cotton has been set
Morris said that the applica-
tons for Acreage Reserve agree
ments are TO be accepted on a
First come, first served" basis
to the extent that county funds
are available.
The total amount available to
Virginia farmers is s4,069,00 but
the share of each county has not
been designated yet. The amount
available over the entire United
States is S750,685 900.
There is a possibility that the
amount may Increase. as there is
a strong movement to increase
the rate Of payment on flue-cured
tobacco which is now set at l8c
per pound
Several congressman including
Watkins NJ Abhitt of Appomat-
tox, William Tuck of South Bos-
ton and Pat Jennings of Marion
have told officials of the Agricul-
ture Department that increased
rates fer flue-cured tobacco would
be IN line Abbitt also expressed
the hope that farmers could re-
ceive soil bank payments for the
tobacco land left idle by the 40
per cent reduction in flue-cured
acreage.
Fire Cured at I3c
The rate of payment for; other
tobacco will be the same. accord
ing to .. c. Morris. Fire-cured
tobacco viii stay at l3c and sun
cured at l2c.
Morris said that he hoped the
method of determining the pay
ment would be the Same-that is
on the basis Of the three highest
years from 1850 to 1855 for all
types of tobacco. Any change
would require additional work and
may result in considerable delay.
he said.
Limits on extent OF participa.
ton in the 1857 program provide
that the acreage for any commod-
ity placed in the Acreage Reserve
by a farm shall not exceed that
farms allotment for the COM
modify Within that limitation,
the maximum acreages that may
be originally entered for a farm
are as follows. Wheat so acres or
so per cent of the allotment,
which ever is larger, Morris said
there is no corn. spring wheat or
cotton allowance in Prince Ed
ward.
Protect Tenants
County ASC committees will in
Spect land offered for the Acreage
Reserve to determine if it is suit
able for the production of the
commodity involved and whether
it has been properly designated in
agreement. SO far as practicable.
this inspection will be made prior
to acceptance of the agreement
Under the Soil Bank law. the
rights Of tenants and sharecrop-
pers are protected Regulations
provide that the county ASC com
mitteeS may not approve an
agreement if the landlord or farm
because Of participation
in the Soil Bank, reduced the
OF tenants or sharecrop-
pers on his farm A new provision
specifies that if a tenant or
sharecropper leaves a farm volun-
tarily, or for some reason other
than being forced off, the failure
to replace such a tenant or
sharecropper will not bar the
landlord or farm operator from an
Acreage Reserve agreement.