The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-09-05
Soil Bank Changes Sci For 1855

DOH DdllN
the Soil Bank Program has Just
been announced hy the u $. De
palinent oil Agriculture The pro-
gram which is administered By the
Agricultural Sterilization and Con
sertation State Committee. includes
number u changes from The Con
seiNation Reserve that has been In
effect since 1856. according to W
+. Powers. Also State Admniafra
ton Officer
The programs objective Is 10
withdraw cropland from production
and thereby adjust total crop acre
agc to that needed TO Keep supplies
III balance with requirements Al
the same time. il requires that
fairness establish and maintain
sound Soil and water conservation
practices on The land which il
placed IN the Reserve
Powers explained that the Con
s3Ai A.AllRti iNt1ttNt - Y NUIliliRly
program tilder which farmers sign
contracts 10 take part fol a definite
as,1od Il years. II return. the Gov
eralneat assists producers bv shar-
i4g the cost of establishing conss.f-
Nauon practices. and by maxine
annual payments daring the period
each contract Is in effect.
The 1859 crop year VIII be the
fourth Year Of the Conservation RI
serve. the AsC official stated A
total of about 10 nation acres II
noA NJ the program. put there
under contracts signed Ill 1856.
1851 and 1858. The Acreage Re
serve re the SOL Bank vaar-to-
Year Po.arain under which farmers
earned payments fer reducing their
allotment acres OF basic crops,
viii probably be discontinued after
1858
Effective with 1858 contracts. sev-
cral changes have been made in
tine Conservation Reserve which
VIII streag thea It'll operation.
Powers enumerated Them al II
higher national average annual paw
ment rate Of $3.50 as compared
with the previous average 81 $40.
2 greater incentive ID put whole
farms In the programs. and 3
priority basis for acceptance Of Of
fers to take part in the program
# total applications exceed avail-
able funds in a county.
Under the priority system
farmer may oftar land for thc re-
SefFe Al lass than the maximum
annual payment rate established
for his farm ASC committees in
accepting offers Will give priority
TO those farmers who offer land at
the lowest percentage Of the rate
established for the farm Thus.
farmers offering land ut less than
the maximum tate will be more
certain Of acceptance
Each acre of cropland put in the
Conservation Reserve will reduce
rs number of acres available fos
harvested crops and therefore ma
terally help in the overall produc-
ton adjustment effo~t Since the
acres taken out of production must
pc protected by such cover as
grasses. trees, or wildlife cover.
the program assures major prog
ress in the conservation Of soil
water. forest, and wildlife material
resources
Regarding p ynents, Powers
sad thai the regular maximum
payments may be earned by put
ting land into the Conservation Re
serve which during the past two
years has been in Soil Bank "base
crops grains, oil-seeds, and row
crops.
A lowe pcr-acre rate Of pay
ment. not % exceed 80 per cent of
the maximum rate for the farm.
may be earned BY putting into the
Conservation Reserve certain mon
diversion land which consists prin-
c.pallY 81 crop land that has not
beea planted to row crops and
small grains III the past two years.
Under the 1888 prog am there
VIII be special payment provisions
for farmers Who elect to put the Ell
tire farm under the Conservation
Reserve This would include all eli
sible croplandboth the Soil Bank
base land and the 'non-dver-
SION land Such whole farm par
ticipahon would earn the maxi
mum regula~ rate for all acres in
the program plus a 10 per cent
increase
The per-acre rates are the annual |
payments made each year a Con 4
serVation Reserve contract is in eff |
feet In addition farmer may /
earn payment covering a sub /
stantial part Of the cost of estab- 4
fishing approved conservation prac-
tees on the land in Reserve
Powers stated that the Virginia
average annual payment rate for