16—Lancaster Farming, Friday, June 22, 1956 Acreage Reserve Soil Bank Gets Underway; Basic Rates Itemized (Continued from page one) next year’s crops arc planted, however —including fall seed ing of wheat this y*ar, we will have an opportunity to to plan and develop a more comprehensive program. “The Soil Bank makes avail able beginning especially in 1957 a way to reduce our farm surpluses, to safeguard our soil and water resources, to give a lift to farm prices.” Under the 1956 Acreage Re serve. farmers who are eligible to take part in the program may earn payments in connection with one or more of the com modities specified in the law In Pennsylvania these commodities aie corn, wheat and most types of tobacco—by reducing their acreage of the crop below the farm’s established allotment (or base acreage in the case of corn). , Under the basic mles of eli gibility established in keeping with the lav/, acreage designated for the Acreage Reserve must (1) Be representative of the land used for the crop, (2) re sult in the harvesting of an acreage of the basic crop less than tne farm allotment or corn base acreage, and (3) not be grazed, cut for hay, oi cropped for the entire 1956 -calendar vear Noxious weeds must also be controlled on the “reserved” acreage. In order to participate in the Acreage Reserve, a farmer must comply with all acreage allotments or corn base es tablished for the-farm. The 1956 program, as pro vided by the law, contains spe cial provisions and payments which enable farmers to partici pate this year. Any, faimer who otherwise complies with the pro visions of the Acreage Reserve will be eligible for payment if 1 He has underplanted his Soil Bank corn base or his allotment for tobacco, or wheat (when planted to spring wheat) and he cer tifies that he underplanted (a) in anticipation of com plying with the 1956 Acie age Reserve or (b) be cause of adverse weather conditions, or 2 He has underplanted his 1956 allotment for winter wheat and certifies that this was done because of adverse weather condi tions, or 3 He has complied with his Soil Bank coin base or his farm allotment for a par ticular crop, but an acre age of the crop was not harvested because of de struction by natural causes, or 4 The farmer is in an area where an established final date set for the basic com modity for his area is sub sequent to May 28 and he ploys or otherwise physi cally moorpoiates the crop into the soil, or clips, mows or cuts the crop after May 28 and prior to June 30 or the established final date, whichever is later The final date m Pennsyl vania on which the acre age of 1956 wheat may be adjusted in order to bring it into compliance with the acreage allotment was June 13 in most western and northern counties, the deadline date in southeast ern counties was June Ist The deadline date on corn is August 15, 1956. Maximum and minimum acre ages of the basic crops which may be placed in the Acreage Eeserve have been established as follows (except that'where the allotment is less than the specified acreage minimum or maximum, the total allotment shall be considered as the mini mum or the maximum): For corn, the maximum is the larger of half the corn base acreage or 50 acres. The mini mum is the larger of 10 percent of the base acreage or 5 acres. For wheat, the maximum is the larger of half the wheat allotment or 50 acres The mini mum is the larger of 10 percent of- the allotment or 5 acres. For tobacco, the maximum is the larger of half the allot ment or 5 acres. The mini mum is the larger of 10 per cent of the allotment or 1 acre. The payment which a farmer may - earn for participating in the Acieage Reserve will be de termined by multiplying a base unit rate by a yield factor The national average rates for 1956 crops are Corn, 90 cents per bushel; wheat, $l2O per bushel, and tobacco, varying rates per pound for different types The payments will be deter mined as follows For underplanting the corn base or the allotment for tobac co, ~or wheat (when planted to spring wheat), the payment rate will be based on the normal yield for the designated acreage For underplanting 1956 winter wheat, because of adverse weather, the payment will be $4 per acre For destruction -due to nat ural causes or for- plowing or otherwise” physically incorpo rating the crop into the soil, or for clipping, mowing, or cutting the crop, the payment will be based on the smaller of an appraised yield for the field or the normal yield for the farm, but will not be less than $6 per acre, i Provisions of the Conserva tion Reserve part of the Soil Bank will be announced as soon as practical Under this part of the program, a farmer will be able to earn two types of pay ment —an annual payment to help compensate for income which he would have received if the “reserved” land had been in crop, and a payment repre senting a percentage of the cost of establishing conservation practices on such land. The same acreage on a farm may not be included under both the Acreage Reserve and the Conservation Reserve parts of the Soil Bank Farmers in the areas where crops are not too far advanced avill be able to earn payments under the Soil Bank Program in connection with their 1956 crops of corn, wheat, and most types of tobacco, Chairman Ed ward J Fleming, ISr of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Sta bilization and Conservation Committee said today While all details of the program have not yet been determined, producers in general can qualify for the payments by putting land -into the Acreage Reserve, and thus reducing their acreage of the crop below the farm’s estab lished allotment or base acreage in the case of corn, for the farm Mr Fleming cautions farmers not to take any action to partici pate in the Soil Bank until they have checked with their local county ASC committee, and en tered into agreements with the committee regarding the prac tices to be carried out The county committee will receive full instructions as soon as the regulation can be completed. Mr, Fleming as sures farmers that, despite the lateness of the season, the Department of Agricul ture is moving with all possi ble speed to make the Soil Bank available to farmers this year. The program to meet this immediate need will in a be an emergency for at times is practically unavoid able. But, HOME MODERNIZ ING magazine points out, a cleanup ol the debris is much easier when each possession is designated a spot in well-planned storage units. This handy odds and ends cabinet, for instance, takes little space and is equally convenient for storing soaps and linens in bath or liiundry, or fot stoi mg tools. this y e ar only. Before next year’s crops are planted, in- fall seeding of grain this year, the whole program will be reviewed and desirable changes will be made and an nounced before the 1957 pro gram is started. Payments which farmers can earn for going into the Soil Bank Acreage Reserve will be determined by multiplying a base unit “rate” by a yield fac tor to be determined The na tional average rates of the 1956 crops are corn, 90 cents per bushel, and wheat, $1.20 per bushel. Regulations are being com pleted for the Conservation Re serve but are not ready for re- AKNOUNf 6 2S& FOR ALL ALLIS-CHALMIRS Over rough fields, in and out of ruts and furrows, Allis-Chalmers Power Steering absorbs the shocks and reduces arm and back fatigue. Even with heavy front-mounted equipment, this full-time hydraulic assist makes your work much easier. Yet you still have that all-important “ground feel,” that instinc tive “touch” that tells the operator just what his wheels are doing. This new Allis-Chalmers Power Steering can be installed on all WD or WD-45 Tractors, Let us show you how effortless tractor steering can be. Come in today. G. Myers & Son Mann & Grumelli Farm Serv L. H. Brubaker Rheems, Pa. Quarryville, Pa. Lancaster, Pa. N. R. S. Weaver L. EL Brubaker Stevens, Pa. Lititz, Pa. lease. Rules For 1956 Corn Price Support Explained Conditions of eligibility for 1956-crop corn price support as set out by the recently enacted Agricultural Act of 1956 were outlined today by Chairman Ed ward J. Fleming, Sr., of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Sta bilization and Conservation Committe. Chairman Fleming said that the 1956 support rate for com for the 29 commercial corn counties in Pennsylvania will be announced shortly However, the National maximum price' sup port for - corn is $1.50 a bushel which compares with $1.58 for 1955. Farmers m the commer cial area may become eligible for this maximum support level by; (1) Complying with their corn acieage allotments (2) fomplying with the new Soil Bank price-support require ments for corn price support. Chairman Fleming ex plained that to qualify for the maximum corn price support, in commercial areas under the Soil Bank requirements, a farmer must put an acreage of his cropland equal to 15 percent of his corn “base acre age” (provided for under the new farm legislation) into either the corn Acreage Re serve or the Conservation Re serve. To qualify through the corn Acreage Reserve a farmer must not have a corn acreage in ex cess of 85 per cent of his corn base acreage, and he must des ignate an acreage equal to 15 WO TRACTORS, TOO ALLIS-CHALMERS <§> SALES AND SERVICE per cent of his corn base acre age from which he has not and will not harvest a crop, cut hay, or graze in 1956. To obtain price support in' commercial areas through par ticipation in the Conservation Reserve, a farmer must not ex ceed his corn base acreage and he must designate an acreage of general cropland equal to 15 percent of his corn base acreage which he will contract to devote to specified conserva tion uses, and from which he has not or will not harvest a crop, cut hay, or graze for the life of the contract The contract may run from 3 to 15 years. Farmers in the commercial corn area who comply neither with their corn acreage allot ments nor wath the provisions of the Soil Bank will be eligible for the non-compliance rate of support—on the basis of a na tional average of $1.25 a bushel, as previously announced. Farmers in the non-commer cial corn area, which includes all counties not designated as commercial, will be eligible for price support at 82% percent of the commercial area maxi mum rate, as determined with the usual county differentials. The commercial -corn counties m Pennsylvania are: Adams, Berks, Blair, Bucks, Carbon, Centre, Chester, Clinton, Colum bia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Fk-anklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Le high, Lycoming, Mifflin, Mont gomery, Montour, Northampton, Northumberland, Perry, Schuyl kill, Snyder, Union, York. |i 3 Snavelys Farm Service New Holland, Pa. Nf " * * v. *
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