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1957 Soil Bank Reserve Rules Are
Set by Department of Agriculture
WASHINGTON (USDA)
Regulations covering the Acreage
Reserve program of the Soil
Bank ter 1957 the first full
year of operation for this new
Agricultural legislation were
announced today by Secretary of
Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson.
“The new regulations em
body several important changes
and additions to those in effect
for the emergency Acreage Re
serve program of this year,”
Secretary Benson explained.
“As will be recalled, the Soil
Bank law became effective late
in May 1956 —after most crops
had been planted. However,
the Department pot the pro
gram in operation promptly,
and the fanners placed slight
ly over 12 million acres of
"basic” crops wheat, corn,
cotton, rice, peanuts, and to
bacco in the 1956 Acreage
Reserve. In spite of this rela
tively good start, we do not
consider that this year’s pro
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gram was a fair trial of the
surplus-reducing possibilities
of the Soil Bank. We anticipate
a much more successful pro
gram in 1957.
“Most of the changes that have
been made are to insure produc
ers a fair and equitable oppor
tunity to participate in the 1957
program. County Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
Committees will begin accepting
1957 Acreage Reserve agreements
for corn, cotton, nee tobacco, and
spring wheat as early as possible
in January. Farmers already
have pledged over 10.5 million
acres of winter wheat in the 1957
program for that crop.”
Amopg the more important
provisions of the new regulations
are the following;
1. A national allocation of 1957
Acreage Reserve funds among
the commodities to be covered in
the 1957 program wheat, corn,
upland cotton, tobacco, and rice.
2. A breakdown, of these com
modity allocations among pio
ducmg States and counties with
in them.
3. Establishment of maximums
on the amount of acreage of a
particular crop that an individual
farmer can place in the Acreage
Reserve, with a provision that
this maximum may be exceeded
if funds are still available after
all farmers have had an oppor
tunity to participate.
4 There will be no mimmum
acreage limitations on the
amount of land that mayy be en
tered in the program except
those already in effect for 1957
wheat. “
National allocations of 1957
Acreage Reserve funds by
commodities are: cotton, $217,-
500,000; corn, $217,500,000;
rice. $l4 million; tobacco, $34,-
055,000; and wheat, both wint
er and spring, $267,830,000
a total of $750,685,000. This
is $685,000 above the $750 mil
lion set by the Soil Bank law
for any year’s operation of the
Acreage Reserve prgram. De
partment officials explained
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Shatter All Recorda
, GATLINGBURG, Tenn. A
record number of persons visited
the Great Smoky Mountains Na
tional Park this year. The count
through October was 2,739,079.
shattering fast year’s all-time
hi£h of 2,581,477, according to
park officials.
A total of 244,419 persons visit
ed the park during ’the month of
October also a record to
view the colorful display of au
tumn leaves.
that ibis excess is to take care
of “slippage” money that
may be committed, but which
will not be used because not
all agreements will be carried,
out or qualified for the full
commitment.
State allocations were deter
mined after taking into account
State acreage alltments for a par
ticular commodity, land produc
tivity, estimated extent of par
ticipation in the program, supply
and demand conditions lor dif
ferent classes, grades and quality
of the commodity produced in
the several States, distances from
markets, and historic prices. The
States will use similar factors in
allocating funds to their coun
ties.
Limits on extent of partici
pation In the 1957 program
provide that the acreage for
any commodity placed in the
Acreage Reserve by a farm
shall not exceed that farm’s al
lotment for, the commodity.
Within this limitation, the
maximum acreages that may
be originally entered for a farm
are: wheat, 50 acres or 50 per
cent of the farm allotment,
whichever is larger; corn and
rice, 20 acres or 30 per cent of
the allotment, whichever is
larger; cotton, 10 acres or 30
per cent of the allotment,
larger; and bur
ley, dark air-cured, fire-cur
ed, and, Virginia sun-cured to
bacco, one acre or 30 per cent
of the allotment, whichever is
larger; and for all other tobac
co, three acres or 30 per cent
of the allotment, whichever is
larger.
Applications for Acreage Re
serve agreements are to be ac
cepted within these limits by
cunty Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation committees on
a “first come, first served” basis
to the extent county funds are
available Farmers wishing to
participate above maximum
acreage limits for a particular
crop must indicate this in their
original agreement If, after the
sign-up for a crop has closed,
funds are left over, or can be
reallocated from another county
or another State, these additional
acres will be accepted to the ex
tent funds are available and
within instructions to be issued
by the Department later.
Deadline for signing 1957
Acreage Reserve agreements
will be March 1 for cotton and
tobacco and March 8 for corn,
spring wheat, and rice.
Only land suitable for the pro
duction of the commodity cover
ed by an agreement will be eli
gible for designation as the Acre
age Reserve. County ASC com
mittees may also reject designa
tions of tracts which are of such
size, shape, or nature as to make
it impracticable to determine
performance of an agreement or
will tend to defeat the purpose
of the Soil Bank program
County ASC committees will
inspect land offered for the
Acreage Reserve to determine if
it is suitable for the production
of the commodity involved and
whether it has been properly
designated in the 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 share
croppers are protected. Regula
tions in effect this year and al
ready effective for the 1957
winter wheat Acreage Reserve
provide that county ASC com
mittees may not approve an
agreement if the landlord or
farm operator, because of par
ticipation in the Soil Bank, re
duced the number of tenants »
or sharecroppers on his farm, j
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Men; Two Reasons
' In it# latest estimate the Cen
sus. Bureau reports that females
now outnumber fnales in the
United States by about 1,381,000.
The greatest disparity is in'the
25 and older age groups.
The sex ratio, switch is said, to
be due ito two factors: The mor
tality rate is higher for men,'
about 200,000 moJ?e deaths oc
curred. among males than fe
males for- each of the last six
years* and- immigration has de
clined —' only about two-fifths of
per
arsons - coining to live in this
country now are males. Prior to
1930, about two-thirds o£ the-im
migrants were males.
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easy.
if a tenant or sharecropper
leaves a farm voluntarily, or
for some reason other than be*
in* forced off, the failure to re*
place such a tenant or share
cropper' will not bar the land
lord or farm operator from an
Acreage Reserve agreement.
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