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County ASCS Office Reports
On Program Results For 1964
A total of 612 farmeis em oiled and completed needed con
servation practices undei the 1964 Agncultuial Conservation
Program. Piactices weie completed and costshaies paid as
follows:
Practice
Liming giassland
Establishing peimanent
grass cover
Impiovement ol
established cover
Establishing peimanent covei
to protect diveisions,
ditch banks, etc
Establishing wintei cover crops 166
Contour slupciopping &
hedgeiow removal
Cleaiing & leveling pastuie land
Establishing Sod Waterway
Constructing Diversion Tcuace
Constiucting cropland Terrace
Constructing Open Drainage
Systems
Installing Tile Underdram
Planting of Forest Tiees
Improving a Stand of Tiees
Ponds for Livestock Water
In addition to the amount paid faimeis for establishing
the practices, $3534 of the 1964 ACP allocation was tiansferred
to Soil Conservation Seivice foi technical sei vices required
in establishing peinianent type conseivation piactices.
CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM
The 18 farms-under Conseivation Reseive contiact earned
annual payments of $12,000 for maintaining 5915 acres in
peimanent glass oi tree cover
WOOL INCENTIVE PAYMENTS
The following payments weie made in 1964 for wool and
unshorn lambs sold duimg the 1963 maiketing year
106 producers received $2,352 53 foi shoi n wool
50 producers lecened $606 85 for unshorn lambs
WHEAT PROGRAM
309 produceis diverted 580 acies fiom wheat pioduction,
receiving $5,893 in diveision payments and $51,925 in certificate
payments
FEED GRAIN PROGRAM
A total of 327 producers eni oiled in the 1964 Feed Giain
Program, diverting 4 310 acres fiom corn pioduction, 13 fiom
grain sorghum and 249 from bailey for total diveision pay
ments of $215,299 Additional puce suppoit payments of $lB,-
260 were paid foi the 1879 acies of feed giams giown.
PRICE SUPPORT LOANS
Wheat 11 fanners leceived loans of $91,587 on 67,552
bushel of wheat stoied in local warehouses and 7 fanners stor
ed 4000 bushels on the farm for loans of $5,039
Corn 3 faimeis stored 5770 bushel of corn on the farm
and received loans of $6,228
EMERGENCY LIVESTOCK FEED
Because of drought conditions, the emergency livestock
feed program was approved in Januaiy, 1964, and terminated
May 30, 1964
Under this piogram, corn fiom Commodity Ciedit Corpora
tion stocks was shipped into the county and sold to farmers at
75% of suppoit price, pumanly for foundation herds of dairy
cattle.
A total of 93,889 bushel was sold for $104,091.
Lancaster County ASCS Committee
Fred G Seldomndge
Elmer L Huber
John J. Hen-
Office Manager
No. of
Fai ms
449
Units
7,089 acies
171
1,831 acres
106
2,039 acres
8 acies
3,802 acies
45
2
6
6
4
1,396 acies
8 acies
2,748 feet
10,877 feet
5 310 feet
1,771 feet
30,053 feet
28 dues
4 acies
4
Total
3
21
5
1
4
Doiothy Y. Neel
Amount
$40,194
21,728
22,690
142
8,007
6,947
120
710
1,725
626
401
5,330
419
50
800
$109,889