Show n Small maii Farmers imers Urged U rge To T Vote in R Referendum f Just why farm small wheat operators are re being to register register register re re- re- re gister at at atthe th the Summit County Coun- Coun ty Office more moro than seven days In advance of the 1964 wheat program referendum I was clarified clan clari lied fled today by y Ted Foster Chairman Chairman Chairman Chair Chair- man Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Com Corn Small farms are those with wheat allotments of less lese than l 1 li I acres All growers on such a farm wilt will be eligible to vote In the May 21 referendum if the operator ot othe the he farm indicate in advance an Intention to participate in the program as an allotment grower it If f the program m This ThIB choice has to be bob made at the county office by May 13 According to the chairman voter vot vat er en e eligibility for tor the 1004 4 wheat referendum is established by law much tl tb the same sam way way- as state law provides that voters b be legal residents residents re ye- of of th the the- states 1 subject to state laws to vote at at ata a prescribed ln advance advance of ot the election No No one is b being told how to vote M. M Mr M. Foster emphasized The referendum ballot ISI In secret secre and the producer dO doer not S not have bate to declare in tn advancer how bow he will vote on the program The iThe small small- farm operator operator like like oth other t r wheat growers may growers may no XiO as as he be chooses What the small amali wheat operator operator op op- crater Indicates on the Form 24 which he files at the tho county office by May 13 Is that If It n marketing quotas are approved ho wants his his' farm to be eligible for tot wheat price ce support for lor marketing certificates and arid for I acreage diversion payments Un Under the wheat program a I farmer with a small farm tarm allot allo ment who Ud not choose to participate par in the program program- would be beI beable beable I able to plant t the e larger of ot his allotment or his 1959 61 1959 average acreage but no not more than 15 acres acred without a marketing quota penalty However h he would wc-uld not I be eligible to vote referendum refer lefer and he not be I eligible for tor diversion 1 payments or Cr price support port W Wheat eat produced on 6 euch C farms could be ba marketed market market- I ed td edt or 01 U used d as seed Beed or teed feed |