Show Farm Bank Deadline Set The deadline for tor or Utah farmers farmers farm farm- farmers ers to sl sign n up for participation In the 1956 1958 cons conservation atlon reserve has been extended to Nov 30 I Ithe the state Agricultural Stabilization Stabilization i tion and Conservation Committee announced Saturday The deadline originally was set for Oct 15 J. J Taylor Allen Alien of Provo chairman chairman chair chair- chairman man of the state ASe committee reminded farmers that land which has been tilled during the past year or Is la In a regular rotation system Is for the conservation conserva conservation conser conser- va reserve portion of the Soil Bank program i Farmers who wish to participate participate pate In the program sign agreements agreements agreements agree agree- ments with their local com Under the program they will be paid a rental averaging I 11 per acre In Utah for maintaining main taming certain crop land In cover crops such as grass or trees Also they will be paid up to 75 per cent of the cost of establishing the cover Much of Utah's dry farm wheat eat fallow land Is expected to be placed In the conservation reserve reserve reserve re re- re- re serve this fall For one reason farmers who cut their wheat plantIng plantIng plant plant- Ing by participating In the acreage reserve wont won't need as much fallow fallow fallow fal fal- low land Under the conservation reserve a soil soli bank base is established for each participating farm In general that Is the average acreage planted plant plant- ed during the past two years to cultivated and grain crops The soil soli bank base Is the maximum acreage which can be put in conservation conservation conservation con con- reserve at the regular rental rate As Indicated earlier that per acre In Utah but varies by county If U a farmer puts the balance of his cropland Into the conservation conservation conser conser- reserve he will get for those acres in excess of his soil soli bank base a rental equal to 30 per cent of the regular rate Only wheat allotment land Is for the acreage reserve But any land which has been tilled the past year or Is in a regular rotation can be put In the conserva conservation reserve However a farmer cannot reduce reduce reduce re re- re- re I duce his normal acreage of Idle land summer fallow and soil building crops such as grasses and legumes Land for the conservation conservation conservation conserva conserva- tion reserve must come out of tilled land Farmers who sign up on the conservation reserve enter into contracts for three or five years if land Jand already is in an approved I cover crop five or ten years If approved cover must be established establish establish- ed and for ten or fifteen years if trees are to be planted Farmers must plant their conservation conservation con can reserve acreage creage to approved approved approved ap ap- ap- ap proved grasses legumes or trees They may also devote It to tp a soil water forest or or wildlife c n r practice They may not harvest or graze such land If farmers want to qualify for forr r rental payments for 1956 1958 they must sign up by Nov 30 dead dead- line However to be they must not have harvested or grazed grazed grazed graz graz- ed the designated acreage dur dur- ing 1956 Deadline for signing up for conservation conservation conservation con con- reserve rental payments for 1957 is next March 15 The state conservation reserve goal for 1956 Is to acres The goal for 1957 is 85 85 acres Conservation reserve rental rates by counties will be as follows follows fol fol- fol lows Jows Beaver 11 per acre Box Elder Elder Eld Eld- er er 12 Cache 12 Carbon 11 Daggett 10 Davis 12 Duchesne 11 Emery 11 Garfield 10 Grand 11 Iron 11 Juab 11 Kane 11 Millard 11 Morgan 12 Piute Plute 10 Rich 10 Salt Lake 11 San Juan uan 10 Sanpete 11 Sevier 11 Summit 10 8 Uintah 11 Utah 11 Wasatch 10 Washington 9 Wa Wayne ne 10 Weber 12 |