Show THIS WEEK IU in washington washing on with clinton da davedson Dav ldson I 1 Dav davedson ldson THE NEW FARM LAW I 1 farm program administrators in washington this week are trying to solve the farm law puzzle which the congress tossed into their lap just before leaving town the new law calls for changes in programs affecting c corn 0 roxo cotton rice oats wirley rye and grain sorghums sorg hums it sets up a whole new set of rules and regulations for growers of those commodities agriculture department officials have not so far been able to make an estimate of how much the new program will or how much it may add to already large surplus es it may be weeks before an official interpretation of the law Is available it is at best a male make shift pro program grain involving many compromises prom ise congressmen WP we have talked with do not agree on just what the program Is intended to do they voted for it bf b cause they felt it was the best that was proposed corn allotments out the new program abandons efforts after many years yeara to control the acreage planted in corn there will be no corn allotments starting in 1959 support rate to be set by the secretary of agriculture will apply to all corn grown the law however that ift no 0 supports shall be less than 05 65 of parity that will be somewhere near 1 15 a bush el in 1059 1950 it provides that other feed groins grains oats bar ley rye and grain sorghums sorg hums shall be supported at prices fair in rt relation lation to the feed value of 0 corn congress left it up to tile the secretary to make the decision as to the support rate that would be fair support officials estimate that will be about coc a bigfor bu for oats 1 25 a bu for barley 1 70 a bu for rye and Z 5 a acet cat cwt for grain sorghums sorg hums two cotton programs program the law calls balls for a idail ab million athe on acre cotton allotment starting fig in 1959 about 10 under this year growers will choose between two very different programs in 1959 and 1080 1960 program A says that it if they plant within their allotment the government will buy their cotton at 80 of parity a national average of about 36 cents a pound program ID B permits them to over plant their allotment by up to 40 and get price supports at 65 of parity about a pound in 1959 1950 and 1960 only after 1960 alt all growers would have to plant within their allotments to get supports at 70 0 o of parity in and 65 85 thereafter the rice program continues the national allotment at 16 1 6 million acres and permits the secretary to set supports anywhere between 78 75 and 00 90 of parity in 1959 and 1960 then drops supports to 70 of parity in 1901 1001 and to 65 of 0 parity in 1962 and thereafter af ter |