Vernal Express | 1958-10-02 | Page 16 | County Farmers Sign up for 1959 Soil Bank Section

county comity fannir sign up for 1959 soil oil bajik ton uintah county farmers luve have taken the first step toward participation in tile the 1050 1959 soil boll hank bank program choir chair man wayne way no ilcken of 0 the county agricultural St estabill abill gutlon bation and conservation corn con announced tuesday this Is thop umber of farm ers who linao love called nl at tile county office ind requested quest d that rental ahtes bo be asto briswold bri d for placing part or all a of their eligible cropland in the hie conservation reserve next year utah fa failers tair ners imers after receiving the rates had until Septem september 24 1958 to make a formal forcinal al application tot foi the pro glum under the conservation re ite herve program ali the former farmer voluntarily reduces his acreage ot of cultivated crops or tame hay under a 3 to 10 year Lon contract tract as a surplus adjust ment measure in return ho he it cives rental payments on the land taken out of production during the time the land is in the Conserva conservation tio reserve it cannot bo be used for cropping or grazing and mut be devoted to erosion protective conservation use the govern merit shares the cost of carrying out land water or wildlife conservation practices on the land at present according to mr pickup 0 6 farmers here in the county have approximately acres in the conservation reserve under contracts entered into during the 1956 58 period total rental payments in the county under these existing contracts amounts to about per year for the 1059 1959 program the chairman said the annual rental rate will be higher tor for many forms farms than in the earll earli er years 0 of f the program the national average payment rate will be 13 50 per acre for contracts beginning next year compared with the 10 per acre rate previously in effet when the county committee sets a maximum annual payment rate for a farm chairman pickup said it considers productivity agricultural value and rental rates for similar land in the area while individual farm rates will vary above and below the county average rate they may not be greater than 20 per cent of the value of the land on the particular farm without regard to physical improvements or location the top limit for any farm in this county Is 10 50 per acre