Show Farm News County up Sign-up For 1959 Soil Bank Now Open The signup in Sanpete County for Cor the 1959 Conservation Reserve Reserve Reserve Re Re- serve of the Soil Bank Dank is no now w open at the county Agricultural county county- Agricultural and n oI office ice in the Manti Bank Dank Building Build- Build ing ng Manti Monti states Leo Morley Y of Moroni chairman of the Sanpete Sanpete Sanpete San San- pete County Agricultural Stabilization Sta Sta- and Conservation com con The first step in the signup i Is s for the farmer who is interested interested d in n the program to come to th the e county office and request that tha t annual rental payment rates b be e established for his farm At the same time the farmer r should bring with him information information tion to be used by the AS ASe County Committee in establishing establish establish- ing rates for his farm The chief f facts needed are arc and an d yields of the three principal crops on the farm for the the pas past t two years and for for other land use on the farm Mr Mor Mor- Morley Morley ley said The Conservation Reserve is the only Soil Bank Dank program available available a- a for 1959 Under the program farmers retire land from general crops for up to 10 years and devote denote the reserved acreage to land water or wildlife wild wildlife wildlife life conservation practices The government makes an annual rental payment for the land and will also share in the cost of establishing the conservation practices Th The average rental payment rate for Conservation Reserve land in Sanpete County in t the h e 1959 program is 1150 per acre per year Maximum payment rates will be higher for the most productive farms and lower for less productive farms according to Mr Morley For farmers who request it the county committee will figure two sets of maximum annual rat rates s. s One will apply if only I part of nf the thi the eligible on nn n a farm is placed in the Reserve Another rate 10 percent higher will be available if all eligible land on a farm is put in in- inthe the Reserve for at least five years After maximum rates have been determined for a farm the farmer will have two weeks in which to decide on participation designate land for the Reserve and apply for a contract Land may be offered at less than the established maximum to increase the chance of acceptance in case there are insufficient funds to cover all offers said Mr Mor Mor- ley Icy The signup phase of the program program program pro pro- gram closes September 10 1958 and all requests for establishing farm rates must be received by that date The deadline for applying applying ap applying ap- ap plying for contracts is September Septem Septem- ber 24 1958 Soil Bank Questions Answered Farmers Who have been wondering wondering wondering won won- dering about the Soil Banks Bank's Acreage Reserve Program forthe for forthe forthe the basic allotment crops received answers to some some of their questions today Some of the most frequent questions asked asked ask ask- ed the county office about the Acreage Reserve Program M Mr Morley said are these Q With fall planting of wInter winter winter win wIn- ter wheat not too far away why has no rio acreage reserve program been announced for the 1959 wheat heat crop I c A. A There will be no acreage reserve program program for wheat or any auy other 1959 crop This program program program pro pro- gram provided agreements for i only one year at a tim time It is being di discontinued continued after after this year Q What then is the Soil Bank Dank program for 1959 A. A The Soil Bank will provide only a conservation reserve program program program pro pro- gram for farmer participation in 1959 This is the only Soil Bank program available and andr r rates tes on many farms will wail be e higher than in earlier years Q Q- What payments payment may be earned under the conservation reserve program A. A As in former years of or the program two types of payment may be earned a sharing cost-sharing l' l payment the year a conservation practice is installed on the reserved re served acres and annual rental rental rental ren ren- tal payments for the term of the contract Contracts will wiIl extend for up to 10 years Q My present acreage reserve agreement runs until December 31 but I would like to plant v. v wInter inter wheat this fall faIl on some of my 1958 acreage reserve tract Tc Tf this permitted A. A Yes since the crop will not be harvested harvest d until next year I |