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Show Farmers to Discuss Proprosed Program Before farmers vote on whether they wish to continue a wheat adjustment adjust-ment program for 1936 and future years, they naturally want to know what the future program will be Their quest'ons on this point will ba answered in the final community meetings to be held in all wheat counties before the vote is taken on May 25, William Peterson, state d -rector of extension says. In general, the proposed new contract con-tract will follow the fundamental fea-! fea-! tures and principles of the first program, pro-gram, with additional emphasis upon the possibilities of shifting land in ft drouth and dust-storm areas to grass J and soil-bind'ng crops. The proposed new contract will be voluntary. It is proposed for the four years, 1936, 1937 1938 and 1939, but may be terminated at the end of any one year. Producers themselves may terminate it, by taking a referendum, which will be held if 25 per cent of the producers in any region pet'tlon for it. The contract may be terminated terminat-ed by the secretary of agriculture if a revised plan satisfactory to a majority ma-jority of the contract signers is developed. de-veloped. The base acreage period will be the years 1930 to 1932 inclusive, and the base production period, 1928 to 1932 i inclusive, as under the first program. Each producer's allotment will remain re-main 54 per cent of his base production. produc-tion. Greater flexibility in fixing bas acreage of individual growers will b provided to take care of the "one ' year man," and to permit adju -t nints in line with sound tennfruj Practices. The required adjustment in anyoj rear will n.Qtg exceed 25 per cent rl the base 'Hie present program pro . vides that as much as 20 per ceiv adjustment may be asked, but th fi greatest percentage asked for wi J 15 per cent in 1934. The proposed new program contcm plates greater responsib:lity for th local county wheat production contro associations. |