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Show Wheat Control Program For j Next 4 Years Wheat growers of Utah will soon be given an opportunity to sign contracts with the Agricultural control wheat production for the next four years, according to Director Di-rector William Peterson and ASsis. tant Director W. W. Owens of the Utah State Agricultural college extension service, who have just returned from a regional wheat conference at Boise, Idaho. Although the proposed contract calls for a four-year program it carries a provision which allows a signer to drop out at the end of two years. It also stipulates that the secretary of agriculture may call for a 25 per cent reduction in wheat acreage if he sees fit. For the 1936 harvest, however, the required re-quired reduction in acreage is only 5 per cent. The base acreage from which the reduction is to be made wilL in most cases, remain re-main the same as in the old con- tract, Director Peterson said. This is figured on the average number of acres planted to wheat by the individual grower in 1930-31-32, with some on a four-year base and others on a five-year base according to their planting programs. pro-grams. The producer must pant a minimum mini-mum of 54 per cent of his base acreage. For the 1936 harvest, then he may plant from 54 per cent to 95 per cent of his base acreage. Those who have signed contracts with the AAA will be paid not less than 33 cents per bushel for their 1935 crop based on their farm allotment, Mr. Owens pointed out. The first payment, which will be made when proof of compliance is established, will be 20 cdwts per bushel. At the same time the second 1934 payment pay-ment of 9 cents, less administrative administra-tive costs, will be made. Land taken out of wheat production pro-duction may be planted to erosion ero-sion . preventing and soil improv-. ing crops; summe-.fallowed or not cropped; planted to permanent pastures or forest trees for shel- j ter belts. Under the new regulation regula-tion it is noted that farmers may! utilize the land taken out of wheat for pasture which may maintain throughout the period of the contract con-tract instead of for one year as provided for in the original contract. con-tract. Another new provision in the program of administration is the establishing of a state grain committee com-mittee that passes on all contracts instead of sending them to Washington, Wash-ington, D. C. for checking. The new committee will consist of three farmers who have had experience with county control work; the state statistician and a representative represen-tative of the extension service, Director Peterson explained. |