Show Farmer Partner Plots Crop Acreage Under New I AAA Program Agency Agency to As Assist Drive To Meet Record d Wartime W al Pl Production Committeemen Will Win Carry Grievances to War Boards Goal Is to Raise Yields Per Acre All Problems Will Be Dealt With on Local Basis I The 1943 farmer is on his honor Like the boy taking an examination examination examination ex ex- at school its it's up to him and him alone Hes He's strictly on his own Under the 1943 agricultural adjustment agency plan the farmer for the first time has the full responsibility for measuring his on specific crops and reporting the results he gets Formerly this was done by AAA employees employees employees em em- but the new scheme will conserve travel cut down wear and tear on tires and cars and decrease the use of gas and oil Now it is up to the farmer to check on his own fields He appears to be happy about this change in program administration department of agriculture reports show While AAA committeemen committeemen- themselves farmers will farmers will continue to give him every assistance the responsibility for carrying out production plans and doing his share in inthe inthe inthe the national program rests with the individual operator Spot checks will be made periodically periodically periodically cally to determine the status of community community community com com- and county production and farmers are being asked to keep records and lay layout out their crops so that reports can be made easily and quickly Goals this year call for about 5 per cent more production than in 1942 Basis for the 1943 AAA program program program pro pro- gram to reach these goals is local action It recognizes that the job of production adjustment of of shiftIng shifting shift shift- ing lag crops crops to meet war needs and planning acreage to the best advantage ad ad- vantage vantage must must be worked out and carried out on the individual farms It cant can't be done in Washington say the committeemen It must be done locally to conf conform rm to the local situ situ- Instead of a national over all goal formula each state and county has been left free to adopt the means which seem best suited to the particular particular particular par par- section concerned Wide latitude latitude latitude lat lat- is given the committeemen in making goal assignments They are not only allowed to determine such assignments on a capacity of the farmer to produce basis They are expected to use such a yardstick Capacity to produce varies accordIng according according accord- accord Ing to the character of the farm farmland farmland land lana machinery and labor available available bl ble and many other factors Each region has its individual problems which mus must be Je taken into consideration tion in determining what the specific area may reasonably do in a n given period AAA Committeeman Will Keep Government Informed The role of the AAA committeeman committee- committee man will be that of an important go-between go who keeps the government government government govern govern- ment informed on the farmers farmer's progress progress progress ress and n problems n a-n and the farmer L Committeeman will bear hear grievance Informed on what the government expects of him and what it is doing to help him bun circumvent obstacles that present themselves Adjustment the process of helpIng helpIng helping help- help Ing the farm operator to scale his crop prod production upward or downward downward downward down down- ward to fit into the national agricultural agricultural agricultural tural picture has always been one of the major activities of AAA It helps farmers meet production problems by providing guidance and assistance in producing the kinds of crops that are needed in the required required required re re- re- re amounts working in cooperation cooperation cooperation oper co with other units of the department department department depart depart- ment of agriculture Community farmer committeemen In 1942 totaled regular elected committeemen and about al alternates al- al ternat s. s County committees totaled with members The county county county coun coun- ty committeemen are responsible to the state offices which in turn re report report re- re port to the regional offices Uncle I Sams Sam's millions of farms depend upon the AAA committeemen to keep them informed of changing phases of the over-all over national program of the states state's particular part in the 1943 farm plan and of the numerous details details details de de- de- de tails having to do with production goals and how they can be met AAA county chairmen are arc also I chairmen of the County Farm Fann Transportation committees which issue certificates of war necessity I for mileage rationing and the County County Coun Coun- 1 ty Farm Machinery Rationing committees committees com com- which ration many types of farm equipment In the matter of labor shortage the community I committees report localized needs to the county committee and war board chairman the latter then carrying carrying carrying car car- the problems on to the proper authorities Chairmen of AAA state and county county county coun coun- ty committees head up the war boards which correlate the efforts of ot department of agriculture agencies to assist farmers In their war pro pro- Getting the right fields Into the right kind of production and getting higher yields out of every every acre acre through better farming practices is the basic theme of the committeeman's committeeman's committeeman's committee- committee mans man's work in 1943 Committeeman Will Help Arrange Cooperative Action Among his activities is helping to arrange operative co-operative use of scarce machinery and operative co-operative transportation transportation transportation trans trans- programs Many localities localities localities ties already have worked out successful successful suc suc- schemes for sharing trucks I I I I I r- r 1 r I 1 4 Mr Farmers Farmer's on his bis own and trailers as well as binders combines picking machines and other mechanical aids to planting and harvesting essential war crops Facilities ties for storage of crops are sometimes another item for him to handle Assistance in the various loan and purchase programs instituted by the Food Distribution administration and Commodity Credit corporation is made available through the AAA committeeman Increased production production production tion of peanuts soybeans hemp under under un un- un der a special program castor bean seed Irish potatoes and many other other other oth oth- er crops has been greatly aided by such programs New applications for insurance on the 1943 cotton crop will be handled by the committee- committee committeeman committeeman m man man n and he will in addition keep farmers Informed of the availability of loans Insurance and payments under the program Program objectives of AAA also vary in certain instances from past planning Emphasis is falling still stillmore stillmore more heavily on the need for better yields per acre To achieve this more attention is being given to production production production pro pro- practices which immediately immediate immediate- ly increase yields out All-out activity In the use of lime and phosphate contour cultivation and terracing for example is being urged Over three fourths of 1943 production practice payment funds for the country as a whole will be used to promote such quick helps to better crops In the East Central region about 80 per cent of such payments are going for promotion of this yield Immediate program Production practices reports show are feeling the localizing influence influence in in- fluence just as are other branches of the AAA program Formerly the rates of payment for different practices practices practices tices were worked out on what might be termed a national basis This year the various regions determine the soil building bunding allowances for the farms in their particular areas with relation to the particular problems Involved In the Southern region each state has its own basis for determining determining de de- de- de soil building allowances Reason for this localization is ob ob- Production practices may be bemore bemore bemore more easily adapted to the Individual al areas and the Individual farms within them In turn available funds may be used to the best advantage and with the greatest efficiency Acreage limitations have been removed removed removed re re- re- re moved on a number of crops which previously had such limits Except for short staple cotton tobacco and perhaps one or two other crops farmers are urged to exceed their goals in 1943 This is particularly 4 v N r. r t Y u yes Will aid cooperative plans plan true of dairy products and mea meat t. t Goals for most crops are mini mums calculated as lS the least possible pos pOSe sible amount which will keep the national national national na na- na- na efficiency at a reasonable level lev lev- level el el and at the same time provide for forthe forthe forthe the armed services and war plant workers and give assistance to Americas America's Alies AAA committeemen and the farmers farmers farm farm- ers working hand in hand are doing doIng doing do- do Ing their best to develop and carry through the most efficient and productive productive productive pro pro- individual farm programs I they can Problems of every sort stand in their way way labor labor machinery machin machin- ery transportation and material shortages being paramount By their close personal cooperation cooperation opera co tion however they make possible an equally close relationship between between be be- tween the farmer and his govern govern- ment mente Americas America's farmers have a tremendous tremendous tree tre tre- tre I I production job ahead of ot them Demands for food such as they are now attempting to fill have never before been made upon any nation Last year they upped production production production pro pro- 12 per cent over Ml 41 41 Another 5 per cent increase is hoped for forIn forin forin In 43 |