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Show FA RMERS BENEFIT AAA To Resume Soil Program WASHINGTON. Extensive operations oper-ations of the AAA soil conservation program were ordered resumed by the department of agriculture after congress finally approved a 2a5 million mil-lion dollar administrative fund for the setup. Administrative expenses are in addition to the 2fJ5 million dollars which will go directly for payments to farmers participating in soil-saving practices. Inaugurated in early days of the New Year, the AAA program offera cash and materials, principally lime und fertilizers, to farmcrn for carrying out upproved noil and water conservation practiced. Local details of the program uro carried out by more than 100,000 farmer committeemen. The program was halted in May when the house voted to appropriate appropri-ate only 165 million dollars for the setup this year and to end It altogether alto-gether next year. The AAA had worked out a 300 million dollar program pro-gram and President Truman had recommended that amount In his budget to congress. Although the 2aT million finally voted by congress is lower than the sum asked, the soil program Is being be-ing resumed on the same basin ns originally planned. The appropriation appropria-tion for administrative expenses, hi about 10 per cent less than last year. Bulk of the reduction In personnel per-sonnel und other expenses will bo absorbed In Washington and stale offices, allowing local AAA offices to retain most of their present staff. A farmer may sign up for any number of upproved projects, but he is promised only a certain amount of money with the provision that he will get additional payments if any funds remain after all farmers farm-ers have been paid their minimum guarantees. The program will be rut drastically drastic-ally next year. At Insistence of the senate, however, tho house agreed to go along wlUi an appropriation ol 150 million dollars for ID-Ill. |