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Show Farm Bureau Asks Cut in Federal Aid ! The American Farm Bureau . Federation's official news letter recently asserted that federal I funds appropriated for agricultural 1 conservation should be allocated on the basis of conservation needs. Federal spending should be cut, the letter stated, and agriculture should bear its share of the reduction. re-duction. However, the periodical explained, ex-plained, some research and service serv-ice activities are essential, so an "across the board" reduction is Impractical. That makes it necessary neces-sary to Impose relatively heavy cuts In direct payments to farmers. "Appropriated funds for the Agricultural Agri-cultural Conservation Program should be allocated on the basis of conservation needs. Payments for practices which have become a normal and accepted part of farm-, ing operations of the area in which ' a farm is located, should be discontinued," discon-tinued," the Bureau said. i "Payments due individuals' should not be increased after ; practices have been performed, 1 as has sometimes been done to use up available funds. Unused funds should be returned to the Treasury Treas-ury without penalty to the county In the next year's allocation." A long-term, low-interest rate loans program was suggested as a lubstltute for the present ACP program. , |