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Show Farmers Urged to File Now For Crop Insurance Le Roy C. Funk, state executive officer of the Agricultural Adjustment Adjust-ment AcYriinistratian, Monday advised ad-vised Utah framers to act immediately immed-iately in Tiling applications for cop insurance on 1939 winter wheat. He said that no applications applica-tions will be received in county AAA offices after August 31. Only 78 Utah producers had filed applications on August 15. At that time Utah lagged behind 20 other states in which more than 75,000 applications had been reported. Growers may secure crop . insurance insur-ance on spring wheat later, although al-though they may make application now. Information and forms are available through county agents or county crop insuiance supervisors. Signing cf applications in the winter wheat areas started the latter lat-ter part of July. In Ohio 17,000 applications ap-plications had been receved August 15, with large numbers received also al-so in Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, and Montana. It is estimated that 150,000 applications will have been received in county offices through-cut through-cut the nation before the deadline. With 50 cents per bushel offered by federal Cctmmodity Credit corporation cor-poration in loans for Utah wheat held from' t.hp mnrkpf. TRnv C. Funk, state executive officer of the Agricultural Adjustment administration, ad-ministration, Monday issued a statement to wheat producers of the state advising to forego placing wheat on the market unless they can realize more than the loan rate. Loans at the rate of 50 cents are offered for grades 1 ami 2, with slight adjustments in rates offered for other grades. If the farmer keeps his wheat in approved storage facilities cri his farmr until May 31, 1939, the corporation will pay an additional 7 cents for his storage. stor-age. All costs for loans on stored wheat follow: $3 to the county committee at time of milking application; committee expenses for completing loan papers, inspecting, and general gen-eral administration, not to exceeld 2 cents per bushel or $20 per loan; insurance against fire, wind, tornadoes, torna-does, and ether destructive elements ele-ments on wheat stored 'on farms, a rate of 75 cents per $100 value: and cost of delivery of wheat after May 31 to the customary delivery point. The fanxier does not pay interest unless he liquidates his loan, and unless he can net more on the market mar-ket than froxi the loan and storage tayxents, he will net be expected to liquidate the loan. I Cocperators cn the wheat pro-g.pcfl pro-g.pcfl may also receive 12 cents per bushel on their normal yield for their 1938 wheat acreage allotment, so it is expected that cooperators who store wheat on the farm may net an excess cf 60 cents per bushel. To do this one must, of course, be in compliance with the 1938 AAA program. If he is not in compliance, compli-ance, there is ample opportunity for him to comply by diverting some of his summer fallow acreage to pe ennial legumes or grasses. County Agents will furnish information on availaility of crested wheat grass seed. For commercial storage the situation situ-ation is about the same, except that one does not receive the 7 cents for fa i.u. strrage, anj the only cost is SI. 50 to pay for the committee to complete loan papers. Mr. Funk recommends consultation consulta-tion with a county agent or members mem-bers of the county AAA committee I befcre selling wheat on the market. I |