Show 1964 wheat allotments are Mailed to Duchesne farmers Notices of 1964 wheat i acreage allotments are now-being mailed to all wheat farm Wanless Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County has FOR MOST WHEAT Chairman the allotment represents the farm's share of the 1964 national allotment of million For small however those with wheat allotments of less than 15 acres the allotment represents the larger of the farm's allotment based on the national or b 90 percent of the farm's average wheat but not more than 15 Shields pointed out that all the wheat produced on a participating farm's wheat allotment acreage mav be mark eted free of penalty if market-Ming quotas arc made effective for the 1964 wheat crop All I wheat from a farm which had no wheat history in the three base years would be subject to a marketing quota penalty THE QUESTION of whether j to use marketing quotas for the 1964 wheat crop will be decided by wheat growers in a referendum on May operators will be eligible to cast ballots providing they register by May 13 their intention to participate in the program as an allotment I grower They will do this by signing in the space provided on i the back of the regular allotment and filing the e at the County j Office before the See page 12 Wheat from 11 Under a small farm operator who not elect to participate in the wheat program as an allotment grower would be able to stay out of the and plant wheat up to the larger of his 1964 allotment or his base not more than 15 without being subject to marketing quota penalties Penalties would apply to wheat in excess of this limit Such a grower will not be eligible to vote in the and he would not be eligible for price support or diversion IF AT LEAST two-thirds of the growers voting in the referendum approve quotas for the 1964 wheat price support will be available to participating growers who keep within their acreage allotment at a national on and diversion payments will be maue 10 growers on acreage diverted from wheat production a conserving use the reduction reflected in the farm If more than a third of the growers voting in the referendum oppose the wheat price support at 50 percent of parity 51 25 a bushel will be available to participating growers who keep within their acreage Without no diversion program would be in As in the the allotments will remain in whether or not quotas are approved for the 1964 wheat |