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Show y . iooS Grctvers Hill Have Chance To Bote Referendum Joseph Wilcken, chairman of the Duchesne County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee, .said today that all Duchesne Du-chesne County wool growers will have an opportunity to vote in a referendum to decide whether or not deductions will be made from wool payments to provide a means of financing the wool marketing development program. In the referendum wool growers will have an opportunity to vote for or against putting into effect an agreement recently made between be-tween the Secretary of Agriculture Agricul-ture and the American Sheep Producers Pro-ducers Council under Section 70S of the National Wool Act of 1954. The agreement provides for deductions de-ductions from wool incentive and lamb and yearling sheep (pulled wool compensating) payments made to producers, under the National Na-tional Wool Act of 1954. These deductions will provide for advertising ad-vertising and other promotional activities to enlarge and improve' the market for wool and lambs. Before the agreement can be put in effect, producers owning at least two-thirds of the sheep and lambs represented by those viting in the referendum must vote their approval. Producers who have owned sheep, 6 months, of age or older, for at least 30 days since January 1, 1955, will be eligible to vote. Volume of production will be based bas-ed on the number of sheep 6 months of age or older owned for (Continued on 3acl: Page) WOOL GROWERS REFERENDUM (Continued from Page One) at least 30 days since the January 1 date. The number of sheep will be noted on the ballot. If the referendum is approved, deduction from payments of the 1955 incentive program to be made the summer of 1956 will be one cent per pound from wool payments, pay-ments, and at the rate of 5 cents, per one hundred pounds live-weight live-weight from lamb and yearling payments. Duchesne County ASC office will mail (or have mailed) ballots to all known wool producers in the county and Chairman Wilcken assures any producer who does not receive a ballot that he can get one by writing to or calling at the ASC county office. Chairman Wilcken said all ballots bal-lots must be returned to the ASC office not later than August 19. Since the results, of the referendum referen-dum will be based on the number of sheep represented by the growers, grow-ers, the outcome of the referen- |