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Show Social Security Official To Aid In Farm Problems The months immediately ahead are of special significance to self-employed' self-employed' farmers, ranchers, and all others- who work for themselves them-selves in some kind of agricultural' agricultur-al' enterprise. It is possible for them to become insured under the Social Security law after they had credit for net earnings of at least $400 in both calendar years 1955 and 1956. This could be as early as April, 1956. Old farmers those now 65 or over and those' who will have reached 65 at that time can retire re-tire after March and start getting monthly old-age' insurance payments pay-ments if they meet the earnings requirement stated above. Other farmers, regardless of age, will acquire' ac-quire' family protection under Social So-cial Security on the first of April provided ithey meet thjs same earnings requirement. If they should die at that time, their dependents de-pendents would become entitled to monthly survivors insurance benefit bene-fit checks. It is well to bear in mind that becoming insured does not mean that a person will remain insured. Those under 65 and alive after March 1956, will need additional work to retain an insured status. "I want to point out also that being insured has nothing to do with the amount of benefit payments," pay-ments," said Mr. Ora Scott, field representative of the Salt Lake district office of the Social. Security Se-curity Administration..' Payments to a self-employed farmer and his family, or to his surviving dependents depen-dents will be based on his average earnings. His own monthly benefit bene-fit in retirement could be' as little as $30 or as much as $108.50; total monthly payments to his family would range from $45 to $200. The amount of the benefit depends de-pends upon the farmer's average net earnings in years after 1954. Mr. Scott will be in Duchesne in Room 3 of the new courthouse on January 17, 1956 at 3:00 p.m. He will also be in Roosevelt at the City Hall at 9:00 a.h. on Jan. 19, 1956. Anyone who has questions ques-tions concerning Social Security matters can meet him at either of these places, and he will be glad to assist them. |
