| Show AAA sets utah 39 wheat A allotment ila ament at acres word received this week by director william peterson in charge of agricultural adjustment administration it activities in utah wheat aca ee dings for the 1939 crop in the state will be limited to acres this represents proportion of a national allotment of acres for the next year the total is distributed among the states according to each individual states proportion of total acreage during the past ten years acreage diverted from wheat production under previous AAA programs abnormal weather conditions and trends in acreage are alo alco considered in making state allotments the 1939 allotment represents a 23 per cent decrease from the 10 year average these allotments are made to limit annual wheat supply to from to bushels per year including carry over this allows for to bushels for normal domestic consumption end from to bu carryover carry over each year according to the average yields of previous years the necessary harvest can be provided on from 58 to acres however 1938 were approximately ely acres and the prospective supply for the 1938 39 market season is bushels purpose of the national wheat program is to keep total production reasonably in line with total requirements for domestic consumption exports and increased reserves and not to produce so much wheat in excess of those requirements that far farmers merso prices will fall to ruinously low levels |
