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By Evelyn R. Strickland
County Office Manager
ACP GROUP PROMOTES
WILDLIFE & BEAUTIFI
CATION-CONSERVATION
PRACTICES
The County ACP Develop
ment Group composed of rep
resentatives of ASCS, Soil
Conservation Service, Exten
sion Service and Forest Serv
ice have established goals to
be accomplished in 1968
through the Agricultural Con
servation Program,
Ihe group will encourage
"new” participants to use cost
sharing offered to carry out
conservation practices. Costs
will be shared up to eighty
percent to farmers with low
incomes. Beautification of the
countryside will be encourag
ed. "New” participants, low
income farmers and those de
siring to carry out practices
with beautification - conserva
tion benefits will be given pri
ority. First consideration will
be given to practices with en
during conservation benefits.
Establishment of wildlife con
servaton practices will be en
couraged.
These are some of the goals
.of the program designed for
the purpose of preserving
land, water, timber and wild-
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life. Most of the nation’s pri- ।
vately owned land is not re
ceiving adequate conservation
treatment. While the farmer
j bears the primary responsi-
I bility for conservation, the
public must share the respon
sibility to assure that natural
resources are conserved for
। future generations.
The County allocation for
the 1968 Agricultural Conser
vation Program (ACP) has
been received. The allocation
is $9116.00, a considerable re
duction from the 1967 alloca
tion of $17,011.00. Legislation
passed late in the last session
of Congress required a cut in
expenditures on federal pro
grams. This resulted in a $24.5
million reduction in the na
tional ACP.
The initial sign-up period in
the County for accepting re
quests for cost-sharing under
this program was December
15, 1967 to January 15, 1968.
Requests filed were reviewed
by the County Committee on
January 15, 1968, and farm
ers have been notified of the
action taken on individual re
quests. Approvals were issued
amounting to $4800.00.
Requests will continue to be :
taken at the County office un
til funds are obligated.
ADVANCE PAYMENTS TO '
CONTINUE UNDER ’6B
COMMODITY PROGRAMS
Advance payments to farm- i
ers participating in the feed 1
grain and cotton program (s) ;
will be continued in 1968, Sec- 1
retary of Agriculture Orville 1
L. freeman has announced. i
. To obtain an advance pay- 1
ment, farmers may apply for
it at the time they sign up to
participate in the program.
The signup began February 5
and will continue through
March 15, 1968.
H. L. Page, Chairman, Agri
cultural Stabilization and Con
servation County Committee,
explains that the advance pay
ment will be 50 percent of the
feed grain and' cotton acreage
diversion payments. Advance
payments will not be made on
wheat marketing .certificates
or on feed grain and cotton
price-support payments.
Under the feed grain pro
gram, diversion payments on
the larger farms will be made
on acreage withheld from corn
or grain sorghum production
above the qualifying 20 per
cent of the base. This addi
tional diversion may total up
to 50 percent of the base, or
25 acres, whichever is larger.
The diversion payment rate
per acre will be 45 percent of
the total local price support
(county loan rate plus the
price-support payment) times
the yield. (The total local
price support in Georgia is
$1.52 per bushel for corn and
$1.25 per bushel for sorghum.)
Forth elarger farms, no di
version payment will be made
on the qualifying 20 percent.
Special provisions continue
to be available for small
farms. If the farm has a feed
grain base of 25 acres or less,
the diversion payment will be
approximately 20 per cent of
the total local support times
the yield on the first 20 per
cent of the base and the regu
lar 45 percent payment rate
on the remaining acreage di
verted to conserving uses.
As in 1967, producers with
corn-grain sorghum bases up
to 125 acres will have the op
tion in 1968 of temporarily re
ducing their bases to 25 acres
and being eligible for the
small-farm provisions. Under
these circumstances, feed
grains cannot be planted on
the farm if the grower is to
remain eligible for program
benefits.
Producers of upland cotton,
on other than small farms,
may qualify for a diversion
payment on acreages diverted
between 5 and 35 percent of
the effective allotment. The
payment rate per acre for the
qualifying (minimum) diver
sion of 5 percent of the effec-’
five allotment will be 10.76
cents per pound times the
farm's established yield. Addi
tional diversion up to 30 per
cent of the allotment will be
at a rate of 6 cents per
pound.
On “small farms," co 11 o n
growers will receive a diver
sion payment of 10.76 cents
per pound (based on the•
farm's established yield on 35
percent of the allotment) with
out any reduction in the cot
ton acreage. However, an ad
ditional diversion payment
may be earned at 6 cents per
pound on the established farm
yield for the acres actually di
verted between 5 and 35 per
cent of the allotment.
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Thursday, February 15, 1968—’
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FIRST PULPWOOD FOR NEW MILL Plaques commemorating the first purchase of pulp
neWeSt PaP ,. er mil| - -lnte rS tate Paper Corp, of Ricebor^are presented to Mrs.
James Fowler of Soperton (right ) and Interstate General Manager William .1. Verross (left). Inter
state piiiehased the I O-cord load of trees in ceremonies near Soperton. Jan. 30 honoring Mrs. Fow
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County aglulturagnt" 1 ' ' hC P ' aqUeS * MattheWS ’ TreU " Cn
Ye Editor And
Party Attend
Press Meeting
On Saturday night Ye Edi
tor and Mrs. Miller, accom
panied by Mrs. Florine Elrick
and Mr. and Mrs. George Tay
lor of Savannah went to
Waynesboro for the meeting
of the District Press Asso
ciation which was held at the
Waynesboro Motor Court in
their large private dining
room.
There was about sixty or
more others there, including
of the Georgia^
Press Association Louis Har
ris of Augusta and Glenn Mc-
Cullough, Secretary and Man
ager of the Georgia Press As
sociation headquarters in At
lanta, another outstanding
visitor was Hon. Walter Har
rison of Millen, who made one
of the finest talks on what
the people of America should
ppd^^K^^^?bave ever hearth^—„
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a In fact we asked him to write
I an editorial for us along the
lines of his talk for use in The
I Journal. He agreed to do it,
and we urge our readers to be
। looking for it. It is some of
| the best "doctrine” we have
. ever heard expressed, and
I something all of us need to
I read and take heed of.
These affairs are part busi
ness, part eating good food
and mixing and mingling with
your fellow newspaper peo
ple from all over the first
District. They will meet next
time at Magnolia State Park
near Millen.
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