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According to tne Chairman, such an agreement has been in effect since the 1955 marketing year, as approved by producers voting in 1955 and 1959 referendums. If approved in the September referendum, thd agreement will be extended for 4 more years.
Producers having two-thirds of the volume of production represented by votes in the referendum must approve if the agreement is to be extended. Consideration will also be given' to the number of votes cast for and against the agreement b y individual producers.
Deductions from wool and lamb payments under the new agreement would not exceed 1 cent per pound for shorn wool and 5 cents per hundredweight for unshoml lambs. Deductions at these rates have been made from payments for each previous marketing year since 1955.
Producers may vote in the referendum during the period September 10 through September 21. The period of voting will last for 2 weeks in order to encourage participation in the referendum by as large a number of sheep producers as possible. Preliminary referendum results will be announced late in September.
Producers who are eligible to vote in the referendum are all those who have owned sheep or lambs, 6 month of age or older, for any period of at least 30 days since January 1, 1962. Each producer will report the number of sheep and lambs on his ballot.
Chairman Barksdale urges any producer who believes he is eligible to vote and who does not receive a ballot by September 10 to get in touch with his ASCS county office. To be counted, the ballots must be received by the office not later than September 21.
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