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farms within particular States.
The Chairman reminded growers that the forthcoming referendum on the kind of wheat program they want for 1964 and succeeding years must be held within 60 days after proclamation of the national wheat marketing quota by the Secretary of Agriculture, that will not likely be announced until late March or early April. The program will become effective if a t least two-thirds of the growers voting in the referendum approve the program. While technical details of the 1964 wheat program are still in the development stage, it is now known that the referendum will give wheat growers, a choice of two programs. The first would (1) limit production of wheat to market and export needs, (2) provide price support at an average of $2 per bushel for most wheat marketed, and (3) offer payments for wheat acreage diverted to conservation use. It would maintain the farmer’s income from wheat at the average of recent years. Marketing quota penalties would continue to apply to "excess” wheat. The alternative program would provide no limits on production or marketings, and price support— only to growers who stay within their allotments—would be available at 50 percent of parity, about $1.20 per bushel national average. It would result in increased wheat production and a sharp decrease in Income for wheat growers.
"It is most important that small wheat operators of 15 acres or less understand
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