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f'i. i . , '' ? . ■ •* ■ ' . ' - j;V • ’• • Secretary of Agriculture Freeman Is quoted in the March 29th U. S. D. A. statement, announcing all the regulations of the 1963 Wheat Referendum, as say* ing, “On price,, a yes vote will mean $2 a bushel wheat while a no vote will mean an average $1 a bushel wheat.* We in Farm Bureau are at, a loss as to Just why he would make a statement like that, especially when the Secretary has said he isn’t campaigning for a yes vote. It is even more difficult to understand the $2 vs. $1 myth when both the Secretary and the American farmer know it isn’t true. By the very nature of Mr. Freeman’s own “Supply Control- program a pro-' ducer could only get about $2 support on about 80% of his normal yield in 1964. The rest of a producer’s normal yield would be sold on the open market for about $1.30. This" part of the program will give a blend price of about $1.85 for your “normal yield” Which makes a myth of the statement that farmers will get $2 on a yes vote. If the referendum is defeated, wheat producers, will continue to operate un- j der the existing wheat pro-N gram with one change, it will' be on a voluntary basis.With
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