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take it he may receive onehalf of his total payment at the titjie of signup. This provision will be of particular interest to'farmers who earn only a price-support payment in 1967. The small base provision remains in effect. Small farms with feed grain bases of 25 acres or less may divert more than the qualifying minimum of 20 percent on up to as much as the entire base. They will be eligible for payment on all of such diversion. Farmers may plant soybeans on any or all of their permitted corn and grain sorghum acres in 1967 without loss of program payments or loan eligibility. Chairman Barksdale said the need to expand feed grain production in the range of 12 to 15 million acres in 1967 and divert 15 to 18 million; acres isjrldicated by the reduced carryover this year. “The marketing year begins; October 1 each year. Laqfi October 1, the carryover of' old corn was 886 million bushels, down one-fifth from a year earlier. Grain sorghum stocks on October 1 were 393 million bushels, down nearly one-third from a year earlier. If we add in barley and oats, the total feed grain carryover is about 43 million tons. This is about the cushion or reserve that is desirable.

Nancy Buntin Named RCHS Good Citizen

Nancy Buntin of Washington has been named the recipient of the Good Citizenship A ward made by the DAR Culpeper Minutemen Chapter. This award is made to an outstand ing senior girl at Rappahannock County High School each year, as well as high schools in Madison and Culpeper counties. Nancy will be presented a Good Citizenship Fin at the .January 24th meeting of the DAR Chapter in Culpeper. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Buntin.

Arts - Crafts Group

Learn About Needlepoint

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Rappahannock Arts anc Crafts Project njet at CabInn, Tuesday, with 7 members present. Mrs. Isaac L. Parrish taught the basic stitches of needlepoint which was enjoyed by all.

The next meeting will be held January 24 at ten o’clock at Cab-Inn. Needlepoint instruction will be continued and any other craft one may wish to learn.

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