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the county wheat loan rate times the farm’s projected yield on the extra acreage diverted.
3. Domestic wheat marketing certificates will be available on eligible production of wheat farmers taking part in the program. These certificates will be based on 48 pier cent of the projected production. This compares with 43 per cent in 1969. The per-bushel domestic marketing certificate payments for the 1970-crop may be valued as high or higher than the record $1.52 per bushel being paid this year. Domestic marketing certificates will be issued for about 530 million bushels, the expected domestic food use of wheat for 1970-71. The Chairman stressed that payments under the 1970 wheat program would be subject to any limitations that might be required by Congress. 4. Substitution provisions between feed grains and wheat are being continued for farmers who sign up and participate in both programs. No determination has yet been made on whether barley will be included in 1970 feed grain program; however, required diversion for barley as a condition of substitution will be identical to the qualifying minimum acreage diversion required for feed grain program participation.
“In general, provisions of the 1970 wheat program are much the same as those for 1969,” said ASC Committee Chairman Barksdale. “The two objectives are to strengthen the farm price for wheat and to attempt to bring wheat production into line with needs.”
“All wheat farmers know that world wheat production has been higher than demand during the last few years, and our sales have slowed. The 12 per cent cut in the national wheat acreage allotment this year should help improve our national position,” he said.
Chairman Barksdale pointed out that the 1970 wheat program is entirely voluntary Those who have allotments and sign up in the program will be eligible for price-support loans, domestic marketing certificates, payments for diverting acreage below allotments, and substitution between wheat and feed grains.
Running Motor at
Gas Sta. Dangerous
A warning was issued this week by John T. Hanna, Director of the Virginia Highway Safety Division, and L. C. Kingery of Roanoke, president of the State Association, against running the engines of motor vehicles while their gas tanks were being filled.
The safety officials noted that often car owners, whose cars are being filled with gasoline in service stations, keep their motors running in order that they may use the heater or air conditioner. Gasoline vapor settles around the lower part of the car if there is no draft to disperse it or carry it away. The vapor can then come in contact with a hot motor or exhaust pipe and explode violently, causing a fire.
Hanna and Kingery both cited the recent increase of such accidents. Their advice was to turn off the ignition immediately upon stopping at the pump and to wait a moment or so before turning it an after the tank is filled.
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