1. Acreage diversion and

1. Acreage diversion and diversion payments.

Minimum diversion at 20 percent of a farm’s feed grain base acreage will be required for program participation. No payment will be made for this first 20 percent diversion, except for small farms. Payments will be made for additional diversion of corn, grain sorghum, and barley. Maximum acreage that can be diverted for payment will be the larger of 30 percent of a farm’s feed grain base or 25 acres less the qualifying 20 percent diversion. Payment rate for this additional diversion will be based on 40 percent of the total county price support (loan plus support payment) times a farm’s projected yield of the crops involved. No advance diversion payments will be made. Upper limits will be established on the per-bushel rate which will be paid for the additional voluntary diversion of feed grain

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Hunting Accidents Increased in 1969

A total of 44 hunting accidents, five of which resulted in fatalities, have been recorded as of year’s end, according to Game Commission Safety Officer J. N. Kerrick. At this same time last year only 28 hunting-related accidents had been reported.

Largest single cause-factor involved the practice of transporting a loaded firearm in a vehicle, with the accident occurring either during removal of the weapon from the auto or while replacing it.

Of the individuals involved in accidents this year only 3 had ever participated in the firearms

sa fWy_juMrr»e s which are conducted by Game Commission personnel Or persons trained by the Commission. Since Virginia began hunter safety training in October of 1961 a total of 63,303 persons have participated. Of this total, including this year, only 15 have ever been involved in any type of hunting accident and none has ever become a fatality.

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