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Wool Referendum
Deadline Nears
Bsallots voted by producers in the mail referendum on wool and lamb promotion are now arriving in the County ASCS Office, H. S. Barksdale, Chairman of the Rappahannock County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation (ASC) Committee said today. Friday, June 18, is the last day for voting. Ballots not received in the County ASCS Office by close of business on that date cannot be counted.
Producers eligible to vote in the referendum are all those who have owned sheep, 6 months of age or older, for 30 consecutive days during 1970.
An agreement between the Secretary of Agriculture and the American Sheep Producers Council (ASPC) provides for (1) the U. S. Department of Agriculture and the ASPC to set deduction rates not to exceed 1.5 cents per pound from payments to producers on wool marketed in 1971,1972, and 1973 and 7.5 cents a hundredweight on unshorn lamb payments; (2) the ASPC to use the deductions to continue to finance advertising and sales promotion programs to encourage the use of wool and lamb products. The new agreement would be similar to 4 previous agreements approved by wool producers since 1954. To become effective, the agreement must be approved nationally by two-thirds of the number of growers voting, or by growers producing two-thirds of the total wool production
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