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FEDERAL REGISTER, Saturday, February 15, 1941
farmers by making payments to them in cotton order stamps and cash in connec tion with the production on their farms of their share of the normal production of cotton and food and feed crops for domestic consumption. It is also the purpose of this program to promote higher dietary standards for families on cotton farms by encouraging the diver sion to the production of food and feed crops for consumption on the farm of that acreage no longer needed for use In the production of cotton in view of current domestic consumption require ments and the critical export situation.
707.1 Credit for acreage diverted.
a Notwithstanding any other provision of the 1941 Agricultural Conservation Program, if the acreage planted to cot ton on any farm in 1941 has been ad justed below the acreage allotment de termined for the farm under the provi sions of the 1941 Agricultural Conserva tion Program, such adjustment in the acreage of cotton shall be acreage di verted in 1941 from the production of cotton under the provisions of the 1941
Agricultural Conservation Program:
Provided, That 1 prior to June 15,1941, notice of the intention to make an ad justment was filed with the county agri cultural conservation committee, on a prescribed form, by the operator of the farm, for and on behalf of himself and all other producers on the farm inter ested in the production of cotton thereon in 1941, and 2 the acreage so diverted was not planted to any crop for which a special acreage allotment was, or could have been, determined for the farm uni der the provisions of the 1941 Agri cultural Conservation Program. The acreage diverted from cotton shall be presumed not to have been used for the production of a crop for which a special acreage allotment was, or could have been, determined for the farm, if the county committee finds that the sum of the 1941 acreages of wheat, corn in the commercial corn area, peanuts, pota toes, commercial vegetables, rice, and tobacco for the farm does not exceed the sum of its allotments or permitted acre ages for such crops under the 1941 Agri cultural Conservation Program. If in both 1939 and 1940 no cotton was planted on the farm and in 1941 the acreage planted to cotton on the farm is less than 3 acres or 3 percent of the 1941
cotton acreage allotment, whichever is the smaller, but in any event less than one-tenth of an acre, the farm shall be considered to be a new farm in 1942
under the terms of section 344 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938.
707.2 Cotton order stamp payments.
a If the acreage planted to cotton on the farm in 1941 has been adjusted be low the acreage allotment determined 707.1 to 707.7, inclusive, are issued under the authority contained in section 32, Act of August 24, 1935, as amended, 7
U.S.C. 612c, and in sections 7 to 17, inclusive, of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allot ment Act, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 590g-590q.

for the farm under the provisions of the 1941 Agricultural Conservation Program or the measured acreage of cotton on the farm in 1940, whichever is smaller, such adjustment in the acreage of cotton shall qualify the form for cotton order stamp payments: Provided, That 1 prior to June 15, 1941, notice of the intention to make an adjustment was filed with the county agricultural conservation com mittee, on a prescribed form, by the operator of the farm, for and on behalf of himself and all other producers on the farm interested in the production of cot ton thereon in 1941, and 2 the acreage so diverted was not planted to any crop for which a special acreage allotment was, or could have been, determined for the farm under the provisions of the 1941
Agricultural Conservation Program. The acreage diverted from cotton shall be presumed not to have been used for the production of a crop for which a special acreage allotment was, or could have been, determined for the farm, if the county committee finds that the sum of the 1941 acreages of wheat, corn in the commercial com area, peanuts, potatoes, commercial vegetables, rice, and tobacco for the farm does not exceed the sum of its allotments or permitted acreages for such crops under the 1941 Agricultural Conservation Program.
b The cotton order stamp payment for the farm shall be computed at the rate of 10 cents per pound on the normal cotton yield of the diverted acreage not in excess of that intended to be diverted as shown in the notice of intention, which normal cotton yield shall be that determined in accordance with the pro visions of the 1941 Agricultural Conserva tion Program. No payment shall be made to any producer with respect to a farm for which the computed cotton order stamp payment is less than $5.
c The cotton order stamp payment so computed for the farm shall be di vided among the producers on the farm interested in the production of cotton thereon in accordance with the applica ble provisions of the 1941 Agricultural Conservation Program for the division of the payment with respect to cotton.
The division of the cotton order stamp payment for the farm among producers on the farm shall be determined by the county agricultural conservation commit tee at the time it approves the appli cation for such payment.
d The cotton order stamp payment to be made to any producer shall be rounded to the nearest half-dollar even though the payment computed for the farm is thereby increased or decreased and shall not exceed cotton order stamps repre senting a value of $25 with respect to any farm $50 in the case of the operator of a farm operated with two or more ten ants or sharecroppers except that in no event shall a producers cotton order stamp payments with respect to all farms, wherever located, exceed a total number of cotton order stamps representing a value of $50.

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e The cotton stamp payment other wise earned with respect to any farm shall be withheld from, or if made shall be refunded by, any producer who has an interest in the production of cotton in 1941 on any other farm or farms in the county or, to the knowledge of the State agricultural conservation committee, in any other county to the extent th at the acreage planted to cotton on such farm or farms offsets the diversion of cotton acreage for which payment would other wise be made.
f If the county agricultural conser vation committee finds that the acreage planted to cotton as measured in 1940
was reduced because of drought, flood, hail, insect pests, or any other natural cause beyond the control of the oper ator, the 1941 cotton acreage allotment shall be used to determine the acreage diverted under this program.
707.3 Special food and feed produc tion payments. Any producer on any farm which qualifies for a cotton order stamp payment under the provisions of 707.2 may earn a special food and feed production payment under the provisions of the 1941 Agricultural Conservation Program. In order to qualify for such special food and feed production pay ment a producer must carry out the spec ifications relating to the production of food and feed crops on the farm for con sumption by his family, or by livestock and poultry which, or the products of which, are for consumption or use by his family, as outlined in a forthcoming amendment to the 1941 Agricultural Con servation Program Bulletin. In no event may any producer receive under this sec tion an amount in excess of the amount of one special food and feed production payment.
707.4 Applications for cotton order stamp payments. Applications for cotton order stamp payments under this pro gram shall be made on the prescribed form and shall be filed not later than March 31, 1942, with the county agricul tural conservation committee for the county in which the farm is located.
707.5 Description and use of cotton order stamps, a The cotton order stamps used under this program shall be similar to those already in use by the Surplus Marketing Administration. Each cotton order stamp shall have a value of 25 cents in cotton goods. Such stamps shall be non-transferable and shall be bound in books which will be issued to individual producers.
b The cotton order stamps shall be exchangeable at retail stores for any clothing, goods, or articles, made entirely of cotton grown and manufactured in the United States. After such exchange, they shall be redeemed by the Surplus Marketing Administration, in accordance with instructions issued by it.
707.6 Administration of 1941 supple mentary cotton program, a The Sur plus Marketing Administration shall have printed and shall deliver to the Agricul-