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 910 75'ra CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CH. 898-SEPTEMBER 1, 19 37 to which an application for payment is made shall have been paid i n fu l l for all s uch work, and shall have be en paid wages therefor at rates not less than those that may be determined by the Secretary to be fair and reasonable after investigation and due notice and opportunity for public hearing ; and in making such determinations the Secretary shall take into consideration the standards therefor formerly established by him under the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, and the differences in conditions among various produc- ing areas : Provided, however, That a payment which would be pay- able except for the foregoing provisions of this subsection may be made, as the Secretary may determine, in such manner that the laborer will receive an amount, insofar as such payment will suffice, equal to the amount of the accrued unpaid wages for such work, and that the producer will receive the remainder, if any, of such payment. (c) That there shall not have been marketed (or processed) an amount (i n terms of pla nted acreage, weight, or r ecoverable sug ar content) of sugar beets or sugarcane grown on the farm and used for the production of sugar or liquid sugar to be marketed in, or so as to compete with or otherwise directly affect interstate or foreign commerce, in excess of the proportionate share for the farm, as determined b y the Secreta ry pursuant t o the provisio ns of section 302, of the total quantity of sugar beets or sugarcane required to be processed to enable the area in which such sugar beets or sugarcane are produced to meet the quota (and provide a normal carry-over inventory) as estimated by the Secretary for such area for the cal- endar year during which the larger part of the sugar or liquid sugar from such crop normally would be marketed. (d) That the producer on the farm who is also, directly or indi- rectly, a processor of sugar beets or sugarcane, as may be determined by the Secretary, shall have paid, or contracted to pay under either purchase or toll agreements, for any sugar beets or sugarcane grown by other producers and processed by him at rates not less than those that may be determined by the Secretar y to be fair a nd reasonable after investigation and due notice and opportunity for public hearing. (e) That there shall have been carried out on the farm such farm- ing practices in connection with the production of sugar beets and sugarcane during the year in which the crop was harvested with respect to which a payment is applied for, as the Secretary may determine, pursuant to this subsection, for preserving and improving fertil ity of the so il and for pre ventin g soil erosion, such practi ces to be consistent with the reas onable standa rds of the far ming commu- nity in which the farm is situated. The conditions p rovided in su bsection (a) a nd in subsect ion (b) with respect to wage rates, of this section shall not apply to work performed prior to the enactment of this Act ; and the condition provided in subsection (c) of this section shall not apply to the mar- keting of the first crop harvested after the enactment of this Act from sugar beets or sugarcane planted prior to such enactment. SEC. 302 . (a) The amount of sugar or liquid sugar with respect to which payment may be made shall be the amount of sugar or liquid sugar commercially recoverable ; as determined by the Secre- tary, from the sugar beets or sugarcane grown on the farm and mar- keted (or proc essed by the producer) not in excess of the propor- tionate share for the farm, as determined by the Secretary, of the quantity of sugar beets or sugarcane for the extraction of sugar or liquid sugar required to be processed to enable the producing area in which the crop of sugar beets or sugarcane is grown to meet the Proviso. Marketing in excess of share of area's gwota. Where producer is also pr ocessor, payin g at rates not less than fair, et c. Compliance with soil co nservat ion pra t tines. Certain provisions no t retr oactive. Computation of a mount with r espect to payment.