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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 30 -FEB. 16, 1938 Allotment to county, apportion- ment among farms through local com- mittees. Basis. Allotments under other provisions. Remainder to farms on which cotton planted during any of previous 3 years; ex- eeption. Post, p. 203. Proiso. Acreage allotment restriction. Allotment to counties for 1938 and 1939. Pos, p. 203. Consideration of dif- ferent conditions in apportioning allot- ments. Post, p. 203. Marketing quotas. Post, p. 206. (d) The allotment apportioned to the county under subsection (c) (1), plus any amount allotted to the county under subsection (e), shall be apportioned by the Secretary, through the local committees, among the farms within the county on the following basis: (1) To each farm on which cotton has been planted during any of the previous three years there shall be allotted the smaller of the following- (A) Five acres; or (B) The highest number of acres planted to cotton (plus the acres diverted from the production of cotton under the agricultural adjustment or conservation programs) in any year of such three-year period; (2) Not more than 3 per centum of the amount remaining, after making the allotments provided for under paragraph (1), shall be allotted, upon such basis as the Secretary deems fair and equitable, to farms (other than farms to which an allotment has been made under paragraph (1) (B)) to which an allotment of not exceeding fifteen acres may be made under other provisions of this subsection; and (3) The remainder of the total amount available to the county shall be allotted to farms on which cotton has been planted during any of the previous three years (except farms to which an allotment has been made under paragraph (1) (B)). The allotment to each farm under this paragraph, together with the amount of the allotment to such farm under paragraph (1) (A), shall be a prescribed percentage (which percentage shall be the same for all such farms in the county or administrative area) of the acreage, during the preceding year, on the farm which is tilled annually or in regular rotation, excluding from such acre- age the acres devoted to the production of wheat, tobacco, or rice for market or for feeding to livestock for market: Provided, however, That if a farm would be allotted under this paragraph an acreage, together with the amount of the allotment to such farm under paragraph (1) (A), in excess of the largest acreage planted to cotton plus the acreage diverted from the production of cotton under the agricultural adjustment or conservation pro- gram during any of the preceding three years the acreage allot- ment for such farm shall not exceed such largest acreage so planted and diverted in any such year. (e) For 1938 and 1939, the Secretary shall allot to the several counties, to which an apportionment is made under subsection (c), a number of acres required to provide a total acreage for allotment under this section to such counties of not less than 60 per centum of the sum of (1) the acreage planted to cotton in such counties in 1937, plus (2) the acreage therein diverted from cotton production in 1937 under the agricultural adjustment and conservation program. The acreage so diverted shall be estimated in case data are not avail- able at the time of making such allotment. (f) In apportioning the county allotment among the farms within the county, the Secretary, through the local committees, shall take into consideration different conditions within separate administrative areas within a county if any exist, including types, kinds, and productivity of the soil so as to prevent discrimination among the administrative areas of the county. MARETING QUOTAS SEC. 345. Whenever the Secretary determines that the total supply of cotton for any marketing year exceeds by more than 7 per centum the normal supply thereof for such marketing year, the [52 STAT.

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