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 63 STAT.] 81ST CONG. , 1 ST SESS.-CH. 518-AUG. 29, 1949 "(b) The national acreage allotment for cotton for 1953 and subse- State apportion- quent years shall be apportioned to the States on the basis of the met, 1953. acreage planted to cotton (including the acreage regarded as having been planted to cotton under the provisions of Public Law 12, Seventy- ninth Congress) during the five calendar years immediately preceding 59 tat. 9 . the calendar year in which the national marketing quota is pro- 1344, 1358 notes. claimed, with adjustments for abnormal weather conditions during such period. "(c) The national acreage allotments for cotton for the years 1950 State apportion- and 1951 shall be apportioned to the States on the basis of a national met, 19 acreage allotment base of twenty-two million five hundred thousand acres, computed and adjusted as follows: "(1) The average of the planted acreages (including acreage adComputtion and regarded as planted under the provisions of Public Law 12, Seventy- ment base. ninth Congress) in the States for the years 1945, 1946, 1947, and 1948 79 .ta. 9 . §133 shall constitute the national base; except that in the case of any State 1344, 1358 notes. having a 1948 planted cotton acreage of over one million acres and less than 50 per centum of the 1943 allotment, the average of the acreage planted (or regarded as planted under Public Law 12, Seventy- ninth Congress) for the years 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, and 1948 shall constitute the base for such State and shall be included in computing the national base; to this is to be added (A) the estimated additional acreage for each State required for small-farm allotments under sub- section (f) (1) of this section; (B) the acreage required as a result of the State adjustment provisions of paragraph (2) of this subsection; (C) the additional acreage required to determine a total national allot- ment base of twenty-two million five hundred thousand acres, which additional acreage shall be distributed on a proportionate basis among States receiving no adjustment under paragraph (2) of this subsection. "(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of this sub- section, the acreage allotment base for 1950 and 1951 for any State (on the basis of a national acreage allotment base of twenty-two million five hundred thousand acres) shall not be less than the larger of (1) 95 per centum of the average acreage actually planted to cotton in the State during the years 1947 and 1948, or (2) 85 per centum of the acreage planted to cotton in the State in 1948. "(3) If the national acreage allotment for 1950 or 1951 is more or less than twenty-two million five hundred thousand acres, horizontal adjustments shall be made percentagewise by States so as to reflect the ratio of the national acreage allotment for 1950 and 1951 to twenty- two million five hundred thousand acres. "(d) The national acreage allotment for cotton for 1952 shall be Staent,aplportion- apportioned to States on the basis of the acreage planted to cotton mt, 12 . (including the acreage regarded as having been planted to cotton under the provisions of Public Law 12, Seventy-ninth Congress) 5 Stat. 9 . during the years 1946, 1947, 1948, and 1950, with adjustments for 1344, 1358notes. abnormal weather conditions during such period. "(e) The State acreage allotment for cotton shall be apportioned to mC"unt apportion- counties on the same basis as to years and conditions as is applicable to the State under subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this section: Provided,That the State committee may reserve not to exceed 10 per centum of its State acreage allotment (15 per centum if the State's 1948 planted acreage was in excess of one million acres and less than half its 1943 allotment) which shall be used to make adjustments in county allotments for trends in acreage, for counties adversely affected by abnormal conditions affecting plantings, or for small or new farms. "(f) The county acreage allotment, less not to exceed the percentage marm apportion. provided for in paragraph 3 of this subsection, shall be apportioned to farms on which cotton has been planted (or regarded as having 671

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