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 618 75 Stat. 300. 7 USC 1334. Ante, p. 615.

72 Stat. 101; 75 Stat. 778. 75 Stat. 297; Post, p. 909.

PUBLIC LAW 87-703-SEPT. 27, 1962

[76 STAT.

SEC. 308. (a) Section 334(e) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended by changing the period to a comma c^t ^]jg gj^^j^ Q-f ^jjg j^gjit to the last sentence and adding the following: "or section 307 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1962." (b) The special wheat program formulated under section 307 of this Act shall not be applicable to any farm receiving an additional allotment under section 334(i) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended. g^,^ 3Q9 j^gj^ ^^^ ^f Publlc Law 74, Seventy-seventh Congress, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1340(7)), as amended, is amended by changing YiQ period at the end thereof to a colon, and adding the following: Provided further, That a farm marketing quota on the 1963 ci-op of wheat shall be applicable to any farm on which the acreage of wheat exceeds the smaller of (1) 15 acres, or (2) the highest number of acres actually planted to wheat on the farm for harvest in any of the calendar years 1959, 1960, or 1961." PR0(3RAM FOR 1904 AND SUBSEQUENT CROPS SUBTITLE B — W H E A T

52 Stat. 52. 7 USC 1331. " '""" '"""

SEC. 310. Section 331 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is hereby amended by striking out the last paragraph thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following paragraphs: "Wheat which is planted and not disposed of prior to the date prescribed by the Secretary for the disposal of excess acres of wheat is an addition to the total supply of wheat and has a direct effect on the price of wheat in interstate arid foreign commerce and may also affect the supply and price of livestock and livestock products. I n the circumstances, wheat not disposed of prior to such date must be considered in the same manner as mechanically harvested wheat in order to achieve the policy of the Act. "The diversion of substantial acreages from wheat to the production of commodities which are in surplus supply or which will be in surplus supply if they are permitted to be grown on the diverted acreage would burden, obstruct, and adversely affect interstate and foreign commerce in such commodities, and would adversely affect the prices of such commodities in interstate and foreign commerce. Small changes in the supply of a commodity could create a sufficient surplus to affect seriously the price of such commodity in interstate and foreign commerce. Large changes in the supply of such commodity could have a more acute effect on the price of the commodity in interstate and foreign commerce and, also, could overtax the handling, processing, and transportation facilities through which the flow of interstate and foreign commerce in such commodity is directed. Such adverse effects, caused by overproduction in one year could further result in a deficient supply of the commodity in the succeeding year, causing excessive increases in the price of the commodity in interstate and foreign commerce in such year. I t is^ therefore, necessary to prevent acreage diverted from the production of wheat to be used to produce commodities which are in surplus supply or which will be in surplus supply if they are permitted to be grown on the diverted acreage. "The provisions of this part affording a cooperative plan to wheat producers are necessary in order to minimize recurring surpluses and shortages of wheat in interstate and foreign commerce, to provide for the maintenance of adequate reserve supplies thereof, to provide for an adequate and orderly flow of wheat and its products in interstate and foreign commerce at prices which are fair and reasonable to farmers and consumers, and to prevent acreage diverted from the pro-

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