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PUBLIC LAW 91-524-NOV. 30, 1970

States on the basis of the apportionment to each State of the national domestic allotment for the preceding crop adjusted to the extent deemed necessary by the Secretary to establish a fair and equitable apportionment base for each State, taking into consideration established crop rotation practices, the estimated decrease in farm domestic allotments, and other relevant factors. " (2) The State domestic acreage allotment for wheat, less a reserve of not to exceed 1 per centum thereof for apportionment as provided in this subsection, shall be apportioned by the Secretary among the counties in the State, on the basis of the apportionment to each such county of the domestic wheat allotment for the preceding crop, adjusted to the extent deemed necessary by the Secretary in order to establish a fair and equitable apportionment base for each county taking into consideration established crop-rotation practices, the estimated decrease in farm domestic allotments, and other relevant factors. "(3) The farm domestic allotment for each crop of wheat shall be determined by apportioning the county domestic wheat allotment among farms in the county which had a domestic wheat allotment for the preceding crop on the basis of such allotment, adjusted to reflect established crop-rotation practices and such other f actore as the Secretary determines should be considered for the purpose of establishing a fair and equitable allotment. The farm domestic allotment for the 1^71 crop of wheat shall be determined by multiplying the farm acreage allotment established for the 1971 crop by a national allocation percentage established in the same manner as for the 1970 crop, but which will result in the allotment of a total of not less than 19.7 million acres and will be based on a wheat marketing allocation of not less than 535 million bushels. Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, the farm domestic allotment shall be adjusted downward t-o the extent required by subsection (b). "(4) Not to exceed 1 per centum of the State domestic allotment for any crop may be apportioned to farms for which there was no domestic allotment for the preceding crop on the basis of the following factors: suitability of the land for production of wheat, the past experience of the farm operator in the production of wheat, the extent to which the farm operator is dependent on income from farming for his livelihood, the production of wheat on other farms owned, operated, or controlled by the farm operator, and such other factors as the Secretary determines should be considered for the purpose of establishing fair and equitable farm domestic allotments. No part of such reserve shall be apportioned to a farm to reflect new cropland brought into production after the date of enactment of the set-aside program for wheat. "(5) The planting on a farm of wheat of any crop for which no farm domestic allotment was established shall not make the farm eligible for a domestic allotment under subsection (a)(3) nor shall such farm by reason of such planting be considered ineligible for an allotment under subsection (a)(4). "(6) The Secretary may make such adjustments in acreage under this Act as he determines necessary to correct for abnormal factors affecting production, and to give due consideration to tillable acreage, crop rotation practices, types of soil, soil and water conservation measures, and topography, and in addition, in the case of conserving use acreages and to such other factors as he deems necessary in order to establish a fair and equitable conserving use acreage for the farm. "(b)(1) If for any crop the total acreage of wheat planted on a farm is less than the farm domestic allotment, the farm domestic allotment used as a base for the 'succeeding crop shall be reduced by the percentage by which such planted acreage was less than such

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