PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 30-FEB. 16, 1938 State acreage allot- ment. Post, p. 203 . County allotment. Marketing quotas. Effective upon proclamation of the Secretary. Contents of procla- mation. Amount of national marketingquota, com- putation. Farm marketing quota, computation. (b) The State acreage allotment for wheat shall be apportioned by the Secretary among the counties in the State, on the basis of the acreage seeded for the production of wheat during the ten calendar years immediately preceding the calendar year in which the national acreage allotment is determined (plus, in applicable years, the net acreage diverted under previous agricultural adjustment and conser- vation programs), with adjustments for abnormal weather conditions and trends in acreage during such period and for the promotion of soil-conservation practices. (c) The allotment to the county shall be apportioned by the Sec- retary, through the local committees, among the farms within the county on the basis of tillable acres, crop-rotation practices, type of soil, and topography. Not more than 3 per centum of such county allotment shall be apportioned to farms on which wheat has not been planted during any of the three marketing years immediately pre- ceding the marketing year in which the allotment is made. MARKETING QUOTAS SEc. 335. (a) Whenever it shall appear that the total supply of wheat as of the beginning of any marketing year will exceed a nor- mal year's domestic consumption and exports by more than 35 per centum, the Secretary shall, not later than the May 15 prior to the beginning of such marketing year, proclaim such fact and, during the marketing year beginning July 1 and continuing throughout such marketing year, a national marketing quota shall be in effect with respect to the marketing of wheat. The Secretary shall ascertain and specify in the proclamation the amount of the national market- ing quota in terms of a total quantity of wheat and also in terms of a marketing percentage of the national acreage allotment for the current crop which he determines will, on the basis of the national average yield of wheat, produce the amount of the national market- ing quota. Marketing quotas for any marketing year shall be in effect with respect to wheat harvested in the calendar year in which such marketing year begins notwithstanding that the wheat is mar- keted prior to the beginning of such marketing year. No marketing quota with respect to the marketing of wheat shall be in effect for the marketing year beginning July 1, 1938, unless prior to the date of the proclamation of the Secretary, provision has been made by law for the payment, in whole or in part, in 1938 of parity payments with respect to wheat. (b) The amount of the national marketing quota for wheat shall be equal to a normal year's domestic consumption and exports plus 30 per centum thereof, less the sum of (1) the estimated carry-over of wheat as of the beginning of the marketing year with respect to which the quota is roclaimed and (2) the estimated amount of wheat which will be used on farms as seed or livestock feed during the marketing year. (c) The farm marketing quota for any farm for any marketing year shall be a number of bushels of wheat equal to the sum of- (1) A number of bushels equal to the normal production of a number of acres determined by applying the marketing per- centage specified in the quota proclamation to the farm acreage allotment for the current crop; and (2) A number of bushels of wheat equal to the amount, or part thereof, of wheat from any previous crop which the farmer has on hand which, had such amount, or part thereof, been mar- keted during the preceding marketing year in addition to the wheat actually marketed during such preceding marketing year, could have been marketed without penalty. 54 [52 STAT.
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