Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 56 Part 1.djvu/80

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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 44-FEB. 6 , 1942 by the United States for national-defense purposes, and who owns or acquires one or more other farms, shall, upon application to the local committee, be entitled to have an allotment for any one of such other farms owned by him for each of the five years succeeding the acquisition by the United States equal to the allotment which would have been made to such farm plus the allotment which would have been made to the farm acquired by the United States except pri,. for such acquisition: Provided, That such allotment shall not exceed itati 50 per centum of the acreage of cropland in the farm in the case of flue-cured tobacco, and 20 per centum of the acreage of cropland in Deteminaton after the farm, in the case of kinds of tobacco other than flue-cured. Any 5ye r farm for which the allotment has been determined under this sub- section shall, after the end of such five years, have its allotment determined on the basis of past acreage of tobacco, land, labor, and equipment available for the production of tobacco, crop-rotation practices, and soil and other physical factors affecting the production tnpid penalties, Of tobacco: Provided further, That the provisions of this subsection shall not be applicable so long as there is any penalty due and unpaid, or a failure to account for the disposition of tobacco produced on the farm acquired by the United States, or if the allotment next estab- lished for such farm would have been reduced because of the false or improper identification of tobacco produced on or marketed from Allotmnt pool such farm. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as prevent- ing the Secretary from operating any allotment pool from which allotments are made to share tenants or sharecroppers who move from farms acquired by the United States for national-defense purposes to other farms purchased and operated by such persons." wheat asage at- SEC. 2 . Section 334 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as t52at. 53. amended, is hereby further amended by adding at the end thereof the 7U. . C.. 1334. following new subsection: oablshment of "(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the allot- ments established, or which would have been established, for any farm acquired in 1940 or thereafter by the United States for national- defense purposes shall be placed in an allotment pool and shall be used only to establish allotments for other farms owned or acquired by the owner of the farm so acquired by the United States. The allotment so made for any farm, including a farm on which wheat has not been planted during any of the three marketing years pre- ceding the marketing year in which the allotment is made, shall compare with the allotments established for other farms in the same area which are similar except for the past acreage of wheat." Cottn acreage al- SEC. 3 . Section 344 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as 52 tat. 7. 2S.3. amended, is hereby further amended by adding the following new 7U.. C. 1344. subsection: stsalishmentof "((j) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the allot- ment established, or which would have been established, for any farm acquired in 1940 or thereafter by the United States for national- defense purposes shall be placed in an allotment pool and shall be used only for establishing allotments for farms owned or acquired by the owner of the farm so acquired by the United States. The allotment so made for any farm, including a farm which was not used for cotton production during any of the three calendar years immediately preceding the year for which the allotment is made, shall compare with the allotments established for other farms in the same area which are similar except for the past acreage of cotton, taking into considera- tion the character and adaptability of soil and other physical facilities affecting the production of cotton. Allotments established pursuant (56 STAT.