Practice C-3. CULTIVATING, PROTECTING, AND MAINTAINING BY REPLANTING, IF NECESSARY, A GOOD STAND OF FOREST TREES, PLANTED BETWEEN JULY 1, 1935, AND JULY 1, 1939. Rate of credit. Each acre equals 2 units. Specifications. (a) Maintaining a good stand of not less than 200 living forest trees per acre planted on the farm between July 1, 1935, and July 1, 1939, provided that such trees are not more than 8 feet apart in the rows, by: (1) Irrigating when necessary to promote growth; (2) Cultivating or mowing between the trees often enough to control weed growth; (3) Pruning to control growth; (4) Removing dead limbs; (5) Burning all prunings and slashings; and (6) Fencing to protect from livestock, if necessary, and replacing missing trees. (b) 160 linear rods of single row trees or 107 linear rods of trees in double rows consisting of single parallel rows not more than 8 feet apart equals 1 acre. In block planting of forest trees, the area considered as being occupied by such planting shall be a block consisting of the area occupied by trees plus 1⁄2 rod beyond the outside rows of trees. Practices C-4, D-1 and E-1. Not applicable. Practice F-1. PLANTING FOREST TREES (INCLUDING SHRUBS IN PROTECTIVE PLANTINGS) PROVIDED SUCH TREES ARE PROTECTED AND CULTIVATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOOD TREE-CULTURE PRACTICE. Rate of credit.-1 acre equals 5 units. Specifications. (a) This practice consists of planting forest trees and shrubs for windbreaks on the farm (1) in single rows with the trees spaced not more than 5 feet apart in the row or (2) trees may be planted in double rows consisting of single parallel rows not more than 8 feet apart with trees not more than 8 feet apart in each row and staggered to alternate trees. (b) Shrubs are to be planted not more than 3 feet apart in single row settings and not more than 4 feet apart when planted in double rows 8 feet apart. (e) The trees or shrubs shall be irrigated periodically after planting when necessary to assure growth, and the interspaces cultivated often enough to control weed growth. (d) If the trees are subject to damage from livestock, they must be protected by an adequate fence. (e) 160 linear rods of single row trees or shrubs, or 107 linear rods of double row trees or shrubs consisting of single parallel rows not more than 8 feet apart, shall be considered to equal one acre. In block planting of forest trees, the area occupied by such planting shall be considered as the area occupied by trees plus 11⁄2 rod beyond the outside rows of trees. Practice F-2. CONTROL OF SERIOUSLY INFESTED PLOTS OF PERENNIAL NOXIOUS WEEDS ON CROPLAND, ORCHARD LAND, OR NONCROP PASTURE LAND, IN ORGANIZED WEED CONTROL DISTRICTS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOOD CHEMICAL OR TILLAGE METHODS. Rate of credit. Each acre equals 5 units. Specifications. (a) Practice F-2 is applicable only when carried out in accordance with good technical or cultural methods. The area on which control measures are to be performed must include 6 feet outside of the infested area. (b) Credit will be given for the control of only the following perennial noxious weeds: Austrian field cress. Canadian thistle. Morning glory (bindweed). (c) The weed control districts must be organized so as to prevent reinfestation, insofar as possible, by means of natural weed carriers. The district boundaries and plan of operations, kind of weeds to be controlled, nature of control methods and related data, must be recommended by the county committee and approved by the State committee before practice approval can be given by the county committee to the operator. Consideration by the State committee will be given only after the cooperation of the available State agencies, with appropriate regulatory powers, has been assured. Practices F-3 and G-1. Not applicable. Practice G-2. RENOVATION OF PERENNIAL LEGUMES AND MIXTURES Rate of credit.-2 acres equal OF PERENNIAL GRASSES AND LEGUMES. 1 unit. Specifications.—(a) This practice is applicable to cropland only. (b) The renovation of a deteriorated stand of perennial legumes or mixtures thereof with perennial grasses during the dormant period or between crops during 1939 may be carried out by cultivating, spring-tooth harrowing, subsoiling, or disking, and by drilling or broadcasting seed in conformity with methods generally recognized as desirable in the community, provided that sufficient good seed is added to reestablish a good stand or obtain a more desirable pasture or hay mixture. Practice G-3. SEEDING TIMOTHY OR REDTOP OR A MIXTURE CONSISTING SOLELY OF TIMOTHY AND REDTOP. Rate of credit.-2 acres equal 1 unit. Practices G-4, H-1, and H-2. Not applicable. Practice H-3. CONTOUR LISTING, DEEP OR SHALLOW SUBSOILING, OR FURROWING NONCROP LAND. (THE ACREAGE OF THIS PRACTICE SHALL BE COMPUTED ON THE BASIS OF THE AREA SO HANDLED, EACH FURROW OR STRIP BEING CONSIDERED TO OCCUPY AN AREA NOT IN EXCESS OF 1/2 ROD IN WIDTH). Rate of credit.-4 acres equal 1 unit. Specifications. (a) Practice H-3 shall consist of contour listing or subsoiling noncrop pasture during 1939 on slopes in excess of one-half percent for the purpose of preventing water erosion, and conserving moisture. (b) The minimum depth of cultivation with the subsoiler must be 10 inches. (c) Contour lists must be at least 4 inches below the original surface of the soil. The vertical drop between lists or subsoiler rows must not exceed 20 inches, the surface to be left rough behind the lister or subsoiler. Practice H-4. STRIPCROPPING. Rate of credit.-4 acres equal 1 unit. Specifications.—(a) Stripcropping with alternate strips of the close-grown crops and intertilled crops or alternate strips of close-grown crops and fallow. (b) Stripcropping may be carried out for purposes of water erosion prevention, provided that: (1) This practice is applicable only on cropland with slopes in excess of 3 percent. (2) At least half of the area is in protective cover crops during the period of water erosion hazard. (3) The strips not covered by close-growing crops are not less than 4 feet or more than 100 feet in width. (4) The strips are seeded on the contour and do not depart more than 1 percent from the true contour except for variations not to exceed 3 percent for short distances on irregular sloping land. Where stripcropping is used in connection with approved terraces, the strips may be on the same grade as the terraces and the width of the alternate strips may occupy the full distance between the terraces. (c) Stripcropping may be carried out for purposes of wind erosion prevention, provided that: (1) The farm is in an area recommended by the county committee and approved by the State committee as an area subject to wind erosion. (2) At least half of the area is in protective crops during the period of wind erosion hazard. (3) The strips not covered by protective crops are not less than 4 feet or more than 50 feet in width. (4) The strips are at right angles to the prevailing winds except that on slopes in excess of 5 percent the strips are on the contour and must remain undisturbed during periods subject to water erosion hazard. (5) There are two or more strips or intertilled crops or fallow protected by two or more strips devoted to close-growing crops. Practices H-5, 1-1, and J-1. Not applicable. Practice J-2. CONTOUR LISTING EXCEPT WHEN CARRIED OUT ON PROTECTED SUMMER FALLOWED ACREAGE OR AS A PART OF THE SEEDING OPERA TION. Rate of credit.—8 acres equal 1 unit. Specifications. (a) This practice must be performed on cropland with slopes in excess of one-half of 1 percent for the purpose of preventing water erosion and conserving moisture (b) Contour lists shall be at least 10 inches high. The vertical drop between contour lists shall not exceed 20 inches. The horizontal distance between lists shall not exceed 7 feet. The surface of the soil shall be left rough. (c) This practice is not applicable on slopes in excess of 5 percent. Practice J-3. Not applicable. Practice K-1. CONTOUR SEEDING OF SMALL GRAIN CROPS. Credit.-10 acres equal 1 unit. Rate of Specifications. (a) This practice is applicable to cropland only. (b) This practice consists of drilling small grains, including wheat, oats, barley, and rye, on cropland in 1939, at right angles to the slope of the land. (c) This practice is applicable only on slopes in excess of one-half of 1 percent. (d) Drill rows must follow the contour lines of the field in which the practice is being applied. Any subsequent operation, such as crosswise harrowing or diagonal drilling of corners which would destroy the effect of the contour seeding will disqualify the entire acreage in the field. Practice K-2. PIT CULTIVATION, PITS TO BE AT LEAST 4 INCHES IN DEPTH BELOW SURFACE OF SOIL AND CONSTRUCTED SO THAT SURFACE OF PIT COVERS AT LEAST 25 PERCENT OF THE GROUND SURFACE. NO CREDIT WILL BE GIVEN FOR THIS PRACTICE WHEN CARRIED OUT ON PROTECTED SUMMER FALLOWED ACREAGE OR AS A PART OF THE SEEDING OPERATION. Rate of credit.-10 acres equal 1 unit. Specifications. (a) This practice is applicable to cropland and orchards only. Practices K-3 and K-4. Not applicable. SEC. 8. PAYMENT FOR FULL PERFORMANCE Payment will be made with respect to any farm for not exceeding soil-depleting acreage allotments, and for achieving the soil-building goal in an amount which shall be the sum of the following. (a) Cotton.-2 cents per pound of the normal yield per acre of cotton for the farm for each acre in the cotton acreage allotment; or, if the acreage planted to cotton is less than 80 percent of the cotton acreage allotment, payment will be computed on the normal yield of an acreage equal to 125 percent of the acreage planted to cotton unless the county committee finds that failure to plant 80 percent of such cotton acreage allotment was due to flood or drought. (b) Not applicable. (c) Wheat.-17 cents per bushel of the normal yield per acre of wheat for the farm for each acre in the wheat acreage allotment; or, if the acreage planted to wheat is less than 80 percent of the wheat acre age allotment, payment will be computed on the normal yield of an acreage equal to 125 percent of the acreage planted to wheat unless the county committee finds that failure to plant 80 percent of such wheat acreage allotment was due to flood or drought. (d) Not applicable. (e) Potatoes.-3 cents per bushel of the normal yield per acre of potatoes for the farm for each acre in the potato acreage allotment; or, if the acreage planted to potatoes is less than 80 percent of the potato acreage allotment, payment will be computed on the normal yield of an acreage equal to 125 percent of the acreage planted to potatoes unless the county committee finds that failure to plant 80 percent of such potato acreage allotment was due to flood or drought. (f) Not applicable. (g) Rice.-10 cents per 100 pounds of the normal yield per acre of rice for the farm for each acre in the rice acreage allotment; or, if the acreage planted to rice is less than 80 percent of the rice acreage allotment, payment will be computed on the normal yield of an acreage equal to 125 percent of the acreage planted to rice unless the county committee finds that failure to plant 80 percent of such rice acreage allotment was due to flood or drought. (h) Commercial vegetables.-$1.50 for each acre in the commercial-vegetable acreage allotment established for the farm; or, if the acreage of land planted to commercial vegetables is less than 80 percent of the commercial-vegetable acreage allotment payment will be computed on an acreage equal to 125 percent of the acreage of land planted to commercial vegetables unless the county committee finds that failure to plant 80 percent of such commercial-vegetable acreage allotment was due to flood or drought. (i) General soil-depleting crops.-(Farms in area A except nongeneral-allotment farms.) $1.10 per acre adjusted for productivity for each acre in the total soil-depleting acreage allotment established for the farm in excess of the sum of (1) the acreages used in computing payments with respect to the special-crop and commercial-vegetable acreage allotments established for the farm; and (2) the acreage of sugar beets for sugar planted on the farm in 1939. (i) Not applicable. (k) Payments in connection with soil-building practices.(1) 50 cents per acre of cropland in the farm in excess of the total soil-depleting acreage allotment for the farm (applicable only to farms in area A). (2) $2 per acre of commercial orchards on the farm January 1, 1939. (3) (i) The following rates per acre of noncrop, open pasture land: 8 cents per acre in Amador, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Kern, Lake, Lassen, Mariposa, Modoc, Monterey, Nevada, Placer, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Sierra, Tehama, Tuolumne and Ventura Counties. 16 cents an acre in Del Norte and Humboldt Counties. 25 cents an acre in Inyo and Mono Counties. 10 cents an acre in all other counties. (ii), (iii), and (iv). Not applicable. (4) 70 cents per acre of cropland in excess of the sum of (1) the acreages used in computing payments with respect to special-crop acreage allotments established for the farm, and (2) the acreage of sugar beets for sugar planted on the farm in 1939 (applicable only to farms in area B.). (5) 70 cents for each acre in the commercial vegetable acreage allotment established for the farm (applicable only to farms in commercial-vegetable producing acreas in area A). (6) $1.10 per acre, adjusted for productivity, for each acre in the total soil-depleting acreage allotment established for the farm in excess of the sum of (1) the acreages used in computing payments with respect to the special-crop and commercial-vegetable acreage allotments established for the farm, and (2) the acreage of sugar beets for sugar planted on the farm in 1939 (applicable only to nongeneralallotment farms in area A). SEC. 9. PAYMENTS FOR PARTIAL PERFORMANCE Payments computed for any farm under the provisions of section 8 shall be subject to all the following deductions which are applicable to the farm. (a) Cotton.-4 cents per pound of the normal yield for the farm for each acre planted to cotton in excess of the cotton acreage allotment established for the farm. (b) Not applicable. (e) Wheat.-(2) Not applicable. (i) 50 cents per bushel of the normal yield for the farm for each acre planted to wheat in excess of the wheat acreage allotment or, if the farm is a nonwheat-allotment farm, for each acre of wheat classified as soil-depleting acreage under section 2 (d) (4) (xix) and (a) in excess of the larger of (1) 8 acres, or (2) the usual acreage of wheat established for the farm. (d) Not applicable. (e) Potatoes.-(i) (Farms for which potato acreage allotments are established) 30 cents per bushel of the normal yield for the farm for each acre planted to potatoes in excess of the potato acreage allotment. () (Farms for which potato acreage allotments are not established in commercial potato-producing areas which are not also commercial vegetable-producing areas) 30 cents per bushel of the normal yield for the farm for each acre planted to potatoes for market in excess of 3 acres. (f) Not applicable. (g) Rice. 80 cents per 100 pounds of the normal yield for the farm for each acre planted to rice in excess of the rice acreage allotment established for the farm. (h) Commercial vegetables.-(Farms in commercial vegetableproducing areas) $20 per acre for each acre of land planted to commercial vegetables in excess of the larger of the commercial vegetable-acreage allotment established for the farm or 3 acres. (i) General soil-depleting crops.-(i) (Farms in area A, except nongeneral-allotment farms) $8 per acre, adjusted for productivity, for each acre of the soil-depleting acreage in excess of the total soildepleting acreage allotment established for the farm plus the acreages |