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A quota in this amount resulted in a reduction of 10 percent in 1955 farm acreage allotments on those farms having 0.7 of an acre or more . Sales of the 1954 burley - tobacco crop are now complete and gross sales of approximately 698 ...
A quota in this amount resulted in a reduction of 10 percent in 1955 farm acreage allotments on those farms having 0.7 of an acre or more . Sales of the 1954 burley - tobacco crop are now complete and gross sales of approximately 698 ...
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... that burley - tobacco acreage allotments cannot be reduced below the smaller of ( 1 ) the allotment established for the form of the immediate preceding year , ( 2 ) 0.7 of 1 acre , or ( 3 ) 25 percent of the cropland of the farm .
... that burley - tobacco acreage allotments cannot be reduced below the smaller of ( 1 ) the allotment established for the form of the immediate preceding year , ( 2 ) 0.7 of 1 acre , or ( 3 ) 25 percent of the cropland of the farm .
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... I can give you a rather definite figure in saying for the first time in history there was produced 8,000 acres more tobacco than was allotted in 1954 . Senator CLEMENTS . Under the highest penalty we have ever had . Mr. MILLER .
... I can give you a rather definite figure in saying for the first time in history there was produced 8,000 acres more tobacco than was allotted in 1954 . Senator CLEMENTS . Under the highest penalty we have ever had . Mr. MILLER .
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In your judgment how many acres might have been involved in this past year in what you might term hidden acreage ? ... that fact is as well hidden probably as the acres were . ... If it was an acre , I take it that would be too much .
In your judgment how many acres might have been involved in this past year in what you might term hidden acreage ? ... that fact is as well hidden probably as the acres were . ... If it was an acre , I take it that would be too much .
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The total number of acres was 399,463 . ... proportioned according to poundage , and it will be converted to acres in the States , We do not have that until a later period . ... I have in mind the 0.7 acre minimum allotment for burley .
The total number of acres was 399,463 . ... proportioned according to poundage , and it will be converted to acres in the States , We do not have that until a later period . ... I have in mind the 0.7 acre minimum allotment for burley .
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| Title | Tobacco: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Tobacco of ..., 84-1, March 3, 10, and 14, 1955 |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture |
| Published | 1955 |
| Length | 145 pages |
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