"Commercial corn- (4) (A) "Commercial corn-producing area" shall include all producingarea"; coun- , . c incruue ties included. counties in which the average production of corn (excluding corn used as silage) during the ten calendar years immediately preceding the calendar year for which such area is determined, after adjust- ment for abnormal weather conditions, is four hundred and fifty bushels or more per farm and four bushels or more for each acre of farm land in the county. Counties bordering (B) Whenever prior to February 1 of any calendar year the Sec- scribed average. retary has reason to believe that any county which is not included in the commercial corn-producing area determined pursuant to the provisions of subparagraph (A), but which borders upon one of the counties in such area, or that any minor civil division in a county bordering on such area, is producing (excluding corn used for silage) an average of at least four hundred and fifty bushels of corn per farm and an average of at least four bushels for each acre of farm land in the county or in the minor civil division, as the case may be, he shall cause immediate investigation to be made to determine such fact. If, upon the basis of such investigation, the Secretary finds that such county or minor civil division is likely to produce corn in such average amounts during such calendar year, he shall proclaim such determination, and, commencing with such calendar year, such county Exclusionrromarea, shall be included in the commercial corn-producing area. In the case investigation. investigation. of a county included in the commercial corn-producing area pursu- ant to this subparagraph, whenever prior to February 1 of any calendar year the Secretary has reason to believe that facts justifying the inclusion of such county are not likely to exist in such calendar year, he shall cause an immediate investigation to be made with respect thereto. If, upon the basis of such investigation, the Secre- tary finds that such facts are not likely to exist in such calendar year, he shall proclaim such determination, and commencing with such calendar year, such county shall be excluded from the commercial corn-producing area. tion"arof corn. (5) "Farm consumption" of corn means consumption by the farmer's family, employees, or household, or by his work stock; or consumption by poultry or livestock on his farm if such poultry or livestock, or the products thereof, are consumed or to be consumed by the farmer's family, employees, or household. cae of cotton, iwheat (\ (A) "lMarket", in the case of cotton, wheat, and tobacco, means andi tb'hcco. ' to dispose of by sale, barter, or exchange, but, in the case of wheat, does not include disposing of wheat as premium to the Federal Crop Post, p . 72. Insurance Corporation under Title V. Corn. (B) "Market", in the case of corn, means to dispose of by sale, barter, or exchange, or by feeding (in any form) to poultry or live- stock which, or the products of which, are sold, bartered, or exchanged, or to be so disposed of. Rice. (C) "Market", in the case of rice, means to dispose of by sale, barter, or exchange of rice used or to be used for human consumption. "Marketed", "mar- (D) '"Marketed", "marketing", and "for market" shall have cor- ket. " responding meanings to the term "market" in the connection in which they are used. inarketisg year", i (7) "Marketing year" means, in the case of the following com- commodities. modities, the period beginning on the first and ending with the second date specified below: Corn, October 1-September 30; Cotton, August 1-July 31; Rice. August 1-July 31; Tobacco (flue-cured), July 1-June 30; Tobacco (other than flue-cured), October 1-September 30; Wheat, July 1-June 30. 40 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 30 -FEB. 16, 1938 [52 STAT.
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