802.461 Proportionate shares for sugarcane farms in Puerto Rico for the 1945-46 crop. [Added] DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT TO VIRGIN ISLANDS SUGARCANE 802.50d Proportionate shares for sugarcane farms in the Virgin Islands for the 1946 crop. [Added] 802.51c Fair and reasonable wage rates for persons employed in the production, cultivation, or harvesting of sugarcane in the Virgin Islands during the calendar year 1945. [Added] Normal yield of commercially recoverable sugar per acre and eligibility for payment with respect to abandonment and crop deficiency for farms in the Virgin Islands. [Revised] 802.52 802.53c Fair and reasonable prices for the 1945 crop of Virgin Islands sugarcane. [Added] 802.55d Farming practices in connection with the production of sugarcane during the 1946 and subsequent crop years. [Added] AUTHORITY: §§ 802.121 to 802.55d, appearing in this Supplement, issued under 50 Stat. 909; 7 U.S.C. 1131-1134. DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT TO § 802.12f Fair and reasonable prices for the 1945 crop of sugar beets. Fair and reasonable prices for the 1945 crop of sugar beets shall be those prices specified in the purchase agreements heretofore made between processor-producers and producers with respect to the 1945 sugar beet crop. [S.D., Oct. 26, 1945, 10 F.R. 133911 § 802.13j Farming practices in connection with the production of sugar beets. The requirements of subsection (e) of section 301 of the Sugar Act of 1937, as amended, shall be deemed to have been fulfilled with respect to the production of the 1945 or any subsequent crop of sugar beets on any farm if soilconserving practices are carried out in connection with the production of such crop in a manner and to the extent required for the 1944 crop under the "Determination of Farming Practices to be Carried Out on Farms in Connection with the Production of Sugar Beets during the Crop Year 1944," issued February 28, 1944 (9 F.R. 2321), and if certification thereto is made in the manner prescribed in such determination. In applying such determination to the 1945 and subsequent crops, all calendar and crop years mentioned therein shall be increased one year for the 1945 crop and by one additional year for each subsequent crop. [S.D., Mar. 3, 1945, 10 F.R. 2493] § 802.14k Fair and reasonable wage rates for the 1945 crop of sugar beets. The requirements of subsection (b) of section 301 of the Sugar Act of 1937, as amended, shall be deemed to have been met with respect to the production, cultivation, or harvesting of the 1945 crop of sugar beets if all persons employed on a farm, or part of a farm covered by a separate labor agreement, in the production, cultivation, or harvesting of the 1945 crop of sugar beets shall have been paid in full for all such work and shall have been paid wages at rates as follows: (a) The wage rate agreed upon between the producer and the laborer but in no case less than the following: The basic rates applicable to a farm are those for the wage district in which the factory where the beets are contracted to be delivered is located 1 1 Except that wage rates prescribed for District XII shall apply to all farms located The combined rate is applicable in an instance where a written agreement includes In District II where special machine methods are used the combined rates for In those instances where pulling, topping and piling is performed as a separate hand labor operation because of mechanical loading, the applicable rates for pulling. In those instances where pulling and topping is performed as a separate operation In those instances where pulling, topping and loading is performed as a combined The rate for all fractional tonnages rounded to the nearest tenth of a ton shall be (2) Inexperienced workers. For inexperienced workers during a reasonable training period when employed on a time basis, three-fourths of the applicable hourly rate specified under (1) above. (3) Workers 14 to 16 years of age. For workers between 14 and 16 years of age when employed on a time basis, twothirds of the applicable hourly rate specified under (1) above. (Employment of such workers not to exceed 8 hours per day.) (4) Reduction for special machine methods. In instances in which the use of a special machine method of planting, cultivating, or harvesting (other than those for which rates are specified under (1) above) reduces the amount of labor required as compared with the method previously used, the piece rate for the operation involved may be reduced below the rate prescribed under (1) above by agreement between the producer and the laborer, provided such reduced rate is determined by the State Committee as equivalent to the piece rate specified under (1) above for the amount of work involved. (5) Work not covered by specified rates. For any work in the production, cultivation or harvesting of sugar beets for which a rate is not specified under (1) above the rate shall be as agreed upon between the producer and the laborer. (b) General provisions. (1) In addition to the foregoing, the producer shall furnish to the laborer, without charge, the perquisities customarily furnished by him, such as a house, garden plot, and similar incidentals. (2) The producer shall not, through any subterfuge or device whatsoever, reduce the wage rates to laborers below those determined herein. [S.D., Mar. 16, 1945, 10 F.R. 29561 § 802.17h Proportionate shares for farms in the domestic beet sugar area for the 1945 crop. The proportionate share for the 1945 crop for each farm in the domestic beet sugar area shall be the number of acres of sugar beets planted thereon for the production of sugar beets to be marketed (or processed by the producer) for the extraction of sugar or liquid sugar during the 1945 crop season. [S.D., Sept. 13, 1945, 10 F.R. 11847] DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT TO MAIN LAND SUGARCANE § 802.220 Fair and reasonable prices for the 1945 crop of Florida sugarcane for sugar. Fair and reasonable prices for the 1945 crop of Florida sugarcane for sugar shall not be less than those provided for in § 802.22m. [S.D., Sept. 13, 1945, 10 F.R. 11847] § 802.22p Fair and reasonable prices for the 1945 crop of Louisiana sugarcane for sugar. Fair and reasonable prices for the 1945 crop of Louisiana sugarcane for sugar shall not be less than those provided for in § 802.22n, except that for the purpose of determining season average prices for 96° raw sugar, duty paid basis at New Orleans, Louisiana, the period beginning with October 12, 1945 (or the Friday within the first marketing week of actual trading) and ending on January 31, 1946, shall be governing. [S.D., Sept. 13, 1945, 10 F.R. 11847] § 802.23g Farming practices in connection with the production of sugarcane during the 1945 and subsequent crop years-(a) Conservation requirements. The requirements of section 301 (e) of the Sugar Act of 1937, as amended, shall be deemed to have been fulfilled with respect to any sugarcane farm in the Mainland cane sugar area for the 1945 and each subsequent crop if there is carried out during the calendar year in which the harvesting of the crop begins, on land on the farm which is adapted to the production of sugarcane for sugar, an acreage of approved conservation practices equal to not less than 15 percent of the acreage of sugarcane for sugar growing on the farm for harvest during such calendar year. (b) Approved practices. Each of the following shall be counted as one acre of conservation practices: (1) Seeding one acre of winter legumes in the fall. (2) Turning or disking under one acre of a satisfactory growth of summer legumes grown alone. (3) Turning or disking under one acre of a satisfactory growth of winter legumes seeded in the fall of the preceding year. (4) Turning or disking under one acre of a satisfactory growth of sorghum as a green manure crop. (5) Turning or disking under two acres of a good stand and good growth of sum mer legumes (excluding peanuts, lespedeza, and summer legumes used as truck crops) interplanted or grown in combination with row crops, such as corn; Provided, The summer legumes occupy at least one-third of the land. (6) Turning or disking under two acres of a good cover and growth (except seed or seed heads) of summer legumes or sorghum. (7) Applying 48 pounds of available phosphoric acid (PO) to, or in connecnection with, a full seeding of winter legumes. (8) Applying 500 pounds of basic slag (rock phosphate or colloidal phosphate in Florida) to, or in connection with, a full seeding of winter legumes. (9) Removing 25 cubic yards of earth in the construction, enlargement, or cleaning out of lateral ditches and lead canals. (Applicable in Louisiana only.) (10) Carrying out on one and onehalf acres of land in Florida, the top soil of which is combustible (determined as such by the State AAA Committee) and from which no crop classified as soildepleting in ACP-1941, 1941 Agricultural Conservation Program Bulletin, as amended, is harvested and on which adequate facilities (ditches, pumps, and necessary equipment) have been maintained (whether constructed in the current calendar year or earlier) for flooding the land during the fire hazard season as a protection against the destruction of such top soil by fire, the practices specified in paragraphs B, C, D, and E of Amendment 3 to Southern Region Bulletin 101, issued June 11, 1937, for protecting the soil against fire, assuring adequate drainage and preventing soil oxidation and subsidence; Provided, however, That there shall be carried out on such land on the farm such other practices as are recommended for the farm by the County AAA Committee, and approved by the State AAA Committee, for protecting the soil against fire, assuring adequate drainage, preventing soil oxidation and subsidence, and otherwise preserving and improving the fertility of the soil and preventing soil erosion, such practices to be consistent with reasonable standards of the farming community in which the land is located. (c) Standards of performance. The conservation practices shall be carried out in accordance with farming methods commonly used in the community in which the farm is located and in accordance with specifications approved by the Director of the Southern Division of the Agricultural Adjustment Agency. [S.D., July 10, 1945, 10 F.R. 8639, 9422] § 802.24q Fair and reasonable wage rates for production and cultivation of sugarcane in Louisiana during the calendar year 1945. The requirements of subsection (b) of section 301 of the Sugar Act of 1937, as amended, shall be deemed to have been met with respect to the production and cultivation of sugarcane in Louisiana during the remainder of the calendar year 1945 (the rates applicable for the period January 1, 1945 to date of this determination shall be those determined for production and cultivation for the calendar year 1944), if all persons employed on the farm during that period in the production and cultivation of sugarcane shall have been paid in full for all such work and shall have been paid wages in cash therefor at rates as follows: (a) Wage rates. The wage rates agreed upon between the producer and the laborer but in no case less than the following: For a working day longer or shorter than 9 hours for adult workers, (or shorter than 8 hours for children between 14 and 16 years) the rate shall be in proportion to the applicable rate prescribed above. Maximum employment per day for children 14 to 16 years is 8 hours. (2) On a piece rate basis. For all classes of work performed on a piece rate basis the earnings per day (or per hour) shall not be less than the applicable rates per day (or per hour) specified under (1) above: Provided, however, That minimum earnings per day (or per hour) shall not apply to prisoners of war but they shall be paid at the same piece rate as other laborers. (b) General provisions. (1) In addition to the foregoing, the producer shall furnish to the laborer, without charge, |