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Wool Growers Asked To Vote On Program

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Day
23
Month
September
Year
1958
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Wool Growers Asked To Vote On Program
September Election Will Determine Aid To Sheep Council
Max M. Kalmbach of the Washtenaw County ASC committee today reminded wool growers that all ballots in the wool and lamb market development referendum must be voted not later than next Wednesday.
The referendum has been open throughout this month to give all growers ample opportunity to vote. Ballots were mailed to all known wool and lamb producers. After the batlot is voted , it should be mailed or brought in person to the county office. If the ballot is mailed, it must be postmarked not later than September 30.
In the referendum, farmers who produce wool have the opportunity to vote yes or no on approval of a new agreement between the Secretary of Agriculture and the American Sheep Producers Council for the advertising and sales promotion of lamb and wool If the agreguen papves seductions WP be made from government wool and lamb payments for the 1959, 1960 and 1961 marketing years to finance the council's activities.
Deductions for this promotion program have been made each year since the wool incentive program began in 1955. Deductions amount to 1 cent per pound for shorn wool and 5 cents per hundredweight for unshorn lambs and may be no higher than that if the agreement is extended.
An eligible voter in the referendum is any individual, corporation, partnership or legal entity which had an interest as owner or partial owner in one or more sheep six months of age or older for any period of at least 30 days from Jan. 1, 1959 until the day his ballot is cast. Any wool grower who believes he is entitled to vote and has not received his ballot should notify the county ASC office.
Extension of the agreement requires a favorable vote by growers having two-thirds of the volume of production represented in the referendum.