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109531 1 (1979-06-04)

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UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
        WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548


Mr. Ray V. Fitzgerald
Administrator, Agricultural
  Stabilization and
  Conservation Service          c
Department of Agriculture

Dear Mr. Fitz'jerald:

     County Agricultural  Stabilization and Conservation
Service offices either  have already started or will
shortly start selectinq  farms for quality control spot
checks of acreage certifications  for the 1979 wheat and
feed grains set-aside  programs

     Our review of  the administration of the 1978 wheat
and feed grains  set-aside program  in 12 counties in
Colorado, Kansas,  and Minnesota revealed that none of the
county offices had  followed all prescribed sampling pro-
cedures in selecting  farms whose certifications were to
be spot checked.   A4-&o, S9ome counties had not performed
all the spot checks  the sampling procedures required.  As
a result, these  county offices did not obtain statisti-
cally valid  information on the magnitude of incorrect
acreage certifications.,

     In selecting  farms and making quality control spot
checks on  the 1978 acreage certifications, one or more of
the county offices  had not always

     --listed  farms in the proper order on the farm cer-
       tification  register,

     --used  correct clearance or startinq numbers,

     --established  correct sampling initervals or to lowca
       correct  sampling intervals when they were
       established,


--increased sample  size when reauired by the
  procedures,


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