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52 STAT.] Thin CONG., SD SESS.-CH. 3(0--i EB. i;, I'):S (4) The term "affect interstate and foreign commerce" means, among other things, in such commerce, or to burden or obstruct such commerce or the free and orderly flow thereof; or to create or tend to create a surplus of any agricultural commodity which burdens or obstructs such commerce or the free and orderly flow thereof. (5) The term "United States" means the several States and Terri- tories and the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. (6) The term "State" includes a Territory and the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. (7) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture, and the term "Department" means the Department of Agriculture. (8) The term "person" means an individual, partnership, firm, joint-stock company, corporation, association, trust, estate, or any agency of a State. (9) The term "corn" means field corn. (b) DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE TO ONE OR MORE COMMODITIES. -For the purposes of this title- (1) (A) "Actual production" as applied to any acreage of corn means the number of bushels of corn which the local committee deter- mines would be harvested as grain from such acreage if all the corn on such acreage were so harvested. In case of a disagreement be- tween the farmer and the local committee as to the actual produc- tion of the acreage of corn on the farm, or in case the local committee determines that such actual production is substantially below normal, the local committee, in accordance with regulations of the Secretary, shall weigh representative samples of ear corn taken from the acreage involved, make proper deductions for mois- ture content, and determine the actual production of such acreage on the basis of such samples. (B) "Actual production" of any number of acres of cotton on a farm means the actual average yield for the farm times such num- ber of acres. (2) "Bushel" means in the case of ear corn that amount of ear corn, including not to exceed 151/2 per centum of moisture content, which weighs seventy pounds, and in the case of shelled corn, means that amount of shelled corn including not to exceed 151/2 per centum of moisture content, which weighs fifty-six pounds. (3) (A) "Carry-over", in the case of corn and rice, for any mar- keting year shall be the quantity of the commodity on hand in the United States at the beginning of such marketing year, which was produced in the United States prior to the beginning of the calendar year then current. (B) "Carry-over" of cotton for any marketing year shall be the quantity of cotton on hand either within or without the United States at the beginning of such marketing year, which was produced in the United States prior to the beginning of the calendar year then current. (C) "Carry-over" of tobacco for any marketing year shall be the quantity of such tobacco on hand in the United States at the begin- ning of such marketing year, which was produced in the United States prior to the beginning of the calendar year then current, except that in the case of cigar-filler and cigar-binder tobacco the quantity of type 46 on hand and theretofore produced in the United States during such calendar year shall also be included. (D) "Carry-over" of wheat, for any marketing year shall be the quantity of wheat on hand in the United States at the beginning of such marketing year, not including any wheat which was produced in the United States during the calendar year then current, and not including any wheat held by the Federal Crop Insurance Corpora- tion under Title V. "Affect interstate and foreign com- merce." " United States. " "State." "Secretary"; "De- partment." "Person." "Corn." Definitions applica- ble to one or more commodities. "Actual produc- tion" as applied to any acreage of corn. " Actual produc- tion" of any number of acres of cotton on a farm. "Bushel", ear and shelled corn. "Carry-over", in the case of corn and rice. Cotton. Tobacco. Wheat. Pot,p. 72.