Show garfield countes Coun tys relief problem by vernon davies NO ol or OK WW RURAL TION PROGRAM IN oarl ikall AND pluck counsins COUN COUNT TinS 1118 1 liaf m TO JANUARY 1 1038 number of clients front froin garfield corint county 10 loi number of clients from pluto county 33 number of lier persons in ili fat families doth counties at number of families that could be benefited who tin are bioc lb ibo alig lii helped 1 46 1 I I 1 average dunber of acres lit in farms 41 average r of clients whose nit net worth lins has increased lik los IQS average number of el clients lents chow alto tiet lift worth hia has not increased 25 number who call repay loan lit in one year 0 number who call repay irinia loan lit in two years 0 number who can repay loans lit in three years 12 estl muted number who lilt repay lomis loans lit in four yeara 20 11 d dunber who will tahe longer than flinn four years to loans da 2 I 1 III lumber wild who will not need lived further loania but will reo luire sup sui erv islon lit in order to maintain a standard of living 19 Nui number liber of lieras of feed and forage crops crois harvested inn vested for farm uw use an hy arv ent active lenta lents fl vI it before on oil the lie II 11 it II program 4 h during the hist crup year benr v total number of work animals owned by clients before loans were anade windber of work milin owned ut at end of reporting iby by standard clients of clients changing from power to tractor 3 number of clients who have lne reused oWners ownership lill of cows cow 4 1215 number of clients increasing ownership of liuga hogs 78 number of clients increasing ownership owners lili of poultry number of clients whose status lins has improved 4 4 42 clients from verbal to written leases 11 clients receiving lutiger or renew idilo leases 37 number of clients who have advanced front from birin laborer or sharecroppers share croppers to tenants through af vertance of rural rehabilitation program 33 Nu number tuber of clients who have been located on oil more productive farnia fi rint through thron sli acceptance of it II it 11 program 10 19 of present acthen standard clients participating in ili cooperative enterprises a n before acceptance 0 t b at aluc of reporting report liiK period 10 19 in ili my opinion the progress of the present ketive standard clients Is due to n per ier lit 33 35 h b financing per cent GO c others per colit cent 15 source of data A report to W IV alexander administrator farin fann security administration washington 1 I 0 by L tuttle rural rehabilitation supervisor larfield and plute county comity district january 1 1138 of tile the ait clients mile atio were lent jent money Ino ticy 25 wore were reported as not having increased the net worth of their property pro porty this seems to 10 lo be a rather high ratio of failure to rehabilitate this early in tho the program for all the he clients borrowed anoney with the idea of buying baying livestock equipment and other property ninety two or nearly 70 70 per c ent cent of the clients were reported its as needing more than two YON years to repay their loans As a matter of fact there Is a reasonable basis for presuming that a large num iber ber of the clients never will liquidate their loans after spending tho the money the government finds itself in a very awkward position it it fore foreclosed forecloses closes on the property of those these people it will place many of them in a position in which public relief will be necessary because of this fact it Is doubtful if the government ever will foreclose in case of nonpayment non payment of the loans this circumstance will undoubtedly seriously mitigate against tile success ot of tho the program tho resettlement administration should be conini commended ended for reducing cing the lie amount of farm te tenancy liall among ninon its clients and also for stimulating cooperative efforts aiu wt vcr after duo due credit Is div on en to the last mentioned effort it ls Is plain that tile tho total number participating in cooperative efforts 11 10 out of a Ios possible sible does docs not manifest much progress |