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Show On Utah County FarmT With The Extension Aqent I Commissioner Gos.s said tliat loan applications increased 10 per cent during September over the preceding month. The federal land banks and the land bank commissioner commis-sioner closed $30,000,000 of loans in September. It may be added that in the eleventh district, comprising California, Cali-fornia, Nevada, Utah and Arizona new applications received and ap-plictions ap-plictions reinstated averaged 29 per working day during the month of August. In August of two years (ago, over 500 applications were received daily. or Albert S. Goss of the Farm Credit administration in Washington Washing-ton said that, based on information informa-tion brought him from all sections of the country, he could say that agricultural conditions everywhere are far better than at any time since the Farm Credit administration administra-tion was organized in May, 1933. "In spite fo the poor wheat yield," Commissioner Goss said, "most crops are average or better, and cash farm income figures are at the highest level since 1930. Increasing optimism already is reflected by improved loan' collections col-lections and growing demand for farm land in practically every Federal Fed-eral land bank district in the country. coun-try. Although prices of some commodities leave much to be de-I de-I sired, in the main there is a satisfactory satis-factory price outlook, an active retail re-tail sales trade and a sounder farm credit position. All this gives real proof of the general improvement improve-ment in the farmer's financial position," pos-ition," The Commissioner added that very few current applications for land bank and commissioner loans are of an emergency nature. Al- most all of the applications are coming from farmers who desire ! to refinance at the lower rate of 4 per cent now available on new j loans from Federal land banks, as well as from farmers applying I for loans to purchase new proper-tics- , t.2i for the consumer. There have been ten such cycles ig production in the United .'Ucs during the past 40 years, "luther or not farmers wish to isk the eleventh one will be de-dim, de-dim, thC ctober 2H ''efercn- Up to the present time Utah tanners have received $32,210 on no,,, i con,-hS benefit payments. pay-ments. Second payments will be made early next year. t - - 0N UTAH COUNTY FARMS f-AKMKKS rKKl'AUK TO VOTK ON AAA ( OKN-lKHi I'l.AN With 2100 corn-hog contracts expiring in Utah on November 30 and another hog marketing year just opening, farmers are preparing prepar-ing to participate in the nationwide nation-wide corn-hog referendum which will be held Saturday, October 26 to determine what steps shall be taken during trie coming season according to Director William Peterson Pet-erson of the Utah State. Agricultural Agricul-tural college extension service. Anyone who raised corn or hogs in 1935, whether he signed a contract con-tract or not is eligible to vote. Places and methods of voting will be designated by the county corn-hog: corn-hog: officers. At the present time pork production pro-duction in the United States seems ' headed for the greatest increase during the next three years that it has ever made in a period of similar length, as indicated by growers in the corn belt. Assuming Assum-ing no control over hog numbers and "corn acreage, the stage is now set for an unprecedented increase in hog production. This might meau sacrafice prices for hogs, j reduced farm buying power, re- stricted trade in industrial pro-I pro-I ducts, forced liquidation in the swine industry and eventually another an-other period of high pork prices HKl'OKT SHOWS STATK 1'liO-. 1'liO-. GKK8S IN BANGS TEST A total of 32,139 cattle in the fn, Kf Utah have been tested toi Bangs disease during the iermMth,?oerrl0d endinS ScPtem" n v ,935' ac0''ding to Dr. A-,S, u ' ,C" 0f the Utah Statc Agricultural college. n,. Bans's disoase eradication P'ogiam is now under way in' all states except California and Wv-oming Wv-oming wnere p,ans are ngwo!ykPa,'tlCipation in th's test" thec32'139 cattle tested, 3,-IM 3,-IM were found to be infected with of Inl dt'fease' 0nly 91 Percet l,cattle tested in this state for iiangs disease reacted to the test being earned out on a naUon-wide twpn t1 3 C0Pei'ative basis between be-tween the states and the federal government. The work is conducted con-ducted by the Bureau of Animal Industry of the United States de-'mentf de-'mentf agricultural, under rules and regulations prescribed Fu,Jw Sefc'"etai"y f agriculture. Funds for this program were made available to the Agricultural Adjustment Ad-justment Administration by the LaFollette amendment to the Jones-Connally act. The nationwide nation-wide testing program started in JUly 1934. Indemnities are paid to owners of cattle which show a positive reaction to the Bang's disease test. Additional funds for the continuance of the testing work were made abailable by the nrst session of the seventy-fourth congress. 3 For the country as a whole, a total of 237,4 S3 herds were tested tor Bang's disease in the 13 months ending August 1, 1935. these herds contained 3,654 604 S03"16" f the herds tested ,463 herds were found to contain con-tain infected cattle. The number of fn.!eJn feeted herds totaled 2.020,63( of which '410,846 were tound to be reactors to the Bang's disease test. On a percentage basis 20.33 percent of the cattle in infected in-fected herds reacted. Of the total number of cattle in al Iherds tested, test-ed, including necessary, retests, 11.24 percent were found to react' to the Bang's disease test. zz ; Following is the number of cattle tested in Utah and the number of reactors in each county Beaver, 1085196; Box Elder 2438302; Cache, 5759 539: Davis, 62868; Duchesne, 1885 102; Iron, 21212; Kane, 13; Millard, 2338249,- Morgan, 1362 153; Piute, 3186279; Salt Lake 1064161; San Juan, 41211-' Sanpete, 2804172; Sevier, 395 23; Summit, 41967; Uintah, 110 4; Utah, 3243365; Wasatch, 991 H5; Washington, 125; Weber, Web-er, 3670341. COMMISSIONER SEES SIGNS OF KECOVEY FOR FARMERS At the conclusion of a conference confer-ence of twelve federal land bank presidents lield in Washington recently, Land Bank Commission- |