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Show Dunkley Explains Work Of K F.S.A. In District j More Than 3,000 Families In Arizona, Nevada California and Utah Under Program SI1' ' Supervisor Willis R. Dunkley of - the local branch of the U. S. De-1 De-1 partment of Agriculture, Farm J Security Administration has work-175 work-175 ed out a detail of figures of the 4 activities of this department of 'jj public service in this district. T "Since the work of this bureau is 'I of necessity one of the more quiet j business procedures, people oc-"1 oc-"1 casionally ask, and frequently "j wonder just what is being done A locally", states Mr. Dunkley. Many Participate 1 More than 3000 farm families ; in Arizona, Nevada, California and Utah, have participated in Farm Security Administration community com-munity service loans for the im-' im-' provement of their farms. Community service loans, Mr. ; Dunkley explained, are made to ' small groups of low-income far-' far-' mers for the purchase of every type of farm equipment, and pure-J pure-J bred sires. Neighbors agreed to j pay a nominal fee for the services-.Uthiic services-.Uthiic marie availahlp. Loans run for five years or less at three per-; per-; cent interest. H "This type of loan", Mr. Dunk-ley Dunk-ley said, "has made it possible for j jsmall farmers to enjoy the advantages ad-vantages of modem farm machin-iery machin-iery and to improve their herds. The low-income farmer cannot operate on a 'mule-and-a-plow' basis and successfully compete in the markets." Taking advantage of the com-mmity com-mmity service loan, formers in the four states have borrowed more Uian $3000,000. A total of 319 pus have been made to small 1 groups of three or four. Each j group averages 10 participants. 1 The fees agreed upon by the parti-' parti-' cipants make the loans practically j Jell-liquidating, Mr. Dunkley f pointed out. I I Utah led the four states in bor-3 bor-3 rowers with 213 community ser- i (Continued on page four) Farm Security Facts (Continued from first page) vice loans and 3'Uti participants. Aside from heavy machinery, pure-I pure-I bred sires led the list of community com-munity services e'aMhed. The total txiiTowed hy I'tah farmers was ?JM,.7S1'. Additional funds are available for community service loans in the four states and applicat iocs are being received by Farm S"eurit Administration county su-ia isors. "The work of reset t lenient marie possible through the rehabilitation program, provides for the leaking of short term loans of from one to five years, permits I lie farmer to rc-e.stabli-li hims-df on his 1 im! and to get the same into producing activity, thus providing for Ins family, and through Ihe payment of delinquent and ruiTent taxes, land of previous debts, to help in the upkeep of county, state and nat ion. Study Sell "The study of sod conditions. ' securing of proier fertilizers. ,, better seed, and of the proiH-r I crop seed for particular localities, j are all a part of this enlarged pn-j pn-j gram in lelialf of the farmer, and those who are taking advantage of these ooportiinit ies are in most i every instance making good, and leVen exceeding tile c pec t . I ! loir. I originally thought possihle", he said. Mr. luitikley submits the follow, mg figures covering the Iiw-.d activities. From November in.'.', to December '.."I. 'X'7 . there Wele loans made m Washington, and Kane counties and the Arizona Strip totaling V'.UKI no under co-operatives, co-operatives, and $ 1 S I I'. 1 1 tx I standard stand-ard or indeendont loans, a total of SIKS.Mi'j iki of w hich S..M .Sir.' has been repaid. In Lincoln ami Clark counties of Nevada, also under this division study, loans for the period, cooperative anil standard I o I a I ,'si,7.L'7i'. ihi, of vv h i c h SH'..2IC.IK) has been repaid. From December 1U.17. to May g'l. I'l.'.H, Washington and Kane counties and Ihe Arizona division borrowed under cooperatives coopera-tives .S'J.'l.i.YIK) and under standard $ la. Il'l 00, paying off SUM'. I.'! (HI to dale. For the same period Lincoln and Clark counties secureil loans amounting to I.t.;UI (tO under cooperatives co-operatives and ?7.7'jn.n(l under standard mid they have paid olf V.'t.H 17.1)0. These two periods bring the grand total to $.'IM.HII.'1.(MI in loans wil h p a y o f f s amount ing to f H I, T.I I 1)0, or approximately '7 per cent. "Which, says Mr. Iiunkley, "is a splendid showing over Ihe brief period covered". |
