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Show Utah Stockmen To Get Federal Aid Through the federal and drouth loans, made possible by congressional congression-al appropriations last year, Utah farmers are to be included and will be eligible to participate in the distribution distri-bution of the funds, according to advices ad-vices received by Wm. Peterson, director of the extension service of the Agricultural college at Logan. The loan privileges, according to in-formation in-formation received, axe an outgrowth of requests made at the drouth conferences con-ferences held recently at Salt Lake, at the call of Gov. Geo. H. Dern. J Loans will be made to farmers up ; to $1,000 per individual on the basis of $3 per month for horses and cat-tie cat-tie and 30 cents per month for sheep, it was explained. Requests were made especially for foundation herds, and therefore, loans will be made on the basis of 40 cattle, six horses and 200 sheep. Repayment will be due Octo-' ber 1, 1932. j The purpose of the federal loans is to insure feeding of at least the foundation or breeding herds over the winter, or a period which should not exceed six months. In cases where the cattle and sheep are already covered by collateral mortgage it is not necessary to have the herds clear listed, but instead to have an agreement agree-ment on the part of the mortgage, Director Peterson states. All loans for the Utah area will be cleared through the office at Grand Forks, N. D. Application blanks for feed loans are being printed print-ed and should be available at the Utah college within 10 days. From there they will be distributed to the county committees through the county coun-ty agents' offices so that within about two weeks applications might be presented pre-sented for loans. The chamber is also advised that the government has granted the request re-quest that the grazing period on the forest be extended this year. And it is likely, according to Dr. Peterson, that the other request will be granted, grant-ed, cutting in half freight rates for movement of necessary feed and for the shipment of livestock to and from feeding grounds. |