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Show f Utah Farmers To Get Assistance Through Seed Loan Appropriation loan will be based on the acreage of specific crops to be planted by the borrower in the spring of 1932 and on the requirements of the individual borrower for supplies necessary in the production of these crops. The interest rate to be charged by the government in all cases will be hVz per cent. In counties in which fertilizer is not commonly ' used the maximum loan per acre will be $3 for all crops except truck crops, on which 'a maximum maxi-mum rate of $12 is allowed. Where fertilizer is necessary for crop production pro-duction the maximum rates are $6 for all crops except truck crops, the rate for this being $20 per acre. Not to exceed $1 per acre of loans made at any of these rates may be used for repairs and miscellaneous expenses ex-penses of crop production other than seed, fertilizer, feed for workstock and fuel and oil for tractors, advises Dr. Warburton. Special provision is made for additional ad-ditional loans for the purchase of materials to protect crops from insects in-sects and plant diseases where spraying spray-ing or dusting is necessary. These loans will be at rates not to exceed $4 for truck crops. Loans will not be made to persons who did not engage en-gage in farming in 1931 nor to minors. min-ors. Loans for summer fallowing are not authorized, the regulations state. Any farmer who desires to obtain a loan will make application on a form provided by the county agent or the committee appointed to act within the county. Anyf farmer in Utah who is in need of a seed loan for spring planting plant-ing is eligible to make application to the federal government for aid, ac cording to a communication received Saturday from C. W. Warburton, director of extension work for the United States department of agriculture, agricul-ture, by Director William Peterson of the Utah State Agricultural college. "Loans in your state will be made from an office to be located in the very near future in Salt Lake City," said Director Warburton. "This will probably be known as the Farmers' Seed Loan office." There was no indication in-dication of the proposed personnel of the office, Director Peterson said. Director Warburton pointed out the fact that the legislation this year authorizing au-thorizing crop production loans to be made to farmers anywhere who are unable to obtain crop production credit from other -sources, the only condition being that preference is to be given to those who had crop failures fail-ures in 1931. Government printing presses are now turning out application blanks, notes, mortgages, and other necessary neces-sary forms and these will be made available in the counties of Utah where there is need for seed loans, Director Peterson has been advised. Necessary supplies for the applications applica-tions will be sent directly to the county agents where they will be readily available to farmers who are seeking aid. Applications will be examined ex-amined by a county seed loan advisory ad-visory commiltee who will be desig nated by the. extension service of Utah. In many cases the same personnel per-sonnel will be retained as that which made up the committees for the feed loans. "We are uncertain yet just how much money will be available for loans this year," said Director Warburton. War-burton. The act definitely authorizes $50,000,000. In the year 1931, $47,-000,000 $47,-000,000 was loaned to farmers in the drouth and storm areas of the United States." Each borrower is urged to keep his loan down to a minimum although the maximum loan has been increased from $150 to $400. The amount of the |