Show As FARM SERVICE LOANS ARE STILL AVAILABLE more than farm families in arizona nevada california and utah have participated in farm security administration community service loans for the improve ment of their farms jonathan garst regional director announced today community service loans garst explained are made to small groups of low income farmers for the purchase of every type of farm equipment and purebred sires neighbors agreed to pay a nominal fee for the lpes ipes thus made available loan s abri run for five years bears pr r less at azree per percent peili interest this type of loan garst said it possible for small farmers to enjoy the advantages of modern farm machinery and to improve their herds the lowin low in come farmer cannot operate on a mule and a plow basis and successfully cess fully compete in the markets taking advantage of the community service loan farmers in the four strates satiates have borrowed more than A total of loans have been made to small groups of three or four each group averages ten participants the tees fees agreed upon by the participants make ithe the loans practically self liquidating garst pointed out A large proportion of the money thus borrowed has gone into trade channels through the purchase of tractors binders threshers thre disc plows ensilage cutters potato diggers sp and the like none of the borrowers was personally able to finance the purchase of such equipment utah led the four states in borrowers with community service loans and participants aside from heavy machinery purebred sires led the list ot of community services established the total borrowed by utah farmers was california farmers have borrowed arizona farmers nevada farmers additional funds are available tor for community service loans in the four states and applications are bein ing received by farm security administration county supervisors Js Is your subscription paid up |