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Show Farmers May Look For Federal Aid Says Official Walter E. Eliff Tells Extension Ex-tension Staff of Plan to Relieve Distress in Droutih Areas i "If the farmers' relief bill, which is now before congress, is passed farmers of the west may expect to be issued loans within about two week's time," said Walter E. Eliff, administrative officer in charge of the federal feed and seed loan office, of-fice, Grand Forks, North Dakota, in his address before the Extension Service conference. Mr. Ehff said that although the fall feed loans for livestock had closed he was not sure but that the government may be willing to grant additional loans in the near future in view of the economic econom-ic conditions in Utah and the-shortage the-shortage of feed. "Our office is maintained for the benefit of western farmers," said Mr. Eliff, "and we shaU do all in our power to obtain assistance if it is forthcoming." When asked if additional money might be borrowed from the government gov-ernment on livestock already mortgaged to feed a certain por-tion por-tion of the flock or herd, he replied re-plied that he would be willing to release animals from under the mortgage that were not needed to protect the mortgage. Mr. Eliff reported thart his office of-fice was so organized that 1,000 applications could be handled each day, and that Utah received $283.-118 $283.-118 during the last government feed loan. He also said that every effort was being made to lend money to farmers of the west for 'eed and that special cases where the crop planted could be harvested harvest-ed within the planting year, as is the case with alfalfa, perhaps special concessions would be granted grant-ed or a mortgage would be placed on a cash crop grown on the farm of the one making application for the loan. |