Show if U pro ram aids I 1 tu mcants 1 loaned in sevier and wayne counties in last three years it is quite generally recognized among agriculturists that the short term lease is one of the evils confronting tenant farmers today the short term lease is likewise harmful to the land owner if the lease expires at the end of one year there is little effort on the part of the tenant to build up the fertility of the soil to increase the tenure of the lease and to bring about a more desirable relationship between landlord and tenant is one of the objectives of the farm security administration recent figures released by the richfield office of the rural rehabilitation division show that 88 clients have obtained longer leases since they affiliated with this organization during the last three years thirty five clients changed from a verbal to a written lease ten families have been located on more productive and more desirable farms through acceptance cep tance of the rural rehabilitation program it is estimated that 90 per cent of the rural rehabilitation clients were participating under the soil conservation program during 1937 benefit payments to these clients will approximate 30 per family or an aggregate of about since the rehabilitation program was started three years ago loans in sevier and wayne counties have amounted to payments on the loans have been satisfactory in most cases during november of 1937 was repaid and during december was repaid which is representative of the way in which payments are being made |