Show WATER FACILITY LOANS AVAILABLE stuart H richards farm security administration supervisor said today that loans for improvement of farmstead water facilities and for rehabilitation of irrigation systems may now be made in rich and daggett counties until this time richards said the water facilities loans have been made only in specially designated areas lack of water in farmhouses barns and irrigation ditches has prevented some farmers from growing extra quantities of precious food richards said its the extra quantities that will win the food production tight fight our procedures have now been streamlined so that we e can make loans and give technical guidance guidance to any farmer who can step up production with better water facilities providing of course that the farmar mar is otherwise eligible for a loan richards said that only farmers who waa I 1 are unable to obtain adequate credit from other sources are eligible for the loans the loans axe are made at three per cent interest and repayable over a 20 year period farmers who lack credit to improve or expand farmstead water systems or to renovate existing irrigation systems may look to us s f for 0 r h help ei p ll 11 richards h a r d s lookyat aerial said materials s a are r e s scarce c r e e of course 0 u r e e so as far as possible were emphasizing rebuilding or repairing present water systems to make them function to full capacity sometimes weve found that it is most economical to build or repair a facility which can be used by several families in these cases the th loan is usually made to a cooperative association a mutual water company com pay n or an irrigation ot or soil conservation district merely furnishes necessary engineering services and makes the loan either to an association or to ind individuals ideals the association or the in farmers do the rest they make their OW own n ar arrangements ran g em ts with a condrac con trac tor for making the needed installations installation or re repairs pairA many small farmers have found that they could make their own improvements with the advice and help of the engineers |