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Show Farm Building Survey To Start May 15 In County A nationwide survey of farm building's and farm construction activity will get underway Monday, Mon-day, May 15, in Duchesne county, coun-ty, which is one of 382 different areas to be surveyed. Mrs. Ruby Fitzwater, of Duchesne, has been named to visit farmers in this area. This is the first survey to be made by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, under the Housing Hous-ing Act of 1949. Reports will be obtained from 9,000 farms from all sections of the country. The information, collected on the quality of farm houses and their facilities, will be used by agricultural agri-cultural groups, government agencies, ag-encies, and state colleges interested inter-ested in the improvement of farm homes and living standards. stand-ards. In addition, the reports will show the number of farm homes and other buildings erected during dur-ing 1949, the cost of new construction con-struction and the cost of major improvements and repairs. The Housing' Act of 1949, passed by the 81st Congress, set up a program of advisory services, ser-vices, financial aids and research re-search for farm construction activity. ac-tivity. It also directed the Department De-partment of Agriculture tp report re-port on the farm housing situation, situ-ation, and the progress being made toward adequate housing on farms, The survey that begins be-gins May 15 will provide some of the information requested by Congress. |