Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-22
WHAT THE GOVERNMENT Is DOING

IN UUuu
bers. according to the health service
Investigators 1t Is believed, more
over. that. aside from the question Of
economy. water which had not been
since the food particles would assist
and hasten the discharge of polluted
substances. Experiments have been
and still are under way to test out
the practioability Of artificially puri-
flying oysters in water containing cal
cium hypochlorite.
The bureau OF education, Interior De-
partment. has been able to make con-
siderable progress in
Sanitation checking the ravages Of
disease among the ma
III Alasha. tives Of Alaska with the
aid Of special appropriations made by
tho last session Of Congress. according
to officials Of tho bureau.
Tho government has recently opened
q well equipped hospital at Juneau for
native patients. and small hospitals
are maintained at three other centers
Of native population. A number Of
physicians and nurses have been en-
ployed for service in hospitals and In
maintaining sanitary conditions in ma
tive villages. and the teachers Of the
United States public schools in Alaska
are supplied with medicines and medi-
cal books to enable them, in the alb
sence of physician. to treat minor
ailments.
An investigation made several years
ago showed that without this work in
nT0Vantfnn 10 Of Ia
government the native race of Alaska
would soon die out. The Department
OF the Interior has realized the urgent
need for medical relief, and it is be-
levea that the steps now taken will
heip to keep our record clear in main
tanning the native population of Alaska
and in relieving them from suffering
caused by disease and the lack Of
proper medical attention.
Farmers throughout the country are
being urged by the. newly organized
y federal farm loan
Farmers Loan board to start farm
A....:.. loan associations. 1t
~Seooi"sio0s. is hoped that by this
method those farmers who have to Dor
row money will not be swindled out of
u,
have been in the past.
According to the plan of the board
any ten farmers may unite to form a
national farm loan association. That
is the least number that the law al
lows. and farmers only can be mem
bers Following the work of forming
the association a committee Of three
lands on which the money Is to be bor-
rowed, known as loan committee.
When an appraisement has been made
the committee sign their report and
forward 1t to the federal land bank
Of Organization have already been filed.
There will be no opportunity for over
appraisement because before the money
Is actually loaned to the farmers the
bank will send its own appraisers. II
the appraised amount forwarded by the
farm committee and that reported by
the appraiser for the bank are any
where near alike 1t will give the farm
ers a better standing with the bank
because it will then know that 1t Is
dealing with strictly honest men.
The national farm loan associations
are to be organized and run by farm
ers and for farmers. The law states
that no one except farmers shall be
members of the associations. and that
no one except members can borrow.
The lowest sum any farmer can Dor
row Is 800; the highest $4,000. These
are the limits set by law.
Farmers will not be allowed to join
the association without buying shares
in them. The value Of the shares is
hxed at the low price of IS each. Every
farmer who becomes a member of a
national farm loan association also be-
comes q borrower and a shareholder at
the same time. The law says that he
must subscribe for stock to the amount
of per cent of his desired loan. If
l. II
one share of stock; II 5000. two shares;
II $1,000, ten shares, and II $4,000, 100
shares.
This plan of buying stock makes the
national farm loan associations CO.
operative in character. When the farm
er borrows money the shares of stock
he has to buy are held by the associa-
ton as part security for his loan. But
il the association prospers, dividends
on his stock must be paid. When his
borrower il canceled-that fs, II a
farmer has held two shares of stock he
is paid $40, the stock is Cancelled, and
the farmer Is no longer a member of
automatically removes a farmer from
embership in a national farm loan
association. The farmers are being
urged to organize at once. SO that ap-
soon as the federal land banks are
located and organized.
One of the most common mistakes
in the feeding of dairy cows on the
farm, say officials of
The Feeding of the Department of
Agriculture, Is that
O"Ay ov"s' the good cows are
not given a sufficient quantity Of feed
above that required 1pr their physical
maintenance to obtain the maximum
quantity Of milk they are capable of
producing.
Successful feeding OF dairy cows in
wolves, say these men who have made
q long study Of the subject. the pro-
viding Of an abundant supply Of pala-
table, nutritious feed at q minimum
cost and feeding in such a way as to
receive tho largest milk production
from the feed consumed.
From the standpoint Of economical
milk production q dairy COW generally
should not be fed more than she will
consume without gaining in weight,
these experts Of Uncle Sam aver.
There are some exceptions. however.
Practically all heavy milk producers
lose weight at some periods.
Pasture is the natural feed for COWS,
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