The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-10-03
GRAIN L0ANSFOR
SPRING PLANTING
FIVE DOLLARS PER ACRE AL
LOWED WITH A MINIMUM OF
ONE HUNDRED ACRES.

"Aid will be furnished to farmers
for spring planting of wheat within
the limits Of remaining available spec
ial funds. Five dollars per acre will
be allowed with a maximum of one
hundred acres" was the message re-
ceived Friday from Secretary Houton
Of the United States Department of
Agriculture, by the Federal Seed
Grain Loan office at Great Falls.
In the distribution of the fund set
aside by President Wilson to aid
farmers in drouth- stricken areas, the
allotment for North Dakota is $780,
900.
Applications approved for fall seed
ing Of wheat and rye, together with
those anticipated before the dates of
closing, which is October 9Th for fall
wheat and October 18th for rye, are
estimated to require $500, 900 for Mon
tana and $4,000 for North Dakota.
This leaves a large share Of the spec
ial fund to assist the farmers in the
spring planting.
One hundred acres will be the max
imum on which loan will be made
to any one farmer. If farmer has
secured loan on 100 acres of fall
wheat or fall rye, he will not be en-
titled to a loan on spring grain. If
a farmer has secured a loan on less
than 100 acres, he will be entitled to
a loan on an additional acreage which
will bring the total to 100 acres for
instance, if he has received a loan on
60 acres of fall wheat, he can apply
for 40 acres of spring wheat, which,
at S. per acre would give him 5000:
The spring loan will be made to
land owners and homesteaders who
have suffered loss of crops for. two
years as a result Of drouth and win
ter killing and who, by reason of such
failures, have exhausted their resourc-
es and are without commercial basis
of credit. Loans will not be made to
renters or to others who can not give
an unconditional lien on the crop.
In order that farmers may know
just what aid they will receive and so
that plans can be made for additional
assistance from the banks and other
institutions, applications for spring
aid will be received after November
at the Federal Seed Grain Loan Of
flee in Great Falls. It will be neces-
sary to use different application blank
from those used this fall. These
forms will be printed and distributed
to County Agents and to banks.
Farmers should use these new blanks
when making applications.
County. Agents, Farm Bureau or
ganizations, Banks, and Farm Loan
Associations who will assist in the dis
tribution Of the seed grain loans are
urged to exercise great care in the
approval Of applications Of farmers
so that the needy and worthy farm
ers will secure the aid. For the rea-
son that the funds are limited, assist
ance will be given only to those who
cannot secure help from any other
source.
It will be desirable to hold home.
grown wheat In each community for
the use Of the farmers IN the spring.
In some cases it will be, necessary to
purchase seed wheat id other corn-
ties and import II. Counties are
urged to make arrangements at once
for this seed and to store it for spring
use. This will save the farmers large
sums Of money. This seed wheat
should be purchased By the County
Commissioners, elevators, seedmen, or
other parties IN q position to handle
this grain. s. Department Of Ag-.
ricultnre, Great Falls, Mont.