Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-01-22
FARM RELIEF


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the areas which assistance is needed
and drafting the necessary applica
ton blanks and other forms. Thes.
%convenes on January 5. In the mean
forms will be printed and will b
ready for distribution early in Janu
airy. The loans will be made from
field Offices which will be established
for the purpose. Loans to farmers il
Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia
Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylva
MIA, Ohio, and Michigan will be made
from the Seed Loan Office, Depart,
ment of Agriculture, Washington, D
will handle applications for loans from
Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mis-
sissippi and Alabama. Farms in In
diana, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri
Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas will be
served from an office in st. Louis, Mo.
The Seed Loan Office already estab-
lished at Grand Forks, N. D., will re-
ceive applications for loans from Min
nesota, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Montana, Wyoming and Washington.
Loans to be Made Under Reg.
Loans to farmers for crop produc-
ton purposes will be made under
regulations issued by the Secretary
Of Agriculture, which regulations will
specify the maximum amount which
may be loaned to any individual, and
the maximum rate per acre which
will be loaned for seed and fertilizer
for various crops. These rates may
vary in different sections of the coun-
try according to the usual farm prac-
tees. The regulations will also spec
ify the date on which the loans will
be payable, and the interest rate. Full
information regarding these and other
matters will be sent to county extern
sion agents throughout the drought
area as soon as the regulations are
completed.
Forms to County Agents
When the appropriation is made
and the necessary forms printed, sup
plies of the applicant, note and mort
gage form will be sent to county ag-
ricultural agents or other designated
representatives of the Department in
each county in which loans are to be
made. These agents will distribute
the forms to banks and other places
where they are readily obtainable by
farmers. Full information as to where
the forms are available and how loans
can be obtained will be supplied all
local newspapers. In each county the
Department will appoint a county
advisory committee which will make
recommendations to the Seed Loan Of
flee with reference to each applica-
ton for a loan.
Fill Out Blank
Each farmer who desires to obtain
a loan will fill out an application
blank showing the acreage of crops,
he expects to plant, the amount of
money he will require for seed and
fertilizer, the amount he will need
for feed or for fuel and oil for trac-
tors, and the acreage on which he
expects to plant his crops. He will
state the number and kind Of live
stock he owns, the amount of his in
~debtedness, and his acreage and yield
of crops in 1890. In he South, where
one crop farming has been commonly
practised, but where the growing of
garden and feed crops is practicable,
farmers will be asked to agree to
plant gardens and sufficient acreage
of feed crops to supply feed for their
livestock. At the time the application
is made the farmer will sign a note in
the amount of the loans for which he
applies, and will give a mortgage on
his 1881 crops.
If the applicant has already mort
gagged his 1881 crops to other credi-
tors he will be asked to obtain waiv-
ers from these mortgages to the ex
tent of the loan which he is now ask
ing from the Government. If the ap-
plicant is a landlord, who operates
his farms through tenants, the tenants
will be aske to waive their interest in
the crop to the extent of the Govern
ment loan. Likewise, if the applicant
is a tenant, the landlord will be asked
to waive his claim. These waivers are
necessary in order to give the Govern
ment the first lien on 1881 crops spe-
Gifted in the authorizing resolutions.
Transmitted to Advisory Com.
On completion of the applicant and
other necessary forms, all these pa
pers will be transmitted to the county
advisory committee, which will make
it's recommendation in the space pro-
vided for the purpose on the back of
the application. The county advisory
committee will then forward all pa
pers to the Seed Loan Office handling
applications from the respective
States, in which Office the applications
will be examined and final decision
made as to the amount of the loan
which will be granted. The Depart
ment reserves the right to reject in
dividual applicants, or to make loans
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