The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-02-20
DROUGHT RELIEF
Cecil County Conditions Con-
Sidered By Committee

Cecil County Conditions Con-
sidered By Committee
Credit conditions of Cecil County
farmers were considered by the
Drought Relief Committee at re-
cent meeting and steps were taken
to make Federal aid available to the
local farmers who have suffer ed
severe loss from the drought.
The members of the Cecil County
committee are: Messrs j. T. C. Hop
kins, Port Deposit; Howard R.
Brown, Sylmar; Harvey Mackey,
Elkton, and D. B. Mcdowell, Not
tingham, Pa, R. 8.
Mr.. Lambert w. Davis, Sr., and
DR.. R. N. Black compose the COM
mittee that will serve in the vicinity
of Cecilton.
Any member of these two commit
tees or county agent j. Z. Miller will
provide applicants with the neces-
sary blanks to use in applying for
loans.
The maximum amount that will be
loaned to any farmer is $4,000
which will be payable November 80,
1881, and will be at the rate of 5 per
cent interest. The applicant will be
required to sign an agreement to de-
liver a chattel mortgage on growing
crops after the crops are planted and
growing.
sAny farmer contemplating ap-
plying for loans should make sure
that he meets the major requirements
for loans before he fills out the ap-
plication blank or other forms. The
major requirements of the regulations
are that the farmer applicant has suf-
fered crop failure or severe crop
losses during the 1880 crop season
by reason of drought or storm, that
he has not seed, feed or fertilizer, no
funds with which to purchase same,
no commercial basis of credit to offer
as security for a loan for this pur-
pose, that he has not income other
than that derived from his farming
operations and that in the absence of
government aid he will be unable to
farm during 1881.
"Your attention is called to the
fact that seed and fertilizer loans are
for the purpose of supplementing
and not replacing local credit facil-
itieS.'
mo loan for seed, fertilizer, feed
or fuel and oil in 1881 will be
made to any applicant in excess of
100000. Loans for seed will be
made at the rates per acre based on
the approximate cost of the seed re-
quired, but in no case in excess of
81 per acre for corn, cotton, oats,
and tobacco, and SIS on other crops,
except truck crops Gncludlng pota-
toes and sweetpotatoes), on which
the maximum rate will be $25.
Loans for fertilizer is considered me-
cessary and desirable by the repre-
sentatives of the Department of Agri-
culture, and at rates not exceeding
S. per acre, except for tobacco and
truck crops, on which the maximum
rate will be So The right is re-
served to make loans at rates lower
than the foregoing maxium allowan-
ces. Loans for feed will be based
on the number of animals required
to cultivate the acreage shown by
the borrower and the period for
which feed is required.
Loans are also authorized not to
exceed $3.50 per acre for the pur-
chase OF material for spraying and
busting to protect cotton and tobacco
from insects or plant diseases; not
in excess of $500 per acre for the
purchase of materials for spraying
and busting truck crops; and not to
exceed $4,000 per acre for the pur-
pose of fertilizer and spraying and
busting materials for bearing fruit
trees.
Anyone desiring further infor-
nation should apply to member of
the committee or to the County
Agent.