Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-18
PROGRAM MADE ON
TENANT FARM AID
Ivey w. Day, Vance County
Supervisor, Outlines
1888 Procedure

Ivev w. Day, county rehabilitation
supervisor in charge of the rehabillta-
tion program of the Farm Security
administration in Vance county, has
received from regional headquarters
an announcement listing the names OF
the newly appointed State F'SA Advis-
ory Committee and explaining the new
federal program to aid farm tenants.
The state committee, nominated by
FSA Regional Director George S. Nit
chell, Raleigh, and appointed by sec
rotary Wallace, to assist in carrying
out the tenant land purchase loan
program in North Carolina is as fol-
lows:
DIR. Clearance Poe, editor Progress
sive Farmer and member of the Presl-
dents Committee on Farm Tenancy
chairman; I. O. Schaub, director OF
AGRICULTURAL extension and dean OF the
School of Agriculture, State College,
Raleigh; T. E. Browne, State director
vocational eduation, Raleigh; c. W..
Allen, Guilford ounty tenant farmer,
Greensboro; l.. 0. Leudeke, Castle
Hayne Colony farmer and bulb grow
err, Castle Hayne, New Hanover coun-
ty; Jonathan Daniel, editor of the
Raleigh News and Observer; w. M.
Bacon, large Durham county tobacco
farmer, and active member of the
Durham Farmers Cooperative Elk
change, Rougemont; ]. Paul Daven-
port, former Pitt county commission
err and a leading dirt farmer, Green
vile, and j. G. K. Mcclure, outstand-
ing civic leader and active in noun
tain counties farmers federation,
Asheville.
Tenant purchase loans will be made
to aid tenant families to purchase and
improve family sized farms and to
make a better living by the adoption
of improved farm practices. Each bor-
| rover agrees in accepting the loan to
| follow approved crop rotation and
farm management plans suited to the
community in which the farm is 10
| Gated.
Regional Director George S. Mitch
ell has been designated chief execu-
tive officer in charge of the tenant
purchase program in this five-state re
| gion and Vance E. Swift, State direc-
! tor, Raleigh, will supervise the pro
gram in the State with the committee
named serving in an advisory capa-
city Mr.. Day stated.
1.-THE tenant purchase program will
be administered in the field in con-
junction with FSA's Rural Rehabilita-
ton supervised loans group loans and
Farm Debt Adjustment activities Tn
the counties, the program will be car
ried out by County Rehabilitation
Supervisors of the Farm Security AID
ministration who also will serve as
executive secretaries of 3man, volun
tary all-farmer, County Advisory Com
mittees. County committees, with the
advice of County Farm Agents, will
examine applications for loans, ap
praise the farms applicants propose tC
purchase, and recommend applicants
who have the character, ability ano
experience deemed necessary for sue
cessful farm ownership. County
Agents will also be expected to CO
operate in farm management advice
to the new purchasers" according tt
the announcement.
Applications will be filed with Coun
ty Supervisors but county offices viii
not be ready to accept formal appli
cations for tenant purchase loans until
County Committees have been named
and the State Advisory Committee ha'
recommended the counties where ten
ant urchase loans will be made thl:
year. Because only $1O,0OO,0OO was ap
propriated for the first year for thu
entire United States, funds will not b.
sufficient to make loans for the frs
year in more than a limited numbe
of counties.
"The counties in which tenant pur
chase loans will be made in this stat
will be determined by the Secretary o
Agriculture upon recommendation o
the State Farm Security Advisor.
Committee The State Advisory com
mittee will also recommend member
of County Committees.
"Although land purchase loans ar
limited, regular rehabilitation loan
for crop production, livestock an
equipment needs are available in ever.
county to worthy farmers and ten
ants who cannot obtain suitable credi
elsewhere" the announcement con
Guided.