Evening star., 1937-06-20
Government Rapidly Creates New and Better Condi.
tions for Those Who Live in Communities Away
From the Big Centers of Population.

meaning that nobody can see or
imagine its whole significance"
The Rural Electrification Admin
istration was created by President
Roosevelt as an emergency agency on
May II, 1885. With an ALLEGATION OF
s15,000,000 from the emergency relief
fund. it was charged to make cleo
tricity available to as many farms as
possible in the shortest possible time.
In the Spring of 1886 the rural cleo
trification act of 1886 was enacted,
establishing a l0-year rural electrifi-
cation program and making available
S50,000,000 Of Reconstruction Finance
Corp. funds for loans during the cur
rent fiscal year. For each of the sue
ceeding nine years there is congress
sional authorization to use $40 1000, 900
annually, and under the act half the
loan funds are allotted to the States
In proportion to their number Of un-
electrified farms. Stree last July,
which began the fiscal year Of the ad-
ministration, $45,000,00O have been
allocated, but some States will not
reach their quota of construction.
The Rural Eectrification Admin
istration is headed by Morris Llewellyn
Cooke, who was appointed administra-
tor for 10 years, at an annual salary
Of $4,000. The $4O,000.000 1t will
loan annually to farmers cooper
atives or other rural groups whose
applications have been approved will
go toward construction and operation
Of generating plants. electric trans
mission and distribution lines or sys-
TENS for the furnishing of electric
energy to persons in rural areas who
are not receiving central station serv-
ice." Also for financing the wiring
OF premises of persons in rural areas
and the acquisition and installation of
electrical and plumbing appliances
and equipment"
MOST of the loans to date have
been made for the construction
Of lines. They have been made to
farmers cooperative organizations
who have banded together for the
purpose Of electrifying their homes
and have been able to assure the
Government of sufficient customers on
each section of the line to make pos
sible complete repayment of the loan
at little less than per cent interest
within the period of 20 years. AS the
price per kilowatt hour for the power
becomes less to the individual customer
as it is more generously used, an ef-
fort is being made to educate the
farmer to the sound good Judgment
Of making electricity serve him in as
many diversified ways as possible,
not only In his home, but IN his
barns, eranaries, silos, dairies and
fields.
As q result Of this the modern farm
house is becoming not only up-to-date,
comfortable and convenient, but the
farms themselves are showing q pront,
directly due to electrical operation.
Some interesting tests were made
along this line recently In the Bowling
Green district o. Virginia, recently
electrified.
Three typical farm houses were
chosen for the experiment. Each OF
the three demonstration farms showed
that electricity car be made to in
crease the farm income or effect saw
ings which more than Offset the elec-
tric bill. The farms chosen were not
equipped to show every possible use
of electricity on the farm. They had
only such general equipment as the
average farm owner and operator OF
the district, the average dairy or poul-
try farm, might reasonably expect to
own and use.
One of the farms, that Of Mr.. and
Mrs. M. E. Quarles, viii serve to illus.
trate what r. =. A. means to the
farmers Of The country. Located on