Milford chronicle., 1943-05-28
Farm Security Head
Writes For Chronicle
CONTINUES from Elr.I rage,

me greatly, because the Farm Sc
curity Administration is concern
ed primarily with these small pro-
ducers.
Right now, our loans are being
made for one reason and one alone
to help farmers increase their
output of the food we need so des-
perately. These small farmers, you
know, are the ones who make the
best showing last year in increas-
ing their output.
While the nations farmers were
/ increasing their output of milk by
three per cent-abOut 100000 900
pounds-the 76 per cent of the ma
tion's farmers who cooperate with
FSA increased their production by
more than 20 per cent, or almost
1900, 900, 900 pounds. In fact. their
increases constituted SO per cent
of the nations total increase. And
FSA farmers increases are equally
impressive in beans. beef. pork. and
all the other vital war foods.
In short, we feel that through
FSA's system of combining loans
with expert technical guidance.
we've made a real contribution to
national food production. We want
to do the same this year, but with
our funds now exhausted. we can
help no more Delaware farmers.
Our loan money ran out on April
and right now we are attempt
ing to find sources of credit for
farmers whose l943 production
must he financed This will be
difficult job because we cannot aid
farmers who can secure reasonable
credit elsewhere.
Even more important. / believe,
is that the fact that these borrow
ers who must seek help elsewhere
will probably not get the expert
supervision which FSA could pro-
vide. Small farmers need and well
come sound advice on planning and
managing their farm operations.
This has been responsible for
much of their production increase
and also for financial gains which
enable these folks TO repay their
loans faster than we have been
lOaning this year. In the country
as a whole. FSA farmers are re-
paying their loans at 80 cents on
the dOllars-cash on the barrel
head and on time. The balance of
the repayments is made later. For
people who couldn't get credit any
where. we think that's a fine rec
ord.
These small farmers need two
things to produce record-breaking
quantities of fOod--credit and SUI
pervisiOn. Letters from them prove
that they can't do their 1943 war
job without financing. Letters like
these:
DOver-"We produced more food
during 1912 than in 1871. especial
ly milk. The loan we received was
of great benefit TO us"
Bridgeyille- You have helped
me in many ways. You have help
ed me through machinery that
could not do without. You helped
me get an early start in farming
and in producing more food in
1912 than in 1871 ... l surely will
try and get this big job done in
1913"
Hartly-"I couldn't have done so
well as | have if il hadn't been for |
help from FSA because didn't /
have anything to start with. | am
going to raise all l can this year
to pay on my FSA loan and 10 /
produce more food for the L. S. I
A."
Without a loan. it
will be impossible to produce more .
this year. Yet we must produce .
more so that conditions here will
not become as they are in other
countries"
Milford-"If it hadn't been for
the loan / received. would NOT
have been able to grow what did
in 1912 -. In l94l we didn't even
have a garden"
Farmington-''I produced more
crops in 1912 than | did in 1871
snap beans. lima beans and soy
beans. | have l30 acres ready to
cultivate and I'm planting it all in
food crops. My intention is TO do
lots more toward winning the war
i'll 1913"
Seaford-"No. could not have
done as well without your loan. ]
can produce more food this year
with the help of FSA than l did
last year and l want to produce
every ounce of foOdstuffs | can to :.
help win the war because / am
American and l want
to do more than my share"
Townsend-"In 1912 we grew u
acres of sweet corn and two acres
Of tomatoes which we didn't grow
the year before. This year, we'll
put them in again and also add
more corn and some soy beans.
am paying off your loan regularly.
1t was a big help to me-"
Milford could not have
lone as well without FSA loans.
We will need more money this year
han ever before. We produced
more food this year than ever be-
fore. and with an FSA loan, we !
could produce even more"
New Castle-"We need our FSA
oan. We are hoping you will help
rs even greater this year TO come.
We could not have continued on
mad we not received help from
FSA. We will have 65 acres of soy .
beans, Is barley and 10 acres win
er oats"