PAGE EIGHT I Housing Question Box 1 Question: Does wall paper and its hanging come under the heading of items which can be financed by loans insured by the Federal Housing Ad ministration ? Answer: Yes, wall paper and pa pering may be financed according to the administration’s regulations. Question: Is it possible to obtain funds for the construction of a small roadside market building on vacant land under the modernization credit plan of the Federal Housing Admin istration ? Answer: Under revised regulations of the administration, financial in stitutions may make loans for the improvement of vacant land under the credit plan. The advisability of mak ing such loans is left to the discre tion of the lending agency. Question: Is it possible to install heat control devices with a loan ob tained for modernization under the Federal Housing Administration plan ? Answer: Automatic feeding de vices, thermostats, humidifiers and similar equipment may be purchased with funds borrowed from private lending agencies under the adminis tration’s insurance plan. Question: What interest rate, ser vice charge, and insurance premium will be applied under the Federal Housing Administration plan to an insured 20-year mortgage in refund ing an existing mortgage if the new mortgage granted by the same lend er to the same borrower? Answer: The charge here would be 5% per cent interest calculated on outstanding balance, 1 per cent premiums calculated on the original facfe. value of mortgage, and no ser vice charges. Question: Can the present mort gage on property existing before June 27, 1934, be converted into an insured 20-year mortgage before the present mortgage falls due? Answer: If the mortgagor and mortgagee agree to re-write the present mortgage, and the other re quirements are fulfilled the new mortgage will be eligible for insur ance. Question: Is linoleum eligible for financing under the rules of the Na tional Housing Act? Answer: Yes, provided it is fas tened or cemented down. Question: The house of my ten ant farmer is in bad shape. Can I get a loan under the National Hous ing Ac ♦ and repair it? He agreed some years ago to buy it, together with five acres surrounding, but the times have been so bad that he has paid virtually nothing on it. Will this agreement stand in the way of mv getting a loan? Answer: If ownership can be es tablished he can get the loan. If the tenant has established a definite equity it will be up to the tenant to negotiate such a loan. The owner might endorse the note so as to gm the tenant better credit facilities. Question: Can I get a loan to build a roadside market stand? Answer: Yes, such a loan is elig ible for insurance under the regula tions of the Federal Housing Admin istration. Editor’s Note: Any information regarding loans in Chowan County under the Federal Housing Adminis tration can be secured at the Bank of Edenton. Farmers Vote Friday To Effect Cotton Prices The Bankhead referendum Friday, December 14, will determine the fu ture of the cotton adjustment pro gram, says Dean I, 0. Schaub, ol State College. If the growers vote for the act to continue through 1935, he says, pro duction can be kept within reason able bounds and prices maintained at a fair level. If the act is voted down, growers who did not sign contracts will likely push production well above the amount required by- the market and prices will again -tumble below the cost of production, the dean warns. All contracts will be continued m effect next year. If the Bankhead act remains in force, Schaub said, the 73,000 growers who signed up will he protected from the potential expan sion of the 40,000 growers who parity payments will be one and one fourth cents a pound on the grow ers’ domestic allotments. i .... i . ' , 1 Gives Curing: Hints S For Home Pork Supply Meat curing is a race between the ! growth of bacteria and the penetra . tion of 3alt into the meat, says Earl > H. Hostetler, in charge of livestock . research for the North Carolina Ex ■ periment Station. By keeping the meat chilled to check the growth of bacteria, farm ers may materially aid salt in win [ ning the race, he added. A temperature of 37 degrees ! should be maintained throughout the i curing period. Meat can be cured at higher temperatures, he said, but the are greater. A tempera ture lower than 37 degrees will re tard curing. A little sugar and saltpeter added to the curing mixture will add flavor and color to the meat. Eight pounds of salt, two pounds of sugar, and two ounces of saltpeter is a standard recipe for curing 100 pounds of pork, Hostetler continued. The cure may be applied either as a brine or a dry mixture. The brine cure is made by dissolving the salt, sugar and saltpeter in four and a half gallons of water and submerging the meat in this solution. In the dry method, about one third of the mixture is rubbed on when the meat is put in cure, an other third, three to five days later, and the remainder, about 10 days after the first application. In the dry cure, the time required.' ' for bacon strips and other thin cuts 1 is about one day per pound; loins. 1 about one and a half days per pound; joint meat, hams or shoulders, tw# 1 to three days per pound. Joint meat, hams and shoulders ’ will brine cure in four daya per pound. A mild brine cure for loins, bacon strips and spare ribs is made by dissolving the mixture, given above, in five and a half gallons of water. 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