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Broad New program The Farmers Horae Administra tion is moving rapidly to carry" out the broad-scale improvements in the supervised agricultural credit pro gram brought about by the Agri cultural Act of 19$!. ' An Area meeting is being sched uled at Hotel Goldsboro in Golds boro on October-9 and ID with the Agency’s field staff to review the new regulations prior to {dating the program into effect on October ’lSthu The expanded rural housing pro-* gram, under which owners of, tracts of non-farm land in small rural communities as well as farm ers may apply for loans to, build or remodel homes, wiM also be dis cussed. The ride of the Farmers Home Administration in the Rural Areas Development Program will be a major item on the agenda. Recent ly the agency has been assigned the responsibility of coordinating ithe technical services of the United States Department of Agricultural and the Rural Area Development Program. Never in the history of FHA 'has there been such an over-all upgrad ing . of the supervised agricultural credit service. This will give the thousands of farmers whose equi ties have been wiped out by the low net returns of recent years an op portunity to obtain needed finance ing. The credit improvements will also mean much to those rural commu nities that -are fighting to regain their economic strength through the Rural Areas Development Program. Farmers in those communities will have greater access to development and adjust loans, rural residents will have'access to credit for housing and domestic water supply systems. The funds spent for improvement will spark rural businesses and pro vide employment for carpenters, electricians and other workmen.. The revised regulations reflect the increasing capital needs of farmers. Tte average investment" per farm has increased/seven-fold in the past TO years, from $6,094 in 1940 to $41,'? 923 in 1961. , Operating loams for equipment, livestock, feed, seed, fertilizer and similar items can now be made in amounts up to $35,000. The previous limit was $30,000. Loans to buy and enlarge farms may now be made on any family 1 farm if the total indebtedness on 1 the farm is not more than $60,000 when the loan is closed. Previously these loans had been limited to 1 farms whose value was no greater than that of the average family farm in the county. ' Loans may now be made to farm ers with off-farm income to buy and enlarge small farms. Previously such loans could be made only on farms large enough to support a 1 family without the aid of off-farm income. 1 Small loans for farm real estate improvement can now be made without taking a mortgage on the ’ farm. The authority to make real estate - — ---—1.1 ; GARDEN TIME FVi . E . G < i rcJ n <* jr N . C . State? Goilogi # - i This is “Scuppernong” time in the South’s cotton belt. In eastern Carolina this delightful fruit reach es perfection in all of its distinc tive, tasty goodness. . Every family in eastern Carolina should have Muscadine grapes if they have room enough. More should be grown for commercial sale, too. The Scuppetnong is still the most desirable variety of the large Mus cadine family and should be included in your variety list. One vine each of Topsail and Burgaw planted, with Scuppernong will give you variety and plenty of fruit for family and friends. Scuppernong and Topsail are both self and cross un-fruitful. They should not be planted alone or to gether. Burgaw is a self-fruitful variety and will furnish pollen for both Topsail and Scuppernong. If you are interested in planting Muscadines for either home or commercial use, write me and I will send you information. “Please suggest a method of growing strawberries to cut the weed problem to a minii Here goes: Select a good spot m ; 5 feet wide and 60 feet long, or the . equivalent in square feet. Have the soil tested and apply fertilize^ and lime as indicated. If fertilizer is indicated, especially phosphate, ap ply to surface and plow under. For convenience, let’s assume that you have available a plot of ground 5 feet x 60 fee{. Plow up a low bed 5 feet x 60 feet. Prepare the; soil as for seed Sowing. Fumigate- the prepared-area with methyl bromide, one-pound (can) per 100 square feet. This will require three one pound cans for 300 square feet. The gas must be confined. For this, use a plastic cover, which may be pur chased from your garden center. This material is poisonous, so care fully .follow instructions on die can. Set four rows of plants in the bed in 12 inch squares and train accord ing to the hid system. This means that runners must h£ removed as -they form. , The plants may be mulched, with pine needieS or blade polyethyUne mulch. If polyethylene is used, it must be fixed to the soil securely to. prevent lifting by wind. The plants are set 12-inch centers through Small slits in the film. Regardless of which type organic mulch you use. it is important that it contain no xml 1 M*4 YOU N0B V-kA for been placed on a .Loans to grcfops of the development of rural; i ty water systems, irrigation drainage systems M« have a ing of $500,000 when majde from ap propriated fufids and $1 million when insured loan funds are. used. The previous limit was $230,000 on both direct and insured loans. Rural community water systems may now be made to associations serving farmers and rural residents without the prior-restrictions that farmers be the main users of the water system* Emergency loans can now be unde to farmers who need-credit as the resulut of a natural disaster iri ireas where the disaster — such, as i flash flood — wds not widespread tions, ' 4XX.<K*ljr. JVBUg.. .»MMI are just getting started, and ei ished fanners who need to main major adjustments in their opera tions will benefit frpm the moderni zing of this credit regulation. The FHA is now accepting* anc processing applications for loaiti covered' by these expanded paw grants. FHA staff members will b< available for I consultation on tb< services provided by FHA at then office Monday through Friday ol 'Make It Yourself With Wool' Fifteenth Annual Fashion Show You are minted to be a model in he 15th annual "Make It Yourself With Wool” fashion vshow. That is, f your age'is between' 14-21. Miss Martha Ann Hurt, clothing specialist for the N. C. Agricultural Extension Service, says each girl :an make a suit, dress, coat, or en semble, for perself from 100 per sent American-loomed-wool. Amer can-loomed means that the wool tas been made info fabric in a fa me mill in the United States. Im ports are not acceptable. , “Each girl must model the oufit lerself,” says Miss Hurt. .“The garment will be judged on color shoice and fashion value, suitability >f garment and accessories to the girl, fit of the garment and -quality >f workmanship.”...,, Therq will bejtwo age categories •— those, between 14-17 -aha those make^ifce wool garment; t commerical pattern or an original lesign may be used. Interlining nust be wool. Interfacing of coats, suits and ensembles must be wool. Dresses may be interfaced with sther fabrics. Linings, underlinings, ind facing may. be norrwool fab rics. Eyery part of the garment, itt duding buttonholes, trimmings, and abrie belts must be made by the :ontestant. * Written entry Jorms, which haafy’ >e obtained from the local home conomics agent, must be received orm .each contestant by- November I. All garments must be Completed >y November 30, at which time each girl will completp in a district coh osts. The top winners will enter he state contest in Raleigh, Dec. 6. Miss Hurt says textile mills and n.- >, ,.,,—,',^■■11, ~ - n j , other interested sponsors are pres enting top prizes to the winners, They include dress and skirt lengths of wool, U.. S. Savings Bonds, elec tric sewing machines and scholar' ships. Two national winners will receive an all-expense paid trip tc California Fashion Centers and' a trip to Hawaii. ...! ' 'i [-> 7; AH of the prow*ions of the law, to the extent that they make the program more*- flexible and enable FHA to Serve the credit needs of family farmers who were previous ay ineligible,, will increase the ef fectiveness of supervised credit in rural areas development. One new provision that should prove espec ially useful in growing communities is die authority to buy and eiilarge small farms, there are many in stances wfjere. young fanners who have off-farm employment to sup plement their farm income can use such loans to graduaUy acquire the land resources they need for sue' cessful farming. The expansion in the maximum size of association loans for domes tic and irrigation water systems will cat the cost per association member and permit service to groups whose efficient operation required invest ments exceeding the previous ceil r r« V v CAFF DON’T TARE CHANCES r Let US \v:/ Recap Those Tires Now! C. A. BATTLE & SON 2*32 Comfort, N. C FARM and HOME Requirements Of Petroleum Products Hodges Oil Co, JA 3-2338 P.aixW U. S. 70 EAST OF KINSTON, N. C. msmpii&'-r llipflli
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