The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Feb. 22, 1935.
Rock County Now in Drought Relief Area
Farmers in Dire Need of Feed for Livestock Can Secure Emergency Feed Loans to Meet Situation
Rock county is now included in the emergency drought relief area in Minnesota, which means that farmers who happen to be in dire need of feed for livestock can secure emergency feed loans. Official notification to this effect was made yesterday by Harry Alle, of Worthington, federal seed loan field representative.
A central office for Rock county has been established. In the office of County Agent Willrett, with Geo. Dunbar, of Ash Creek, a chief clerk. Mr. Allen was in the city yesterday assisting in making arrangements for the establishing of his office, from which the feed loans will be issued. A county committee composed of A. A. Anderson, Frank Peschon, Wm. Jacobsen and C. J. Martin has been appointed to pass on the loans.
Applications for loans may be made at any time at the central office. The amount to be loaned will be at the rate of $3.00 per cow, $4.00 per horse, $1.00 per hog and 50 cents per sheep. These loans are issued on a per month basis. The loans will be due and payable on November 1st this year. The rate of interest is 5½ percent.
Farmers and stockmen in nine additional Minnesota counties, including Rock, were this week placed on the list of those eligible to obtain emergency feed loans from a part of the emergency drought fund appropriated last year. The other counties are Kittson, Mahnomen, LeSeuer, Pennington, Rice, Polk, Brown and Dakota.
Such loans are being disbursed from a part of the emergency fund appropriated by congress and approved June 19th, 1934, and are obtained only through the emergency crop and feed loan offices, and not from any of the permanent lending agencies under the Farm Credit administration.
While the need for these feed loans is by no means widespread in Rock county, undoubtedly some farmers may have felt the effects of the drought to such an extent that the loans will prove of considerable help. Efforts to have Rock county included in the feed loan area have been in progress for some time, particularly on account of the hail storm which swept the northern part of the county last summer, but no definite action was taken until the supplemental list of the above mentioned counties was approved.
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