Thi' mi>r<' flciliifn'd farin> there air 

 simonjr which thc^c «'xp<•ll^^^'.s tiiay In 

 divided, the Icwir the rust will In I'm- 

 each farm. 



A rural clictnliratmri |>rciii'it i> cssetv 

 finlly <iiH- nr iin'rc rlei-tiii ili>tril>utitii: 

 lilii's. Ill a in. ire nv l»s> iiinipait area, 

 carryiiijr power and liu'lil troni a siiurce 

 of supply to eaeli of a miiiiher of farn'. 

 hf.me.< and other farm l.uildiii(r> 



In upneral. a rural power and lijrht 

 project which <tan.ls alone. dist;iiit from 

 any existinjr electric >ervi<e hne>. should 

 enihiace not le~s than 2.'< mill's of line- 

 Where It can he niaih- an extiiisi<in ol 

 existing lines, howevei-. a much sinalli'i 

 project may he fe.isilile 



Such sland;iii!- .-iii- only approximate 

 Your plans .-md tlir extent to which tht 

 Government can help to further yoni 

 plans depend ipiite lar(.'i'ly on: 



Mow much elect ricily yon and your 

 neichhiirs can use. 



How much this electricity "ill co»l 

 at wholesale. 



How much the line «hich will hrinu 

 this eli'ctricily to > o" "ill cost. 



Ilo" low the charces or rates which 

 you and your neiu'hborv will pay 

 for the eleclricil> can he made al 

 the outset, while proxidinc enoimh 

 revenue to insure that the «ysteni 

 will pay its way. 



First i^teps Are Kas> 



KK.A does not ha\e anil d. es not plan 

 to have any state or rejrional oijtaniza 

 tions. .Ml corres|«ondence relatintr to 

 iiKiuiries ami projeits will he with the 

 headipi^irters in Washinutou All author- 

 izations for project loans will come from 

 Washinjrton. 



I'litil y(iur applicatii'ii ha- heen sul>- 

 niitted to lis and loiikeil over, it is not 

 necessary to employ an engineer oi other 

 expert for iireliminary work. 



It is not necessary to incoipi>iate your 

 i.rjranization or (rroup when first makinu 

 application for a loan. n«i is it necessary 

 to incur any citlu'r material ivxpenses. 



.■\liove all, do not stand on ceremony 

 either in seekintr infioiiiation from RF^.A 

 or in tellinjr KK.\ ahout your needs and 

 hi>pes. Write out the iiec'es.sary informa- 

 tion re<|uosted at the end of this article 

 and sen<l it in. .'send with it. if you wish. 

 a simple letter to Morris I,. Cooke. KK.A 

 Administrator. 2l>n(i .Massachusetts .Ave 

 nue, Washinirton. I>. C. ahout yoiii proh 

 lem. If you want further information 

 ahout any point, just ask for it. 



If jiUi live in an area where self 

 supporting electric power and li^ht lines 

 .ire feasihie. anil if ynii and your neijrh 

 hols can start a sound project that will 

 satisfy RK.A conditions, electricity for 

 the farm may he ohtained 



(1) Throuirh your nearest private 



LEE COUNTY WINS AGAIN Fourth Successive State Championship on Group of Five Hoi 

 stein Heifers. Right to left: Clarence Hatland. vocational Ag, teacher ai Walnut who had two 

 of the three 4-H Club exhibitors: Farm Adviser Charles E. Yale of Lee county: Donald Par- 

 sons, Walnut: C. B. Keigwin Jr.. Walnut (5th from right): Harry Bulfer, Sublette. The three 

 boys mentioned own the Tive heifers. 



power district if thi^re i- om in your 

 nei^rhhoihooil. or nearhy city ouiied elec 

 trie plant which perhaps can and will ex- 

 lend Its electric distnliiit inu lines to 

 -erve ymi .■mil voir iiriuhhors. 



<■'!• Thioimh your f.-irnni-' i pera 



live, mutual or other Liroup. or an or 

 u.-iiiization of this type which mi^ht he 

 mated under the laws of your state. 



(11 KKA may itself hiiild the lines to 

 lirinsr electricity to you from the nearest 

 -source if satisfactory arraimements can- 

 not he made for you to L'et it ihrouirh 

 .■mother a^'eticy. 



RK.\ realizes that most ot' the electric 

 ii).'ht and pi.iwer industry in the I'nited 

 ."■States is operated hy private iliterests. 

 Of course, then the private power and 

 iiirht companies are in a position to co- 

 operate in cairyinu' out a laru:e part of 

 the KK.A protrram. They ate heintr en- 

 courafed hy RK.A to do this. Some of 

 the first project applications to he con- 

 sidered hy RK.\ came fr..in private util- 

 ities. Invitations have Keen sent out hy 

 KK.A hoth to op.eratiiiu^ and lioldintr com- 

 panies to present additional |dans. 



If you have a private utility near you 

 which you have not consulted and with 

 which you feel you miu-ht do husiness. 

 we sutryest that you approach its local 

 manau'cr or othei company official and 

 find out if the company i- aide and will- 

 iiitr to help you. >ou will want to know 

 particularly under what conditions the 

 company mitrht extend its lines to serve 

 your iieisrhhorhood. RIO.A .il-o would like 

 to know ahout this. 



The same cooperation that is heiiiir 

 extended to the private pi'Wer companies 

 which are interesled is I.einj; L'iveii also 

 to puldic orjranizations. I'lonuneiit amoiiu 

 these ;ire the municipally owned powei 

 ;nd lifht plants and the public utility 

 districts or other puhlir hodies which 



successful municipal power plants. Some 

 of these plants can. and plan to. extend 

 electric sei'vico into rural territory, fine 

 of them may help yon The utility or 

 power districts and similar orpaiiiz.T- 

 tions are heini; formed in many parts 

 of the country to provide rural service. 



Itealinjr with us at KK.A through a 

 farm cooperative offers advantaires in 

 some instances. 



.Sometimes existing utility companies 

 which seem to he the lojrical orcraniza 

 tions to make desiri'd extensions of dis- 

 trihution lines, have in the past declined 

 to do so or were willitijr to do so only 

 on terms which would not produce the 

 necessary business. 



When utilities remain unwilliiiK to 

 serve an area on satisfactory terms it 

 will he fetisihie for cooperative associa- 

 tions of potential users to promote their 

 own 'distrihutinir companies, probably 

 buyintr their etieriry at wholesale from 

 an existinir treneratinir compjjny. From 

 the source of supply on they mijrht as- 

 sume as cooperatives all the costs of 

 extension, maintenance. meteriuK. book 

 keeping and sales Vromotion. Or they 

 misrht make a deal with the utility com 

 pany to service the rural line for thelii. 



.Soundnes.s Required 



The sole motive of the RK.A in df'alint; 

 with cooperatives, as with other orjran- 

 izations. is to ^^et rural lines extended 

 Its insistence upon "sound" cooperatives 

 is limited entirely to financial soundness 

 in their relation to RK.A. Where RK.A 

 loans money to a cooperative enterprise 

 it will retpiire above all assurance of the 

 cooperative's ability to operate the proj- 

 ect Beyond this RK.A will rei|uire mere- 

 ly that the cooperative he so organized 

 as to guarantee its continued existence 

 tor the life of the contract, and that its 



