104 AGRICULTURAL DISCONTENT 



of the state. This special session, the second in the history of the state, 

 convened on January 23, 1918. As a result, an act was passed which per- 

 mitted counties where the seed and feed situation was acute to issue bonds 

 and lend the proceeds to farmers. The amount which any county could 

 issue was limited to 5 per cent of the assessed valuation of the property in 

 the county, from which six or seven million dollars was to be raised. 1K 



115. John T. Frederick, "A Legislature That Works," New Republic, XIV (Febru- 

 ary 23, 1918), pp. 105-7. State of North Dakota Legislative Manual, 1919, pp. 296, 

 371. The "Seeding and Feeding Act" entrusted the sale of over $3,000,000 in bonds 

 to the commissioner of agriculture and labor. 



