AGRICULTURAL FINANCE 37 



APPENDIX 



(Questionnaire used in the Study) 



RURAL CREDIT 



Prepared by Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management 

 Massachusetts Experiment Station, Amherst, Mass. 



All information in this Survey is STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL 



Record No Enumerator Date 



Name of Operator Town 



Address County 



Kind of road Cond. of bldgs.: Paint Repair Clean Farmer's 



Distance to hard road Mi. Market TMilk Distance .... Mi. 



N Poultry Distance .... Mi. 



[ Distance .... Mi. 



Mkt. Retail Wholesale 



Age operator. . . . Yrs. Farming. . . . This farm Other skill 



Others in family (No.) .... Boys (Ages) Girls (Ages) 



Other Time worked on farm 



Farm acquired: Date Price $ Cash $ Mortgage $ 



Relationship to previous owner Mortgage holder 



Improvements since acquiring farm 



Cost $ 



Do you need more capital? How much? For how long? 



For what purpose? 



Accounts Kept: Inventory Cash Acct Savings Checking 



Other 



Past Credit Experience: Explain — Default, Bankruptcy, Foreclosures, Rejections, etc. 



Condition of surrounding farms: Size Repair Type Farmer'; 



Productivity of soil Drainage Ease of operation 



How does this farmer use credit (short-term credit for buildings, loans for needless equipment or 

 unjustified living standards, etc.) Explain 



Remarks: 



