The Jewish farmers in the United States are holding on and are determined to remain on the land despite the depression, Gabriel Davidson, general manager of the Jewish Agricultural Society, announced yesterday, in the fifty-fifth annual report of the society.
The report discloses that more than $7,167,000 has been granted by the society through its farm loan department to Jewish farmers in forty different states. The repayment of the loans is spread over a long number of years. Bonuses as commissions and payment of renewal charges are not required by the society, according to the report.
The society maintains a department which gives advice and guidance as well as aid to those who desire to buy farms and take up farming as their life work. During the past seventeen years advice has been given by this department to about 18,000 persons and farms were established for 1,356 Jewish families.
The society maintains a staff of agricultural experts who advise the Jewish farmer on every conceivable branch of farming. More than 17,000 Jewish young men have secured farm employment through the society since its establishment.
The officers of the Society are Lewis L. Strauss, president; Eugene S. Benjamin, vice president; Reuben Arkus, secretary; Francis F. Rosenbaum, treasurer.
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