Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XXVII, Number 32, 19 February 1936 — HAWAII TO STILL BENEFIT FARM AAA [ARTICLE]

HAWAII TO STILL BENEFIT FARM AAA

Appioval by.'.Prefciideiit Rooscvolt ' •earl!er- in the week of the ileficlei)i--y ] hMI assures con(inuation of Hawāii'a ' AAA prograni, with guaranlee of pay- j ment to farmers unde'r 1935 benefit ' paymftiit contvacts with thc .?,°>o(>,oŪo,- I 000, iiK-ludijig an allotnm»t of ap- j proximately $500,000 for Ila\Vaii's ex-'j penniwiuil station progiam. i Dr. Of=car C. Mag|islad said 10 AAA projocts will be continued under this bill. Thc 100 employees had carried ou siiice Jan. 6 without pay. The half-millioii dollars iu a tvu«l i fund in Washington for Ilawaii ap- ! parpntly will be releasetl by the new j law, Magistad feLt., ' I'roj(.cts in tlie i>iaii(ls ineluue: ' Soil survev, $15.00)1; taro investiga- ■ tion, $50,000; liver fluke eradicati"on, | $40,000; development oi' truck farm- : ing and impro\Miient of uiarketinK facilities, $00,000j dev<.iopment of ■ livestock feed, $70,0o0; de\elopment j of tropieal fruits and nu(s, $."0,000; ■ I>romotion of thd pouUry indusiry, $30,000; and rat ahatement campatgn, ! $110,000. ; ' — ; x: ;