Foreign Language Press Service

Reform Advocate

Jan. 23, 1904

From the report submitted at the annual meeting of the Jewish Agriculturists' Aid Society -

80 families have been encouraged and assisted to settle on farms during 1903. The number of individuals assisted was 802. By nationality, 48 of the 80 parties were Russian, 14 were Roumanian, and the others Galicians and Hungarians. In all, the 80 families have taken up 10,957 acres of land.

62 loans in sums from $100 to $1,000 have been made during the year to as many Jewish farmer-families. These loans aggregate $27,811.

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