Business Data and Information SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION Science Information Exchange Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20036 39 Indexed Register of ongoing scientific research projects, with brief description of each. The Register includes projects by Federal and non-Federal agencies. Copies of summaries are available to members of the scientific community. Also question and answer service. ⚫ SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION Science and Technology Search Science and Technology Division Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 20540 The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., is open to all persons over high school age. Guidance to needed publications is provided in person by Library of Congress personnel. Arrangements may also be made for extensive search of the literature by trained professionals on a fee basis. 40 Business Data and Information STANDARDS (WEIGHTS AND MEASURES) National Bureau of Standards Washington, D.C. 20234 NATIONAL STANDARD REFERENCE DATA SYSTEM Scientific and technical reference data is compiled and made available to scientists, engineers, and the general public. "National Standard Reference Data System, Plan of Operation." Available from the Public Documents Department, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. (15 cents.) STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIALS Reference materials that are used in quality control, scientific TESTING AND CALIBRATION SERVICE Testing and calibration service for manufactured items is available on a fee basis. Address request for information to: Office of Measurement Services, National Bureau of Standards, Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20234. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES SERVICE Request list of publications from Public Documents Department, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. (No charge.) 42 Cooperatives COOPERATIVES FOR SPECIALIZED FUNCTIONS ELECTRIC POWER Rural Electrification Administration, Department of Agricul- FARM CREDIT Farm Credit Administration. See page 85 (this section). FISHERIES Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, Department of Commerce. FORESTRY Forest Service, Department of Agriculture. See page 108 (this section). GRAZING ASSOCIATIONS Farmers Home Administration, Department of Agriculture. HOUSING Farmers Home Administration, Department of Agriculture. HOUSING Housing Production and Mortgage Credit/FHA. Department of Housing and Urban Development. See page 231. RURAL MASS TRANSPORTATION Office of Economic Opportunity. See page 189. RURAL TELEPHONE Rural Electrification Administration. See page 323. EXTENSION PROGRAM FOR COOPERATIVES Extension Service Department of Agriculture Federal Extension Service (in cooperation with State and local County Extension Services) offers advisory services and counseling on how to organize, operate, and manage a cooperative. Liaison with other government programs for cooperatives. Technical information and aids are available upon request. INFORMATION CONTACT County Cooperative Extension Service Office. HEADQUARTERS OFFICE Paul O. Mohn, Cooperative Specialist Division of Marketing and Utilization Services Extension Service Department of Agriculture Washington, D.C. 20250 Telephone: (202) 388-3625 Cooperatives LOANS TO COOPERATIVES Farmers Home Administration ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE 43 Direct loans and repayable advances. For organizing and operating cooperatives that will raise the income and living standards of low-income rural families. Funds may be used to (1) process products grown on members' farms, (2) assemble, market, and transport home-produced goods, (3) purchase essential machinery and equipment for members use, (4) provide market services, (5) purchase land and buildings for services of cooperative, and (6) pay costs of organizing cooperatives and refinancing certain debts. ELIGIBILITY Existing cooperatives or groups desiring to form a cooperative. Two-thirds of members must be from low-income rural families living in open country or town or city where the population is under 5,500. Evidence that credit is not available on rates and terms they can meet; services are not otherwise adequately provided in the community. APPLICATION PROCESS Contact local county office of Farmers Home Administration. SPECIAL COMMENTS Loans up to 30 years, and up to 100 percent of cost of project. PROGRAM LITERATURE "Farmers Home Administration" PA 705. "Loans to Cooperatives" PA 662. INFORMATION CONTACT Local County Office of Farmers Home Administration. HEADQUARTERS OFFICE James V. Smith, Administrator Farmers Home Administration Department of Agriculture Washington, D.C. 20250 Telephone: (202) 388-7967 AUTHORIZING STATUTE 42 U.S.C. 2852; Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, as amended, section 303. |