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Show REQUESTS FOR FARM FARl\I FARl I \ LOANSFLOODING LOANSFLOODING LOANS LOANSFLOODING FLOODING INTO LAND BANKBerkeley BANKBerkeley BANK BANKBerkeley Berkeley ' , Calif Cam , . Oct -Applica- Applica 13-Applica- 13 13Applications 13Applica 13 - Applications Applica Applications - tions for farm l'arm larm farm loans are flooding Into Intothe intothe intothe the Federal Land Bank of Berkeley at atthe atthe atthe the rate of more than a thousand a aweek aweek aweek week , It was said at the bank today todayThe todayThe todayThe The number of applications appl1catlons for Land LandBank LandBank LandBank Bank and commissioner comrmssioncr s loans for the theweek theweek theweek week ending Wednesday was 1056-an 1056 an 1056analltime 1056analltime 1056 - - anall-time anall time all-time all time - highA highA high highA A clerical staff of forty in tlie the b'1nk's b1nks bink's binks b'1nk'sapphcation bink'sapplication bink'sapplication binksapplication ' ' apphcation application department has been work- work working \ work working ork- ork orking - - ing nights and Sundays . , , with an extra extrashift extrashift extrashut shift of : ; stenographers ctenographers employed from from7pm 7 p m until midnight midrught A total of 257 257yippraisers 257ippraisers 1ppraIsers yippraisers ' are at work on farms In InCalifornia inCalifornia mCalifornia California . , Nevada , Utah and Arizona Arizonamaking , propertyon makinlf makinlfappraisals makln appraisals upon farm property Stillthe property propertyon propertyon on which loans are sought Stil Still Still the thenumber thenumber thenumber number of applications increases faster fasterthan fasterthan fasterthan than the bank banks s staff can cope Wlth with Wlththem withthem withthem withthemFor them themFor For the week ending Oct 4 the total totalof totalof totalof of applications not yet disposed of was was13066 13 066-roughly 066 roughly - roughly one-tenth one tenth one-tentl1 tentl1 - the total totalnumber totalnumber totalnumber number of farms in CalIfornia-and CalIfornia and CalIforniaandthat Californiaandthat California - - andthat that represented applications aggregat aggregat- aggregating aggregating aggregating - - ing $58000 58000 $58 58 $58000000 58000000 $ 000 000 Demands for loans loansof loanso\er loanso er 0\ 0 of 0er \ er that week totalled 696 and in the thesame thesame thesame same period 194 were closedOver closedOver closed closedOver Over all aU the United Umted States during the thesarno thesame thesame sarno same week applications amounted to to231.332 to231332 231.332 231332 231,332 . , . |