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Show MILLIONS LOANED TO U. SJUEHS STOCKMEN ALSO PARTICIPATE IN CREDITS EXTENDED BY CORPORATION Northwestern States. Fare Well In Distribution of Vast Sum of Money Given Out to Aid Farmers Washington More than 522,000,000 n credit has been extended farmers ind stockmen during the two and one-ialf one-ialf months since congress authorized ;he war finance corporation to make idvances for agricultural and Jive-stock Jive-stock purposes, according to figures innounced Sunday. Reports of the corporations' activities activi-ties since August 24 showed a total iredit in excess of ?22,GC3,000, estimated estima-ted with about eighty-two financial institutions in-stitutions in nineteen states for making mak-ing loans to farmers and stock raisers. States in which corporation advances for these purposes have been made include in-clude Montana, South Dakota, Ari-sona, Ari-sona, Idaho, Nevada, Iowa, Nebraska ind Wyoming. The eighty-two advances range from i faw thousand dollars up to one of 515,000,000 to a cooperative association in Minnesota. North and South Dakota, to assist in marketing grain. Funds for the advances, officials said, are obtained from the corporation's corpora-tion's balance with the treasury, which it the time these operations were be-jun be-jun totaled about $430,000,000. Applications for agricultural and .ivestock loans are coming in steadily, was stated. In addition to its do-nestic do-nestic financing, officials said, the corporation cor-poration is continuing to finance American products for export to for-Jign for-Jign markets. |