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Show MILLIONS LOANED TO U.JU-ARMERS 6TOCKMEN ALSO PARTICIPATE IN CREDIT8 EXTENDED BY CORPORATION Northwestern States Fare Well In Distribution of Vast Sum of Money Given Out to Aid Farmera Washington More than $22,000,000 In credit hns been extended fnrmon and stockmen during the I wo and one-naif one-naif months since congrets authorized the war finance corporation to mnki dvances for agricultural and livestock live-stock purposes, according to figures announced Sunday. Reports of tho corporations' activities activi-ties since August 24 showed a total crodlt la excess of 22,O03,O0O, estimated estima-ted with about eighty-two financial Institutions In-stitutions In nlnoteen states for mak' ng loans to fnrmera and stock raisers States la which corporation advance! for thoso purposes havo been made Include: In-clude: Montana, South Dakota. Art ona, Idaho, Novada, Iowa, Nebraska ind Wyoming. The clghty-two advances range from a fow thousand dollars up to one of 15,000,000 to a cooperative aseodntlon In Minnesota, North and South Dakota, lo assist In marketing grain. Funds for tho advances, official! aid, are obtained from the corpora-tlon's corpora-tlon's balance with the treasury, which at tho time these operations were bo-tun bo-tun totaled about flW.OOO.OOO. Applications for agricultural and livestock loans nro coming In steadily, It was stated. In addition to ita do-aiestlc do-aiestlc flnnncng, officials aald, the corporation cor-poration Is continuing to flnanc American products for export to for-tlgn for-tlgn markots. |