Show loans to veterans f for or farm purchases and operating costs reach high peak setting a new high in farm ity administration loans to veterans ex servicemen were financed in purchase of farm operating equipment or family farms wil within ain a two month period according to figures released by department of agriculture the loans made during march and april constitute nearly a third of the total number the agency has approved tor for veterans during the last two years administrator dillar B lasseter announces noun ces dec declaring laring that the agency expects the record lending to continue lasseter reports that more than veteran applications now are being processed in county offices more than veterans already have received assistance approximately 1000 of them obtained farm purchase loans under terms of the bankhead jones farm I 1 tenant act from an earmarked fund set up by congress the rest have loans to buy machinery and livestock or for other operating needs soaring real estate prices and lack of productive farms tor for sale have handicapped veterans in their quest for farms lasseter says |