Federal Farm Loan Act Details Landmark Rural Credits Law
The act creates twelve Federal Land Banks and local farm loan associations to supply long term mortgage credit to farmers at up to six percent interest. It also allows joint stock land banks to lend on farm security and issue farm loan bonds under Farm Loan Board supervision. Limitations include 5 to 40 year terms, 50 percent land value loan cap, and 20 percent improvements.
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Federal Land Bank
Federal Land Banks
National Farm Loan Associations
United States
Federal Farm Loan Board
National Farm Loan Association
First National Farm Loan Association
Federal
Farm Loan Board
Farm Loan Associations
Loan Association
Joint-Stock Land Banks
National Farm Loan Associations of Borrowers
Joint Stock Bank
Jointstock Bank
Benzoic Adulteration Ramps Up Fear of Imports
Chemists enforcing the Food and Drugs Act report benzoic acid shipments bound for the United States are adulterated with boric acid. With benzoic acid priced around 11 per pound and boric acid at 20 to 25 cents, some samples include up to 30 percent boric acid, creating large profits. Officials say such mixtures are adulterated and should be denied entry under the act.
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United States
Nature's Punishment and the Law of Ignorance
A moral admonition tying illness to violations of natural law and insisting that ignorance excuses no one. It warns that nature shows no pity for ignorance unless one accepts long penitence for a moment of negligence.
Trade at Home Boost Your Rural Community
A Purdue extension leader argues that rural towns thrive when farmers keep local centers intact with stores schools churches and rail service. County agents should unite town and country and lead cooperatives while promoting better schools roads and community life for stronger agriculture.
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Indiana
G. I. Christie
Purdue University
Maine
William L. Duncan
Washburn
Duncan
Limbs of the Four Hundred Parade in Short Skirts
Montgomery Advertiser recounts a provocative dress parade at the Four Hundred where women in short skirts, hose, and varied footwear display daring fashion. The verse catalogs outfits, spectators, and the public gaze from noon until night as garments challenge social codes.
Pessimist versus Optimist in Modern Thought
The piece argues habitual pessimists are scorned at home while occasional pessimists can be tolerated for providing a contrast to widespread cheerful but shallow optimism. It notes public mood is tinted by irresponsible optimism and suggests tempered somberness may be acceptable if not excessive.
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Merrimac County
New Hampshire
Department of Agriculture
W. J. Spillman
Bureau of Plant Industry
U.S. Dept
W. P. Brooks
Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station
Agricultural Society
New England
Brooks
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Doan
Sue
N. E. News
A. W. Sweeton
Windham County
Farm Bureau
Wisconsin Bulletin
J. W. Sanborn
College of Agriculture
Missouri University
Sanborn
New England Homestead
Germany
Edwin Osgood Grover
the Great
Holstein
Stevens
Kimball Bros. Co
Ellis Burnett
Grande Dame
Demoiselle
Montgomery Advertiser
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