INFORMATION REI.ATING TO CREDIT 75 



UNITED STATES. 



I. DETHRISIINATION OF FEDERAI^ I,AND BANK DISTRICTS. 



On 27 December 1916 the Federal Farm lyoan Board, created under 

 the Federal Farm lyoan Act, announced its determinations as to the States 

 to be included in each of the twelve Federal Land Bank Districts provided 

 b}- the Act, and the town chosen as the site of the Dand Bank in each dis- 

 trict. The following list shows these conclusions. 



District No. 1. — Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, 

 Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York and New Jersey. The bank to 

 be at Springfield, Massachusetts. 



District N° 2. — Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West 

 Virginia and district of Columbia. The bank to be at Baltimore, Maryland. 



District N^. 3. — North and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. 

 The bank to be at Columbia, South Carolina. 



District N° 4. — Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee. The 

 bank to be at Louisville, Kentucky. 



District A^o 5. — Alabama, Mississipi and Louisiana. The bank to 

 be at New Orleans, lyouisiana. 



District N° 6. — Illinois, Missouri and Arkansas. The bank to be at 

 St. Lotus, Missouri. 



District A^o 7. — Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and North Dakota. 

 The bank to be at St. Paul, Minnesota. 



District N^ 8. — Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming. The 

 bank to be at Omaha, Nebraska. 



District N° 9. — Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico. The 

 bank to be at Wicliita, Kansas. 



District A" 10. — Texas. The bank to be at Houston, Texas. 



District N° 11. — California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona. The bank 

 to be at Berkeley, California. 



District N° 12. -- Washington, Oregon, Montana and Idaho. The 

 bank to be at Spokane, Washington. 



To this list the board added the following statement : 



" In determining the Federal I^and Bank Districts, and in designating 

 the cities within such districts where Federal Land Banks shall be located, 

 the Federal Farm Loan Board has given careful consideration to the farm 

 loan needs of the country. The board held public hearings in nearly ever}'- 

 State in the L'nion, and in this manner collected information of great value 

 in determining its decision. 



" Ever}- reasonable opportunity has been afforded applicant cities 

 to furnish evidence to sujjport their claim as locations of Federal Land 

 Banks. More than seventy-five cities applied to be designated as the head 

 quarters of a bank and were heard through representative committees 

 and individuals ". 



