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Looks at the growing rebellion in the western United States against the authority of the federal government. Actions by Dick Carver, a Nevada rancher and Nye County commissioner; The so-called county-supremacy movement; The federal lawsuit which seeks to assert the government's ownership of federal lands in Nye County; Estimates from the Justice Department about the number of counties that have declared authority over federal lands within their boundaries.

The article reports on federal government corporations in the United States. Federal Prison Industries Inc. is a Department of Justice agency with an operating income of more than $2 million. Two recommendations resulted from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation audit. The Government Corporation Control Act has three Title divisions. Several war corporations should be abolished or liquidated such as Cargoes Inc. and Rubber Development Corp. The Farm Credit Administration can control agencies like Banks for Cooperatives and Federal Land Banks after they become privately owned. The federal agencies Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corp., Tennessee Valley Associated Cooperatives Inc., and the Virgin Island Company should be managed by state or territorial governments.

This article discusses the U.S. Farm Credit Administration (FCA) operations from 1933-1937. The FCA has become one of the world's largest creditors and is the world's largest single owner of farm mortgages. Within the FCA are four units which include the land banks, intermediate credit banks, the Production Credit Corporation, and the Bank for Cooperatives. The organization has gained the complete acceptance of U.S. farmers. The Federal Land Banks are considered the most important of the units of the FCA. These banks lend only on farm mortgage security.

The article discusses proposed solutions for economic recovery in the U.S. in the post 1929 Depression era. The U.S. government is proposing a $5 million credit-pool plan to refinance the frozen assets of banks and issue bonds eligible as collateral for federal deposits. Critics say a better plan would be to finance short-term assets permanently through long-term bonds. They point to an already established system present in the U.S. Federal Land Bank's origination. The plan provides for a limited mutual guarantee through low capital liability rates.

The article reflects on Federal Land and Joint Stock Land Bank's practice of foreclosing farm mortgages for profit. The author describes that these banks are foreclosing liens, selling farms and using the proceeds to repurchase their own bonds with a large discount. He points out that the practice is a loss to the bondholder of his money, loss to the farmers of their lands, but profit to the banks.

The article discusses Joint Stock Land Banks in helping American farmers through the Federal Farm Loan System. Particular focus is given to the men who led Joint Stock Land Banks, which include Kansas City Joint Stock Land Bank President Walter Cravens, Louisville Joint Stock Land Bank President Walter Howell, and Southern Minnesota Joint Stock Land Bank President W. H. Gold. It also discusses the banking career of American Association of Joint Stock Land Banks President Guy Huston.

Focuses on the decision of the U.S. government to take away farms from farmers who can not or will not be saved from foreclosure. Options available for the farmless farmers; Approximate number of farms acquired by federal land banks by foreclosure from whom the Government was trying to help, as of July 3, 1937; Creation of the Federal Farm Mortgage Corp. to help farmers.

Presents several letters to the editor. Information about militarism in the U.S.; Details of the Federal Land Bank; Political situation of the U.S. in 1931.

The article discusses ways to lighten the financial load of U.S. farmers, as of 1932. It also discusses the tax and mortgage delinquencies resulting from the 1931 farm income deemed insufficient to cover taxes, interest and a family's expense. It offers information on the U.S. federal land bank system, the annual farm mortgage debt in the country and in several U.S. states, and on dealing with the problem of high fixed mortgage charges.

The article offers updates on economic policies and developments in the U.S. The proposed appropriation of 200 million dollars to strengthen Federal Land Bank bonds conforms to the policies of farm mortgage relief. The nation's utility operators look into English experience of adopting a rental plan for household electrical appliances to guide them in their effort to use the idea for building load. Packaged flour mills select the Entoleter equipment in eliminating flour weevils and other pests.

The article focuses on farm relief measures being considered in the U.S. Congress in 1932. Of particular note is the domestic allotment plan. It cites the plan to give the Federal Land Bank funding for mortgage extensions. Also noted is the growing sentiment for raising price levels of agriculture products.

The article discusses why Joint Stock Land Bank bonds are a good medium for investors. Particular focus is given to the Joint Stock Land Banks which were supervised by the Federal Farm Loan Board under the Federal Farm Loan Act of 1916 designed to provide capital for agricultural development and create standard forms of investments based on farm lands. Details relating to the comparison of assets and bonds by various Joint Stock Land Banks as of July 21, 1925 are presented in a table.

Looks at the federal ownership of land in the American west and states that there may be a battle in Congress in the autumn involving this issue. The possibility that large tracts of federally managed land may be handed over to the host states; Comments about grazing and mineral rights; The history of this debate; The Sagebrush Rebellion; The Bureau of Land Management.

The article focuses on farmer Dan Yokum who forecasts a losing year in Colorado in 1977. He reflects on his total lost of 90, 000 dollars in 1975 and 1976 which he considers a victim of his own efficiency. Yokum farms 1, 360 acres near Vilas which have been in his family for three generations. He has 200 acres planted in corn, 200 in grain sorghum and 300 in wheat. He also has 150 head of mixed heifers. However, costs have risen and prices have fallen. Yokum's property taxes are soaring and he has exhausted his credit. He says he is behind in a 10, 000 dollars payment to the federal land bank in which he is supposed to make another payment this spring.

Opinion. Tells that the United States government may be giving out thousands of dollars' worth of federal lands to Texas dealmaker, Charles E. Hurwitz. The government's bailing him out of his failed savings and loan association; Reason why the government is cutting such a deal; Hurwitz's plan to chop down Headwaters Forest, a stand of old-growth redwoods; Obstruction by activists and court actions; Hurwitz's deal to resolve the dispute.

Discusses several cases in which the federal government is being challenged by localities over ownership of the land. Discussion of Roundup, Montana; John Trochmann, co-founder of the Militia of Montana; Plans by some people in Otero County, New Mexico to devise a strategy for combatting the Endangered Species Act; More.

The article discusses federal bond issues that yield well over six percent to maturity. These bond issues are described by the U.S. government as non-Treasury agency securities issued by the Federal Land Banks, the Federal Home Loan Banks and the Federal National Mortgage Association. The bonds issued by the Federal Land Banks which were founded in 1916 are considered the oldest.

The article reports on the issue on farmers turning to Federal Land Banks due to pressure for repayment exerted by other lenders. The Federal Farm Board annual report states that after remaining constant for around 2 years, the number of applications for mortgage loans from Land Banks increased in the last three months of 1930. It is noted that loans for refunding purposes are proof that pressure is forcing farm owners to borrow from Land Banks.

The article reports on the decline in the occurrence of bank failures in northwestern U.S. in 1929, as indicated in a report that was released by Federal Land Bank in Saint Paul, Minnesota in February 1930.

The article reports the importance of Federal Joint Stock Land Banks to New York as indicated by Municipal Bond Department manager L. H. Ruttan of bond agency Clark, Williams and Company, wherein Ruttan pointed out the ranking of New York in the production of goods such as hay, potatoes and apples.

The article presents new bond issues as of November 10, 1923 where the biggest single issue was reportedly 47 million dollars of federal land bank bonds.

Focuses on the lawsuit filed against the Farm Credit Administration (FCA) by the Louisiana Federal Land Bank Association and other rural lenders in Louisiana. Efforts to stop the FCA from reneging on a contract allowing organizations to long-term estate mortgage loans; Claims of the lawsuit; Names of the banks joining the suit.

The article presents a timeline of events related to the Federal Land Bank that was chartered in Wichita, Kansas 95 years ago in April 1917.

The article discusses a ruling favorable to the Pit River Tribe by the U.S. Court of Appeals in a decision related to the Medicine Lake Highlands. The Ninth Circuit Court ruled that federal agencies failed to conduct environmental or historical reviews before extending leases for the use and development of geothermal steam on federal lands.

Focuses on Farm Credit Bank of Texas and affiliated Federal Land Bank Associations' filing of a lawsuit against the United States Farm Credit Administration. Goal of stopping the agency from reneging on a contract made with rural lenders; Removal of territorial restrictions on participation lending; Violation of the bank's and associations' exclusive charter to participate in long-term real estate mortgage loans.

Reports that on March 30, 1995, a Republican proposal to speed timber cutting on federal lands withstood a Senate challenge, virtually ensuring that some version of the proposal will become law. Details on the proposal, part of a bill (HR 1158) that combines disaster relief for 40 states with spending cuts; Differences between House and Senate versions.

Discusses the Clinton administration's decision not to raise grazing fees on federal lands. Why environmentalists are unhappy; How the decision removes a potential source of increased federal revenue; Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt's change of heart on the issue.

Explains that former federal Canadian cabinet minister Jack Horner is leading opposition by ranchers to proposed changes in Alberta grazing leases. Issue of compensation from petroleum producers; Ranchers' right to graze on crown land; Horner's ranch near Pollockville, Alberta; Horner's rejection of the idea of designating leaseholders as gate-keepers for crown lands.

Reports that William Hewlett and David Packard, founders of the Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP), are in the center of a dispute in Idaho over a bill from Congress. The plan to give ranchers who hold grazing permits greater control over 270 million acres of federal land; The cattle ranch which the two men own in Idaho; Opposition from environmentalists.

Looks at the issue of the future of federal land-use planning. The Quincy Library Group, who attempt to influence planning policy over 2.5 million acres of California's Sierra Nevada mountains; Views of the Quincy Library Group about forest management; The Forest Service.