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FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD
WASHINGTON

Lit. 2 2 3 t i .
August 29, 1S21.
SUBJECT:

C l a s s i f i c a t i o n of A g r i c u l t u r a l
and. L i v e s t o c k P a p e r .

Dear S i r :
One o f

the Federal

the Board t h a t ,

in classifying its

practicable for it
based on l i v e s t o c k .
the p r a c t i c e s
to insuring

of

that

r e s e r v e banks has r e c e n t l y a d v i s e d
discounted paper,

to segregate a g r i c u l t u r a l
In order that

is

c o m p a r i s o n may be made of

the various Federal

reserve

banks w i t h a view

the d i f f e r e n t i a t i o n between a g r i c u l t u r a l

i t w i l l be a p p r e c i a t e d i f

im-

paper from paper

l i v e s t o c k p a p e r may b e a s u n i f o r m a s p o s s i o l e
System,

it

and

throughout

the

you w i l l kindly advise

the

B o a r d how y o u r b a n k i n c l a s s i f y i n g d i s c o u n t e d

b i l l s as re-

p o r t e d o n F o i m J>8 a n d o n BD-U s c h e d u l e s d e t e r m i n e s w h e t h e r a
given note

is

given for agricultural

p u r p o s e s o r i s b a s e d on

livestock.
Very t r u l y y o u r s ,

W a l t e r L. Eddy,
Assistant Secretary.

L e t t e r s e n t to Agent a t
except Chicago.




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