Editing Federal Farm Loan Act (section)

==Structure of implementation==
The Act established the '''Federal Farm Loan Board''' to oversee and supervise federal land banks and national farm loan associations. It was also responsible for setting benchmark rates of interest for mortgages and bonds. Finally, it could intervene when it thought specific banks were making irresponsible loans.

The twelve [[Federal Land Banks]] were required to hold at least $750,000 in capital. Stock ownership of the banks were held by national farm loan associations and other interested investors, including any individual, corporation or fund. In the case of insufficient capital, the U.S. Treasury (through the Federal Farm Loan Board) made up the difference. When additional subscriptions were made from other sources, federal ownership in the banks was retired.

'''National Farm Loan Associations''' were established groups of 10 or more mortgage-holding farmers who together owned 5% or more of a federal land bank. Once formed, they were subject to a charter review process by the Federal Farm Loan Board. This structure aimed to align the incentives of individual farmers with the banks, as farmers held two roles: borrowers and lenders.<ref>Putnam, George F., "The Federal Farm Loan Act", in ''[[The American Economic Review]]'', Vol. 6, No. 4 (Dec., 1916), pp. 770-789.</ref>