@article{Lewis:336410,
      recid = {336410},
      author = {Lewis, Charles M},
      title = {The Ag lending trail},
      journal = {Journal of Agricultural Lending},
      address = {1998},
      year = {1998},
      abstract = {The Louisiana Purchase, for a paltry $15 million, is  generally regarded as the best real estate purchase in  history. One way to measure this fact is to notice the  number of agricultural banks in the Old Louisiana Purchase  Territory. This territory has also spawned a  disproportionate number of Farmer Mac banks. If an area has  a large number of Farmer Mac banks, they tend to be more  profitable banks. More profitable ag banks suggest that the  area is a good agricultural area.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/336410},
}