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Show IOWA IS NOT "BROKE" Former State Senator Henry L. Adams, of Iowa, still thinks he lives in a pretty good state, all the advertising of Iowa's bankruptcy bank-ruptcy to the contrary notwithstanding. He says: "Iowa has, 34,-000,000 34,-000,000 acres of the best land on earth. It is seven times the area of the Valley of the Nile. . We lead in the value of corn, oats, hogs, horses, poultry, livestock and farm property. In 1925 we produced one-tenth of the food produced in the United States. Our crops were worth $513,000,000, livestock $5 39.00,C',000, or a total of! $1,052,000,000 $31 produced on each acre of Iowa land. Capitalize Capi-talize this $31 at five per cent and it makes the value of each acre of Iowa land worth more than $600. Iowa produces $1,0'00 for each man, woman or child living on an Iowa farm, or $5,000 a family." National Republic. |