I. 



INTRODUCTORY 



The true value of this Iowa Year Book of Agriculture can hardly be 

 grasped except in the light of the twenty-one volumes which have pre- 

 ceded it. 



Taken as a single unit this book gives a clear and concise cross section 

 of all the activities and achievements of the farmers in what is now the 

 greatest agricultural state in the Union. Taken as a group, the twenty- 

 two volumes tell a wondrous story of the rise of a great people — the 

 development of these trackless rolling prairies into the most fertile lands 

 upon the face of the globe. 



The mere contrast of figures from these seemingly dull pages points 

 new vision to the still greater future and more abundant prosperity which 

 lie ahead for Iowa, "Land of Plenty." 



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