vi INTRODUCTION 



Part Seven contains excerpts from the proceedings of the annual 

 meeting of the Corn Belt Meat Producers' Association and discus- 

 sions of questions covering live stock marketing in Iowa. 



Part Eight is a reprint of the annual report of the Iowa Weather 

 and Crop Service Bureau. It includes a summary and monthly re- 

 view of the climatolog}^ for the year ; a review of the crop conditions 

 by months ; a tabulated crop summary showing production and value 

 of Iowa's farm crops and a tabulation giving average yields and total 

 production of the principal farm crops by counties. 



Part Nine consists of tables containing the farm and crop statis- 

 tics by counties, collected by the township assessors and reported to 

 the Department of Agriculture by the County Auditors. In co-oper- 

 ation with the Iowa Weather and Crop Service Bureau the assessors' 

 books were verified and numerous errors in addition, carrying 

 amounts forward, etc., were corrected. These statistics present a 

 correct tabulation of the returns made by the township assessors 

 after all apparent errors were corrected. Special attention is called 

 to the statistics showing modern farm homes, automobiles, trucks, 

 silos, tractors, etc. 



Part Ten includes a series of tables showing the average yield, 

 total production and total value of the principal farm crops for a 

 period of twenty-three years. For reference purposes there is also 

 a group of tables showing crop and live stock statistics from the 

 1919 Year Book of the United States Department of Agriculture. 

 These statistics cover classifications by states for the United States 

 and by countries for the world. 



