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because they were broad-minded and sagacious enough to see that 

 a building of this kind was needed." 



Governor Cummins said he wanted to invite the attention of 

 tKose present to the grand song of triumph for Iowa that was to be 

 found in the last census report. He proceeded to portray in the 

 light of these figures some of the many points of supeiiority of the 

 Hawkeye state. Comparing the importance of agriculture and man- 

 ufacturing, he showed the fixed capital invested in manufactures 

 was about five billions of dollars and in agriculture over twenty bil- 

 lions in the nation, while in Iowa there was a still greater discrep- 

 ancy. In 1850, according to the reports at that time, there was 

 farmed in Iowa a total of 824,622 acres of land. Now of the 35,- 

 300,000 acres in Iowa, there is under cultivation a total of 34,574,- 

 337 acres. The value of this land is now more than $1,700,000,000. 

 The number of farms is 228,662 and the number operated by their 

 owners is 147,305. 



Iowa farm products have been increasing enormously in value 

 in recent years. According to the reports of the crop bureau the 

 actual cash value of Iowa farm products in 1899 was reported to be 

 $365,411,528, which was twenty millions in excess of the value of 

 the products in any other state of the Union. 



The total gross income from farms is greater in Iowa than in 

 other states. The figures for the best of the states, which figures in- 

 clude additions to farm property are: Iowa, $336,745,785 ; Illinois, 

 $316,408,202 ; Texas, $253,896,328 ; Ohio, $201,144 284. There 

 were no other approaching these in the total value of farm income. 



In another way may this supremacy of Iowa be shown. The 



following figures show the value of all domestic animals in the 



states that led all others for the year 1900 : 



Iowa $271,844,034 



Texas 236,227,934 



Illinois 186,856,020 



Kansas 186,317,248 



Nebraska 142,769,629 



Missouri 154,295,363 



Ohio 120,466,134 



Indiana 105,048,423 



In the number of neat cattle there is a similar gratifying show- 

 ing. The figures for leading states are: Texas 9,428,196, Iowa, 



