IOWA 



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IOWA 



Its Waters. Iowa has a great river on either and these constitute the basins of the beautiful 



side, and into these it is drained, two-thirds little lakes which dot that part of the state, 



of its area being drained by tributaries of the Most famous is Spirit Lake, a favorite summer 



Mississippi, the rest by those of the Missouri, resort, but Storm Lake, Clear Lake and East 



The southeasterly flowing streams which empty and West Okoboji are much visited also, 



into the Mississippi are the Des Moines, the The Climate. Far from any body of water 



largest river of the state, which flows across large enough to have any effect on its climate, 



the central portion; the Iowa, Turkey, Wapsi- and unprotected by mountains from hot or cold 



THE FARM 



Corn 



Cattle sold 

 Hogs sold 

 Oats 



Timothy,C lover 

 Horses sold 



IOWA PRODUCTS CHART 



Rgures Based on U.S. Government Reports 



Mil lions of Dol lars Annual ly 

 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 



Poultry raised 



Wheat 



Butter Fat 



Butter 



Potatoes 



Hogs slaughtered 



Wild Hay 



Milk 



Barley 



Garden Vegetables 



Cream 



Apples 



Sheep sold 



Coatse Forage 



Calves sold. 



Mules sold 



Cattle slaughtered 



THE MINE 

 Coal 

 Gypsum 



60 



THE FACTORY 



Women's Clothing 

 Artificial Stone 

 Shoes 



Dairy supplies 

 Sheet Metal 

 Men's Clothing 

 Canning,Preserving 

 Furniture, Refrigerators 

 Leather goods 

 Manufactured Gas 

 Confectionery 

 Patent Medicine 

 Tobacco 

 Cement 

 Buttons 



Farm Implements 

 C arriages ,Wagon s 

 Clay Products 

 Bread etc. 

 Railroad-Shop Work 

 Printing,Publishing 

 LurnbeiiTimber 

 Flour-,Grist 

 Foundry,Machine shop 

 MilK Products 

 Meat Packing 



)inicon, Cedar and Skunk; those which flow 

 Dward the Missouri are the Big Sioux, Little 

 >ioux, Nishnabotna and Nodaway. Of these 

 mly the Des Moines is navigable, and that 

 ly slightly at certain seasons of the year, but 

 le state depends little upon water transporta- 

 lon. 



Northern Iowa lay in the glaciated area; 

 that is, it was covered ages and ages ago by a 

 slow-moving river of ice (see GLACIAL PERIOD). 

 This, when it retreated, left numerous little 

 hollows carved in the surface of the ground, 



winds, Iowa has what is known as a typically 

 continental climate that is, its extremes of 

 heat and cold are great. The average yearly 

 temperature is 47, but the highest recorded 

 temperature is 113 and the lowest 43, a 

 total range of 156. It is only in very excep- 

 tional years, however, that such extremes are 

 experienced. The atmosphere is rather humid, 

 especially in the summer. 



Seldom is the Iowa farmer troubled by 

 drought, for while the average annual rainfall 

 reaches a total of only 31.5 inches, it is dis- 



