_ UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 874 
Contribution from the Offiice of Farm Management and Farm Economics 
H. C. TAYLOR, Chief 
In Cooperation with the Iowa Agricultura! Experiment Station 
Cc. F. CURTISS, Director 
Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER August 23, 1920 
FARM LAND VALUES IN IOWA 
By 
L. C. GRAY, Agricultural Economist in Charge 
of Land Economics, Office of Farm Management 
and Farm Economics 
and 
O. G. LLOYD, Assistant Chief in Farm Management 
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station 
CONTENTS 
Purpose, Scope and Method of Investigation SAS aCe ee 
Trend of Land Values in the Country as a Whole . = - 
Increase in the Average Value per Acre of Iowa Farm Land Since 1850 
Range-of Prices Paid for Farm Land . - 
Extent of Activity in Buying and Selling Para. 1919 
Persons Engaged in Buying ana Selling : ° ° 
Division of Increment Between Different Classes : 
erin OE Sales: So Solas eS ewiis te a eS : 
Farm Earnings and Incomes of Owners, Tenants, na Landlords, 1913, 
1915, 1918,1919 . . - 
The Farmer’s Power of Aetuniaistion as Indicated by Data on Net Worth 
Summary of Causes and Probable Effects of the “Boom” . ac 
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WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
- 1920 
