The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-18
THE RICHEST STATE IN THE UNION
Some Plain Facts rou, the Hon. I'll Perkins,,
and Also some Reflections.

CERRO GoRDo COUNTY, Northern Iowa
Nov. 12.-You in the East can have no possible
conception OF the magnitude OF the Western
crops. Take this county. Ccrro Gordo-and
there are ninety eight other counties in the
State Just M large-I find the yield Of which
alone will be over 600 900 bushels. II will be
80 bushels to eech man. woman. and child in
the county, 800 bushels to every male. and about
500 bushels to every ablc-bodcd man. and pork
and corn in the same proportion. II is safe to
say that every ahle-hodicd man in Cerro Gordo
county raises enough to support flity men.
There are many wheat fields here that pro-
duccd last season As bushels to the acrc. The
average yield Is % bushels. Three years ago
when visited northern Iowa could buy plenty
OF Wild prairie land for - per acre. The same
land IL now selling for f20 and $50. and the
price is marching straight 10 $50. There nre n
great many farms now in central and southern
-, Do. you ask me which is the richest State in
| answer. Iowa. She has no waste land but
lew lakes. no mountains. no barren ridges
She has $4,000 900 acres Of black garden soil
throwing out 100000 acres for roads river
beds. md three small lakes. This whole
3O.0or.0D acres will be worth in the MARKET in
less than tweniy-nvc years an average Of $50
per S.s or The farm lands 81 The STATE will be
.deht. The farm lands Of Iowa IRE worth more
th9an the farm lands Of all NV England
saw eighty acres Of ground yesterday along
the Burlington. Cedar Rapids and Northern
road that could have bought four years AGO
lor 81 an acre. This year the owner raised
24ls bushels II wheat on II. and sold il Tor 90
cents per bushel, making t2.l76.2O on of 1920
worth OF land. This seems an iucreduluus story
Out II Is literally true. But the owner Of that
ciEht-acre field to-day holds II at $50 per acre
cheap enough for land that will produce thirty
iuShc- ~ wheat per acre. lie IL a handsome
hnnpv young farmer. with n roey-chrrked wife
ana Tour children with cherry lips and dmpled
nuns. What splendid citizen X this mani
itow, mnrh greater than Wendell Phillips or
! Hirirn Francis Adams or Wm. VI Eynfts is
NJ N'y are parusifrs. living ON of tho lulor
~ other men. This Young iarin, + next Vnar
VIII rruiur. BON bushels ~ grain. enough h.
SUI p'it Who'll" Ntlg" fun NJ Eastern capital
H. rs 5.uou bushels " grain viii b. worth
SiNuo herr" in Iowa. ami 5000 in New York
nus 'i''- ms grand citizen contribute 1000
hhuuaiiN To the railroad merchants and dIruc-
tors of his county.
. Tn" crops are not onc-tenth harvested hore
Not on" lushcl 81 corn IN 500 il husked Tho
snow has fallen about six inches deep. and the
turner's ar" waiting for n thaw About one
fourth Of the wheat il throshed Two hundred
car loads went 10 81. Louis last week from This
vicinity. to b. shipped 10 England via New Or
The North and South railroad lines in Iowa
vi transforming immense quantities Of wheat !
ana hour from Iowa and VI nnesota ~ Bur. |
lhEton anu ST Louis. to 10 down the Missis- |
-iupi.
Corn. wheat. and pork down from the North
ihu sugar cotton, tobacco. and coffee M from |
ne south. il fulfilling tn. law If ,rada'" s,id |
lr'-ldrni Grinnrll OF the Central Iowa The |
fAst and West railroad lines arr losing freichts |
.ut me North and South lines are h...omiup |
great trunk lines. Eli prnRtSs