Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-28
Governor 0ummins Quotes sOme Figures
About the Great State.
FIRST IN HOGS AND FIRST IN CORN
vaIue of Farm Products Leads Every
other state In the Union by
Twenty MIIIiOn Doll
lars.
From a STAR correspondentl

the bad weather oil the nrBt Olrtne WeeA 'ho
sun came out today and gave the fair a per-
feet day. This was appreciated by perhaps
so. 600 persons who visited the fair. The
feature of the day was the formal dedica-
tion Of the new pavilion and the address Of
the governor, but during both forenoon and
afternoon the great pavilion was crowded
all the time with visitors, as the stock
judging was in progress. In the afternoon
there was a great crowd also at the races
and the track was in excellent condition.
The receipts up to this morning for the fair
amounted to about SIS, 600, but when the re-
turns are all In for today's work this sum
will probably be doubled. A serious acct
dent occurred in the stock judging ring this
morning. A. w. Truman OF Bushnell. ILL.,, a
prominent horseman, receiving a kick from
one of his own horses which may end ia
tally. He was struck in the ribs and 1t Is
feared internal injuries will develop to cause
his death.
Pavilion Dedicated.
The dedication Of the stock pavilion was a
formal affair, but was attended by thous-
ands. President FRASER OF the fair assoeia-
ton presided and there was a brief address
by Senator Hartman, who has long been
identified with the fair management and who
pushed the bill through the Legislature ap-
proprlating for the stock pavilion.
He was followed by Governor cummins,
who spoke at length on the greatness OF the
state and its resources. He quoted some
interesting figures showing that In the
United States there is employed as fixed
capital in manufactures a little more than
s.. OOO. 0OO, 900, while in agriculture there Is
invested more than $40, 500. 0 0.0o0. In Iowa
the proportion is even more startling. In
1oEa ,ooordfnu - fha rnpOrtq NJ that time
there was farmed in Iowa a total Of p ,e22
acres Of land. Now Of the S5. 800, 900 acres
in Iowa there is under cultivation a total Of
34.574,s37. These figures Illustrate as no
other figures can the fact that there is very
little waste land in Iowa and very little
that has not been made use of. The value
Of this land is more than 81, 200, 900. 900. The
number of farms is 22S,662, and the num-
her operated by their owners is 147. 305.
Iowa farm products have been increasing
enormously in value in recent years. Ac-
cordlng to the reports Of the crop bureau the
actual cash value of Iowa farm products In
1898 was reported to be $3.50. All, 52S. which
was $50, 900, 900 in excess of the value Of the
products in any other state Of the union.
OF this vast amount the Iowa farmers fed
to their livestock at home $102, 023. 04o. This
fairly illustrates our commanding position
among tue BIdpepS U lilluOl e S9AfNoVgVNN
worth, New York, s63, 600, 900 and others fol-
lowing along with smaller amounts. The
comparison is deeply gratifying to the peo-
pie of Iowa, but there is another still more
pleasing to the pride OF the people or the
state. with all this agricultural wealth we
find that condition in other industries Is
good. Wages are comparatively good and
the rewards Of industry in all lines are ex-
cellent.
Farm incomes Compared.
The total gross income from farms Is
greater in Iowa than in other states. The
figures for the best of the states, which
figures include additions to farm property,
are: Iowa, Ss26.74 1855; Illinois. ss1s, 4os,-
2O2; Texas, $3.50, s96, 1913; Ohio. POI, 144, 2s4.
There we're no others 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 ........ s271, sI4, 094l Nebraska ..$142, 76s,6 81
Texas ....... PIG. 227 92lI Missouri -. lsd zsS' 80
Kansas $50. 1856, 3l7, 24S Indiana -. lO5'O4S'b2
All the other states fall below the $780,
900, 900 mark. In the number OF neat cat
tie there is a similar gratifying showing
The figures for leading states are: Texas.
9,42s, Is6; Iowa, 5,367, $50; Kansas, 4.4S1.-
OTIS; Nebraska, 3,176,243 Illinois, S,1o4,01c.
In dairy cows we find that Iowa is second
only to New York in their number. In
the number of 2-year-old steers Iowa leads,
In the value Of neat cattle in 1900 Iowa
stands we'll, being a close second to Texas,
but the value per head in Iowa was S2s.5S,
against the value Of $17.31 in Texas.
The NvaefOcE Ia mt all on the farms,
either, for statistics show that in the cities
OF 81, 1000 and less than 100. 900 Des Moines
leads all in the union In the number OF
dairy COWS, having Ass to every 100, 900
, inhabitants. In cities under $4,000 Sioux
City leads all others. with Council BLUFFS
. second.
So also in the statistics regarding horses
we find Iowa with 1892, 573, Illinois second
a and Texas third. with the rest not In the
, reckoning. In hogs Iowa had s,723,79
with Illinois the closest rival. with less
than 5000, 900. Iowa had 15h per cent OF
the total number of hogs In the union and
: 1873 per cent OF the total value. Iowa led
a In chickens with more than Is, 200. 900 and
in ducks with 4S7, 900. lows turned out
Z o 1921. 800 dozen eggs in 1900. which wai
more than any other state. So in corr
5 Iowa had first place. with 22s.0 oO,O 900 bush
els. second place in oats, with 175 900 ,OOI
: bushels, and fourth in barley.
5 These figures but briefly indicate tho
. dominance Of Iowa in all agricultural mat
tiers and AFFORD sufieient reason why thu
Iowa state fair Is one OF the great insti'
e buttons Of the midland country and VIII!
Iowa is so conspicuous among the states
struck by Train.
Two women. residents Of this city, wer'
struck by & Rock Island train this morning
n near the water works plant. in the western
4 part Of the city. They were walking alonI
q the Rock Island track and saw a NIL
waukee train approaching from the ives
sr on a track nearby and while they wer
m watching that train did not notice tn
Rock Island train, which was backing u
ID to Valley Junction. Mrs. Susan A. JET
ie fries, who lives in the western part Q
= the city, was almost instantly killed. an
Mrs. Belle Clemens was badly injured an
is will probably die.
~ state House Elevators Falls.
The elevator at the state capitol fel
this afternoon aud about a dozen visitor
OF hSl a narrow escape. The elevator wa
See about half way up the shaft when the rop
lie snapped and the whole thing fell to tn
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