California, Iowa Lead

Hello Folks! — Square meals make round people.

Special type of car is on the market for the road hog. It is made of pig iron.

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Teacher: If one and one makes two, and two and two make four, how much does four and four make?

Dan: That's not fair, teachmer, you answer all the easy questions yourself and leave the hard ones for me.

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California leads the other 49 states in total farm income. Iowa is fairly close second, with Illinois and Texas third and fourth respectively. Minnesota is always behind in fifth place, with Nebraska, Indiana, Wisconsin and Missouri in that order.

Iowa leads all states in livestock receipts, by a wide margin. California is next with Texas, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Nebraska close behind. Cattle and hogs are Iowa's big livestock receipts. While in dairy products Iowa is barely in the big ten.

In Dairy products Wisconsin leads by a wide margin, with New York and California, Minnesota and Pennsylvania in that order.

Illinois leads all states in corn sales by a wide margin. Iowa is next but one reason for Iowa not being a big seller in corn is because it is fed to livestock.

In egg production California leads well ahead with Georgia next.

In soybeans Illinois leads over Iowa which in turn is far ahead of Missouri, Arkansas, Indiana, and Minnesota.

In broiler sales all the southern states lead over northern states.

Idaho is of course the big potato state. Maine is next with California close and from there on potato production drops fast.

Minnesota is second in turkey production. California is first. Missouri, Iowa, Arkansas, Texas, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Virginia and Indiana raise quite a few turkeys too.

Surprising to me is that Florida leads California in orange production over two to one. Arizona and Texas raise a few too.

Washington is the big apple producer. New York produces a lot too. Michigan is next and then the production drops of fast.

Texas produces as much cotton seed as Mississippi, California and Arkansas put together.

California raises as much sugar beets as Idaho and Colorado combined. Minnesota is next and Washington and Nebraska close.

The biggest producer of forest products is not the Western states but Georgia, North and South Carolina, Virginia, and Alabama and Mississippi being high on the list. Washington is also one of the big ones.