A STATEMENT BY THE GOVERNOR

Iowa is one of the nation's richest farm states. It is known as the "land where the tall corn grows" and is often called the "Corn State." About one fourth of the top-grade farm land in the United States is in Iowa and the state produces about one tenth of the country's food supply each year. The black soil probably has a greater value than all the silver and gold mines in the entire world.

Iowa is not entirely a farming state. Factories in many towns and ciries process foods from the state's agricultural products. Cedar Rapids has the largest breakfast food mill in the world. Newton has the largest washing machine factory. Many insurance companies have headquarters in Des Moines. The state has the country's largest door and millwork factory and the manufacture of farm machinery is also an important industry.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Albert D. Rosellini, Governor of the State of Washington, do hereby designate May 12, 1962, as

STATE OF IOWA DAY

and urge the people of Washington to extend their traditional warm hospitality to our many friends from the "Hoosier State" to the Seattle World's Fair.