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■ As typical of a service for the State of Iowa '■■01 is pleased to think it has had a share in the past 24 years in being of service to Agriculture, Agriculture la more than a basic Industry -«• it is a way of life Iowa ie one of the leading states in the Onion, situated in the heart of the Corn Belt,. Iowa has within its border© more than of ail the Grade A land in the United States, ard produces from year to year more than 25‘i of the hogs that are slaughtered under Federal inspection.. On account of the Importance of H tv the minute’* mar Sea lews to the farmer and other live stock interests* UOI haa 0 since May 20, 1922 considered it as one of its major functions, the daily broadcasting of a very comprehensive series of market and weather reports* In the early years* 1932 to 1926* the live stoc , grain* poultry, and dairy products reports were received by Vest era tfaion commercial new a dispatcher* and by long-distance telephone By 1926, the iim>ortanca of these market reports became generally recognised,- and by act of Congress* sufficient funds were appropriated to make it possible for the Installation and operation of a leased wire directly from the Market Hews Office of the United States Department of Agriculture Cooperative arrangements were completed with the USBAp and a telegraph operator began, service at Iowa, State College on July 16, 1926, Except for a brief interval* the service has been uninterrupted* although « in the interest of economy , reports have been received by teletype* writer since August 1* 1942 rather than, through the services of a telegraph operator, ’Phis service has been greatly enlarged through the years, and other features have been added from time to time as found necessary and desirable. The last session of the leva legislature (51 at Gem* ml Assembly) enacted legislation providing for an appropriation of $30*000,00 per annum to be used in Vr.', --rging and supple eating the prea* at 'Federal Market Vmn Service, ! ?he • 1 - : 0 f t UU expanded serviea.is to make it possible to Is* analyse* ond . . ■ :\u the market new* Ut.lormn.sion bn all .v--ricultui •> rroluotk v., '.U- level. Th net p;:-w5 by the 6let General V^.Kxhly vAsi > practically unanimous* there being only one dissenting veto ,.a the Senate,,