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The state banner,
adopted in 1921, bears a reproduction of the eagle from the state
seal carrying a streamer with the state motto. On the seal,
adopted in 1847, a soldier holds an American flag in his right
hand and a gun in his left hand. Symbols of agriculture include a
plow, a sheaf of wheat, and a sickle. To the soldier's right are a
pile of pig lead and a lead furnace. The Mississippi River flows
in the background.
Iowa «EYE uh wuh», is one of the greatest farming states in the
United States. It is sometimes called the Corn State and is known
as "the land where the tall corn grows." Iowa produces about a
fifth of the corn grown in the United States—more than any other
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