BROOKMONT
A Souvenir of "The Finest Farm in the World"
A.E. Cook, Owner, Odebolt, Iowa
The Opening of Brookmont
The rich and prosperous State of Iowa
shows no finer farm than "Brookmont". That statement, broad as
it is, may be extended to cover the entire United States. Then after you
have caught your breath and have seen the farm, you will quite agree with the
titled Englishman who visited Brookmont and declared that not even the splendid
estates of Kent, England, famous in history and renowned by tradition, compared
with it.
In this souvenir booklet it is proposed to show some of the striking features of this extraordinary farm from the view point of the casual visitor - - the roadways under arching trees; broad and fertile acres, revealing a soil of untold richness; great barns and granaries with their store of hoarded grain; herds of Herefords than which no finer can be found; and other herds of high-grade cattle, fat and sleek; then the cheery, comfortable home of the owner of one of the biggest farms in the country, with gardens and orchards and every evidence of comfort and plenty.
Brookmont is a farm of generous dimensions; three miles one way and four the other - - seven thousand three hundred and sixty acres in all, or forty-six good quarter sections, and scarcely to exceed an acre on each that is untillable. Brookmont is five miles north of Odebolt, Iowa, and lies at
THE CROWN OF THE STATE
both geologically and productively. Northward from the town of Odebolt, in Sac County, stretches a sweep of farm land, fertile beyond comparison. Even the government has recognized this fact, and the Iowa Geological Survey, Volume 16, Page 542, says "There are probably no better soils in the world than those about Odebolt. Indeed the whole of Ida and Western Sac Counties may be cited as a region unexcelled in natural adaptation to ordinary agriculture."
There may be farms in the East, or ranches in the West, or estates of landed gentry in foreign lands where the lavish expenditure of money in stately mansions, palatial barns, park-like lawns, macadamized roadways, statuary and fountains, flowers in profusion, conservatories, and art galleries has made them famous. With Brookmont one must be dense indeed who does not realize at once that here is a farm great because of its fertility, here is the basis of wealth and prosperity. One is in no sense surprised to hear that not in thirty years has there been a crop failure. This remarkable result has been secured because of a soil of unusual fertility. The statement has not been controverted that no better corn land can be found.