EXHIBIT 32.2

SECTION 906 CERTIFICATION BY JAMES G. PRATT

In connection with the quarterly report of Hills Bancorporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2008 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, James G. Pratt, Treasurer and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1.          The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)); and

2.          The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: August 8, 2008	By: /s/ James G. Pratt
	James G. Pratt, Secretary, Treasurer and Chief Accounting Officer

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