T.r. I.— 95. 



G. F. P. I.— 103. 



PASTURE, MEADOW, AND FORAGE CROPS IN NEBRASKA. 



INTRODUCTION. 



The value of the hay and forage crop of the United States may best 

 be presented by reciting a few facts taken from the agricultural statis- 



iiZ 1. 



Fig. 1.— Localities in Nebraska wlicru prairie hay is growTi. Each dot represents 2,000 acres. 



tics given in the Report of the Twelfth Census, where it is shown that 

 in 1899, out of a total valuation for all crops of $2,910,13S,<;r)3, the 

 value of the hay and forage crop was $484,256,846, or 16.6 per cent. 



Fig. 2.— Localities in Nebraska where millet is grown. Each dot represents 100 acres. 



The value of this crop is greater than that of any other, with the single 

 exception of corn, which had a valuation that year of $828,258,326. 



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