10 FORAGE CROPS IN NEBRASKA. 



From the same source it is learned that out of a total valuption of 

 $92,050,580 for all crops grown in Nebraska in 1899, the forage crop 

 was worth $11,230,901, or 12.2 per cent. 



Table I. — Statistics for Nebraska of hay and forage crops for 1899, taken from the Report 



of the Twelfth Census. 



Total acreage devoted to hay and forage crops 2, 823, 652 



Total acreage devoted to all crops 15, 153, 956 



Total acreage of improved land 18, 432, 595 



Per cent of acreage of forage crops to that of all crops 18. 6 



Per cent of acreage of forage crops to that of improved land 15. 3 



Value of all croi)s §92. 056, 580 



Value of forage crops $11, 230, 901 



Per cent of value of forage crops to that of all crops 12. 2 



Average value per acre of all crops :. $6. 07 



Average value per acre of forage crops 1 $3. 98 



Tons of forage crops ( excluding cornstalks) 3, 502, 380 



Average value per ton $3. 19 



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Fig. 3. — Localities in Nebraslia wliore alfalfa is grown. Each dot represents 100 acres. 



During the year mentioned Nebraska produced 2.3 per cent of the 

 total valuation of the forage crop of the United States, ranking thir- 

 teenth in this respect. New York was first, with 11.1 per cent. The 

 records show that during the last three decades the average 5deld per 

 acre in Nebraska has decreased, while that of the entire United States 

 has increased: 



In 1880 Nebraska was eighteenth among the States in the per cent 

 of the total acreage that was devoted to forage crops, the percentage 

 being 1.7. In 1890 and 1900 it stood ninth, with a percentage of 1.6. 



