INTRODUCTION. 



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In tonnaj^c the figures are much the same, Nebraska ranking in ISOO 

 as the thirty-second State in the Union, with only 0.1 per cent of the 

 totiil; in 18T<>, twenty-third, with 0.6 per cent; 1S80, fifteenth, with 

 2.2 per cent; 18i)0, ninth, with 4.7 per cent; 1900, ninth, with 1.1 per 

 cent. 



Fig. 4. — Localities in Nebraska where clover is grown. Each dot represents 100 acres. 



Equally interesting arc the figures showing the acreage, tonnage, 

 and yield of the various forage crops in 1899, as classified in the census 

 rejDort, as follows: 



Crop. 



Prairie hay 



Millet 



Alfalfa 



Clover 



other tame grasses 

 Coarse forage 



Rank of 



State. 



1 

 2 

 6 



15 



27 

 9 



Acreage. 



2,248,927 



191,347 



115,142 



42,447 



92, 895 



90, 828 



Tonnage. 



2,416,468 

 357, 356 

 275,334 

 72, 747 

 143, 109 

 183,097 



Average 



yield per 



acre. 



Tons. 

 1.1 

 1.9 

 2.4 

 1.7 

 1.5 

 2.0 



For comparison the following table is given of the acreage of the 

 leading States for the above crops: 



In this classification the term "other tame grasses" includes in 

 Nebraska chiefly timothy (also timothy and clover mixed) and brome- 

 grass, and some bluegrass. Forage refers to sorghum, Kafir corn, 



