4 A TEXT-BOOK OF GRASSES 
corn, sugar-cane, the giant reed, and the bamboos. In 
the popular mind even the grains may be excluded from 
the idea of grasses. Without introducing at this point 
the exact botanical definition of a grass, it may be said 
that grasses include such representative plants as timo- 
thy, wheat, corn, sugar-cane and bamboos, but exclude 
the clovers, the sedges, and the rushes. 
5. The value of farm crops.——The total value of all 
crops produced in the United States in 1909 was $5,487,- 
161,000.* In this respect, Illinois leads among the states. 
The following table gives the relative rank of the first 
ten states: 
TABLE I 
ToraL VALUE (DoxtiaRs) oF ALL Farm Crops In 1909 FoR THE TEN 
LEADING STATES 
aD aries) e's of icieal $372,270,470 6. Missouri . . .$220,663,724 
CASE TOD re Se ee 314,666,298 7. Kansas ... . 214859509 
Spee Res 2 SA eae 298,133,466 8. New York .. . 209,168,236 
os O10 ea 230,337,981 9. Indiana ... . 204,209,812 
7 Gy eo 226,595,436 10. Nebraska ... a 
The total value of the leading crops indicates the 
relative importance of those derived from the grass 
family as compared with those from other families: 
TABLE II 
ToTaL VALUE (DOLLARS) OF THE LEADING Crops IN 1909 
Cereals ... . SUS aA MASS BAAS ©, ES 
Hay and forage SBCA TWh to ara rakrnae: yates sa 824,004,877 
Tobacco .. MAMAS RC TIRANA BOE eC SC 
Cotton and eohiane abe OS Date Bak, Bee 
SIRE PCTODIS). 07 oS. ee cease um ed ee ee 61,648,942 
Moarendbled |< h e oa al dae a pee ee Ie, ee 
Fruits and nuts .. 5 ee, ea sl Od ink 7s eae 
Forest products of farms. hs RET eS A 0 
The total valuation in Table I does not include forest 
products except such as are produced on farms. The 
*The statistics of this and other tables are taken from the Thirteenth Census 
of the United States, Vol. V 
