INTRODUCTION 5 
value of cereals includes that of buckwheat ($9,330,592), 
which is not a grass. To the value of hay and forage 
might be added that of grass seed ($15,137,683) classed 
under ‘‘other grains and seeds.” Under ‘‘vegetables’’ is 
included potatoes as the most important single crop. 
It will be observed from Table II that the value of | 
cereals is about 48 per cent, of hay and forage 15 per cent, 
and of cotton 15 per cent, of the total value of all farm 
crops. By including grass seed, broom-corn, sorghum, 
and sugar-cane, and excluding buckwheat, it is found that 
about 641% per cent of the value of farm crops is derived 
from members of the grass family. The value of hay and 
forage does not include that of pasture and range, which 
if taken into consideration would swell enormously the 
total value of the products of the grass family. 
