A MANUAL OF FARM GRASSES 



Table III 



Acreage, Production, and Value of Hay and Forage 

 for 1901 by Classes 



Acres 



Timothy alone 



Timothy and Clover mixed 



Clover alone 



Alfalfa 



Millet or Hungarian grass . 

 Other tame or cultivated 



grasses 



Wild, salt, or prairie grasses 



Grains cut green 



Coarse forage 



14,686,393 



19,542,382 



2,443,263 



4,707,146 



1,117,769 



4.218,957 



17,186,522 



4,324,878 



4,034,432 



Production 

 (Tons) 



17,985,420 

 24,748,555 



3.158,324 

 11,859,881 



1,546,533 



4,166,772 



18,383,574 

 5,367,292 

 9,982,305 



Value (Dollars'! 



$188,082,895 



257,280,330 



29,334,356 



93,103,998 



11,145,226 



44,408,775 

 91,026,169 

 61,686,131 

 46,753,262 



The taking of a census is an enormous task. All 

 farmers are aware of the number and variety of questions 

 asked by the enumerators. At each census a greater 

 variety of statistics is gathered than at the preceding, 

 and we may hope that in future censuses a still further 

 classification of the forage crops may be possible. The 

 instructions issued to the census clerks contain the fol- 

 lowing in regard to hay and forage crops: 



(a) Tabulate as "clover alone " all crops reported after that 

 designation, as well as all reported as "alsike," "red clover," 

 "crimson clover;" also other clovers unmixed with other 

 grasses. The same crops reported as mixed with timothy or 

 herd's grass should be tabulated as "timothy and clover 

 mixed." When reported as mixed with grasses other than 

 timothy or herd's-grass, they should be tabulated as "other 

 tame or cultivated grasses." 



(b) Tabulate as "other tame or cultivated grasses" all 

 crops reported after that designation, as well as all reported 

 as "redtop," "June-grass," "orchard-grass," "blue-grass," 

 and "Johnson-grass;" also all combinations of these grasses 

 with any of the clover crops mentioned in paragraph a, 

 preceding, or with timothy. 



