TABLE OF CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



Pages 

 Introduction i~3 



CHAPTER II 



Statistics of the Grass Crop 4-9 



The value, acreage, and distribution of grass 

 crops in the United States, based upon the 

 figures of the Thirteenth Census. 



CHAPTER III 



General Remarks on Forage Grasses. .... 10-29 



Classification of Forage Plants 10-12 



Grasses, 10 Legumes, 11 Other forage 

 plants, 12. 



Forage Crop Areas 12-15 



Cool Humid Region, 12 Warm Humid Re- 

 gion, 13 Semiarid Region, 14 Arid Re- 

 gion, 15 Region of winter rains, 15. 



Uses of Forage Plants 16-27 



Pastures, 16 Permanent pasture, 18 

 Meadows, 22 Wild hay, 22 Grain hay, 

 23 Legume hay, 23 Coarse hay or fodder, 

 24 Millet, 25 Ordinary meadow hay, 26 

 Soiling, 26 Silage, 27. 



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