FORAGE PLANTS 



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nificant amount of root forage. The total acreage in 1909 

 is given as 72,280,776, which produced 97,453,735 tons of 

 forage valued at $824,004,877. The value of hay and 

 forage as compared with other crops is shown in Table 

 II (Par. 5). 



The statistics partially classify the hay and forage as 

 follows : 



TABLE XIV 



ACREAGE, PRODUCTION, AND VALUE OF HAY AND FORAGE FOR 1909 

 BY CLASSES 



The production of hay and forage of the ten leading 

 states is shown in Table XV. The production of all the 

 states is graphically shown in Fig. 1. 



TABLE XV 



PRODUCTION (TONS) OF HAY AND FORAGE OP THE TEN LEADING 

 STATES IN 1909 



1. Iowa 7,823,181 



2. New York .... 7,055,429 



3. Minnesota .... 6,036,747 



4. Kansas 5,936,997 



6. Wisconsin .... 5,002,644 



7. Ohio 4,521,409 



8. Illinois 4,354,466 



9. California 4,327,130 



5. Nebraska 5,776,475 10. Missouri 4,091,342 



