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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 643^ 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. 



