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 



Timothy alone . . . 



Timothy and Clover 

 mixed 



Clover alone 



Alfalfa 



Millet or Hungarian 

 grass 



Other tame or culti- 

 vated grasses . . . 



Wild, salt or prairie 

 grasses 



Grains cut green . , 



Coarse forage . . . , 



Acres 



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 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 



5. Nebraska 5,776,475 



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



7. Ohio 4,521,409 



8. Illinois 4,354,466 



9. California 4,327,130 



10. Missouri 4,091,342 



