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forage production. (Compare Fig. 8.) The data are 

 tabulated to show percentage of total and of improved 

 land occupied by forage crops, and average yield and value 

 to the acre : 



STATISTICS OF FORAGE CROPS, UNITED STATES, 1906 



These figures for hay and forage crops, not including 

 pastures, are also compared with other important crops. 

 The acreage of 72,280,776 acres was 37.8 per cent of that of 

 all cereal crops. It was 73.5 per cent of the acreage 



