116 FORAGE PLANTS AND THEIR CULTURE 



devoted to corn, but much larger than that of any other 

 cereal crop. It was 15.1 per cent of all the improved 

 land in the country, but this includes a considerable area 

 of land, especially west of the Mississippi River, on which 

 hay is cut, but which has never been plowed. It will 

 also be noted that over one-third of the hay crop was in 

 the West North Central Division; namely, Minnesota; 



FIG. 8. Map showing percentage of cultivated land in forage crops, 



1909-1910. 



Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska 

 and Kansas. Over one-fifth of the crop was in the East 

 North Central Division; namely, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, 

 Michigan and Wisconsin. These two groups of states 

 produce nearly three-fifths of the hay crop of the country. 

 The Middle Atlantic States New York, Pennsylvania 

 and New Jersey produce nearly 12 per cent of the crop. 

 The three groups of states together have 70 per cent of 



