118 FORAGE PLANTS AND THEIR CULTURE 



but from various sources of information it is probable 

 that there is about 3 times as much timothy as clover. 



Corn. Notwithstanding the high importance of 

 timothy and clover the fact must not be overlooked that 

 the greatest amount of roughage is produced by corn. In 

 the forms of stover, silage and pulled fodder, the herbage 

 of probably 90 per cent of the corn crop is utilized as 

 feed. On the whole, it is conservative to place the 

 average yield of dry edible fodder from corn at about 

 one ton per acre. 



Alfalfa. The area of this crop approximates five 

 million acres. Due to the fact that this crop can be cut 

 two or more times in a season the average yield is con- 

 siderably higher than other hay plants. Ninety-five per 

 cent of the acreage is west of the Mississippi. 



Grains cut green. In semi-arid regions and on poor soils 

 in humid regions, small grains are often cut for hay, the 

 total acreage of these harvested in the United States in 

 1909 being nearly equal to that of alfalfa. In the humid 

 regions oats and rye are most often utilized in this way; 

 in California, and to a less extent in other Pacific States, 

 barley is a common hay crop ; in wheat regions it is a 

 frequent practice to get the fields ready for harvesting 

 the grain by cutting the marginal portion for hay. Three- 

 fourths of the grain hay is cut west of the Mississippi. 



Coarse forage. This term includes mainly corn and 

 sorghum cut green for fodder or silage. 



Millet. The different varieties of foxtail millet are 

 much grown in the northern portion of the great plains, 

 over half of the acreage being from this area. Elsewhere, 

 especially in the South, it is sown to obtain a quick* crop of 

 hay. 



Wild, salt or prairie grasses. The states in which 



