120 FORAGE PLANTS AND THEIR CULTURE 



natural or wild hay is most largely harvested are the follow- 

 ing : Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota 

 and Kansas. It is a surprising fact that the total acreage 

 is over one-half of that of timothy and clover combined, 

 and nearly one-fourth of the total hay and forage 

 acreage. 



Other tame or cultivated grasses. The relatively small 

 importance of all other hay grasses to timothy is striking, 

 their total acreage being less than one-fourth that of 

 timothy. These figures must, however, be considered 

 with due allowance, as some of these grasses are often 

 mixed with timothy, either being sown or appearing spon- 

 taneously. The most important of the " other tame 

 grasses " are redtop, orchard-grass, brome, Kentucky 

 blue-grass, Johnson-grass, Bermuda-grass and crab-grass. 



Root forage. Root crops for forage primarily are 

 relatively very unimportant in the United States. They 

 are seldom grown where field corn or sorghum thrive well. 

 For this reason they are utilized mainly in the Mountain 

 and Pacific States. Besides the roots grown for forage 

 a large amount of feed results from the refuse of sugar 

 beets after the sugar is extracted. This is fed fresh, or 

 preserved by drying or by ensiling. 



104. Forage statistics for Canada. The census statis- 

 tics of forage crops for 'Canada are compiled under different 

 headings from those used in the United States Census, but 

 in the main they are comparable. The item " Hay and 

 Clover " in the former comprises both the " timothy and 

 clover " and " other cultivated grasses " in the latter. 

 " Other forage crops " includes the same crops as " grains 

 cut green." It will be noted that corn is relatively unim- 

 portant in Canada except in Ontario, and that root crops 

 are far more largely grown than in the United States. 



