STATISTICS OF THE GRASS CROP 7 



(c) Tabulate as "wild, salt, or prairie grasses" all crops 

 reported after that designation, as well as all reported as 

 "marsh-grass," "swamp-grass," "slough-grass," "bluestem," 

 "daisies," and "butter-cups." 



(d) Tabulate as "grains cut green" all crops reported after 

 that designation without specific names, or with the name 

 "oats," "wheat," "barley," "rye," "peas," "cowpeas," 



."soybeans," " velvetbeans," or "vetches." Keep a memo- 

 randum of the names of all crops reported with specific names 

 and tabulated as "grains cut green." 



(e) Tabulate as "coarse forage" all crops reported after 

 that designation without specific names, or with the name 

 "corn," "sweet corn," "cane," "sorghum," "Kafir corn," 

 "Jerusalem corn," "milo maize," or kindred crops. 



It will be seen from this that the classification is only 

 approximate. The following tables show the relative 

 importance of the different kinds of forage in the different 

 regions of the United States. 



TABLE IV 



THE PRODUCTION (TONS) OF HAY AND FORAGE FOR 1909, BY THE 

 TEN LEADING STATES, OF EACH KIND OF FORAGE 



