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around the trees, and in the open. The wood lot also may 

 contain some suitable pasture plants, and if it adjoins a 

 meadow, it is convenient for use by the cattle. 



205. Hay. In value our hay crop ranks second only to 

 corn. For the last fifty years in the United States there 



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has been a slight but gradual increase in hay tonnage, in 

 cash value, and in the average yield per acre. We now 

 produce about a ton and a half of hay to the acre. See 

 Appendix A, Chart V, page 469. 



Hay is any crop cut and dried for feed. Fodder, the 

 cured stalks of corn, is a coarse form of hay. Grasses, 

 however, because they are readily cured, furnish most of 

 our hay, although the clovers, alfalfa, and cow peas, which 

 are not really grasses, form a large part of the crop. 



