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FORAGE CROPS 



Hay Report Yield, Quality and Price, September 1, 1914 (Continued) 



QUESTIONS 



1. Define the meaning of forage crops. 



2. Name the principal classes of forage crops, and state relative impor- 



tance of each. 



3. What is included under the heading " clover "? " Other tame grasses"? 



4. What proportion of the United States is classed as improved land? 



5. How much in cereals and cultivated crops? 



6. How much in hay and pasture? 



7. Is the unimproved land utilized? 



8. Compare different regions in production of hay and forage. 



9. Define the six principal forage regions, as determined by the dominant 



type of hay plant. 



10. Where is hay production increasing? Why? 



11. What is the average yield of hay? 



12. Give high average yields for States. 



13. Where are prices high? State reasons. 



