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prairie hay. Timothy hay without an admixture of clover 

 ranked third in acreage and production and second in value. 

 Other important classes of forage are alfalfa hay, coarse 

 forage (fodder and silage corn, sorghum, etc.), grains cut 

 green for hay, "other tame grasses," and clover hay. The 

 term " other tame grasses" includes all the perennial grasses 

 other than timothy. 



The larger part of the forage is produced in the North 

 Central states. This group, according to the Census classi- 

 fication, extends from Michigan and Ohio to Kansas, 



Fig. 89. Percentage of the hay and other forage crops of the United States 

 produced in each of the leading states, Census of 1910. 



Nebraska, and the Dakotas. This district includes 58 per 

 cent of the acreage and production and 48 per cent of the 

 value of all forage crops produced in the United States. 

 The leading states in the production of forage are shown 

 graphically in Fig. 89. 



342. Uses of Forage Crops. The most important use of 

 forage crops is as bulky feed for our domestic animals, either 

 in succulent or dry form. Horses, cattle, and sheep are 

 naturally adapted to the consumption of large quantities of 

 forage, and pork can be produced most profitably when hogs 

 are provided with abundant pasturage. Thus forage crops 



