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acres and valued at $624,664,000. This is slightly more than 

 the average annual value of either the cotton or the wheat 

 crop for a like period, though both these crops have some- 

 times exceeded hay in value. 



The heaviest production of tame hay is in New York 

 and Pennsylvania and in the Central states. When all hay 

 and other forage crops are included in the statistics (Sec. 341), 

 Iowa is shown to surpass New York, while Pennsylvania 



9.76% 



Fig. 91. Percentage of total forage crop of the United States produced in each 

 of the leading states, 1902-1911. 



drops from third to eleventh place in production. Minne- 

 sota, on account of her large production of wild hay, takes 

 third place, while Kansas and Nebraska follow closely. 

 Both Kansas and Nebraska are large producers of wild hay 

 and of coarse forage, as well as of alfalfa. 



363. Acre Yield and Value. The heaviest yields of hay 

 to the acre are obtained in the irrigated states of the West 



