TABLE OF CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



Pages 

 Introduction 1-3 



CHAPTER n 



Statistics of the Grass Crop 4-9 



The value, acreage, and distribution of grass 

 crops in the United States, based upon the 

 figures of the Thirteenth Census. 



CHAPTER HI 



General Remarks on Forage Grasses 10-29 



Classification of Forage Plants 10-12 



Grasses, 10 — Legumes, 11 — Other forage 

 plants, 12. 



Forage Crop Areas 12-15 



Cool Humid Region, 12 — Warm Humid Re- 

 gion, 13 — Semiarid Region, 14 — Arid Re- 

 gion, 15 — Region of winter rains, 15. 



Uses of Forage Plants 16-27 



Pastures, 16 — Permanent pasture, 18 — 

 Meadows, 22 — Wild hay, 22 — Grain hay, 

 23 — Legume hay, 23 — Coarse hay or fodder, 

 24 — Millet, 25 — ^Ordinary meadow hay, 26 — 

 Soiling, 26 — Silage, 27. 



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