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as in the case of orchard grass. For these reasons 

 timothy occupies a dominating position in the agriculture 

 of the humid region, a position from which it is not 

 likely to be displaced by any other grass now in culti- 

 vation. 



The region in which timothy thrives is the same as that 

 favorable to bluegrass, that is, the humid region. In 

 general this is the northeastern states and south to the 

 southern boundary of Virginia and Kentucky, and 

 further south, in the mountains, and west to about the 

 ninety-sixth meridian; and in the western mountains in 

 the Puget Sound region. Timothy can be grown up to 

 about 10,000 feet in the mountains of Colorado and to a 

 correspondingly lower altitude further north. It can 

 be grown under irrigation in the more northerly arid 

 regions but does not thrive in the southern portion of the 

 United States even under irrigation. 



The importance of timothy is shown by the statistics 

 from the Census Report for 1909 (see page 7). The 

 acreage of timothy in the United States was 14,686,393 

 of timothy and clover mixed, 19,542,382 ; the production 

 in tons, timothy, 17,985,420, timothy and clover, 

 24,748,555; the value, timothy, $188,082,895, timothy 

 and clover, $257,280,330. This is far above the amount 

 for any other hay crop. The corresponding figures for 

 alfalfa, the greatest of the leguminous crops are: acreage, 

 4,707,146; production, 11,859,881; value, $93,103,998. 

 The states leading in the production of timothy and 

 of timothy and clover are given in Table IV (page 

 7). 



