CLASSIFiqATION AND VALUE OF FIELD CROPS 3 



perhaps three-fourths of the cultivated forage crops. 

 The latter family, so called because the seeds, in most 

 cases, are borne in a pod or "legume," includes the true 

 clovers, alfalfa, the vetches, peas, beans, and the like. 

 The Irish potato and tobacco belong to the nightshade 

 family, Solanacese, while cotton belongs to the mallow 

 family, Malvaceae. 



VALUE OF FIELD CROPS 



According to the 1910 Census, the leading farm crops 

 in the United States possessed for the year 1909 the follow- 

 ing values: 



Crop 



Millions 



OF 

 DOLLAES 



Chop 



Millions 



OP 



Dollars 



Cro^ 



Millions 



of 

 Dollars 



1. Com 1,438 



2. Hay and forage 824 

 S.Cotton...... 704 



4. Wheat 658 



5. Oats 415 



6. Potatoes 166 



7. Tobacco 104 



8. Barley 92 



9. Sweet potatoes 35 



10. Flax seed 28 



11. Sugar-cane ... 26 



12. Dry beans 22 



13. Rye 20 



14. Sugar-beets. . . 19 



15. Peanuts 18 



16. Rice 16 



17. Dry peas 11 



18. Kafir & milo. . 11 



19. Sorghum 10 



20. Buckwheat ... 9 



Below is given the 1909 value of the eleven field crops 

 treated in this text for the cotton-belt states only: 



nChop 



Millions 



op 

 Dollars 



Crop 



Millions 



op 

 Dollars 



Crop 



Millions 



OP 



Dollars 



1. Cotton 699 



2. Com 335 



3. Wheat 30 



4. Oats 28 



5. Sugaivcane .... 26 



6. Rice 16 



7. Peanuts 14 



8. Kafir & milo ... 6 



9. Sweet sor- 

 ghum 5 



10. Rye 0.6 



11. Barley 0.2 



