V 
THE SEED* 
SEED PRODUCTION 
HE production of grass-seed (not including 
clover-seed) for the year 1899 is shown in 
Fig. 9. This map is based on the returns of 
the United States Census Bureau, and shows 
the area where grass-seed is grown in this country. 
As each dot on the map represents the production of 
10,000 bushels, only the centres of production where 
the raising of grass-seed is an important industry are 
indicated. The seeds of standard grasses are shown 
in Figs. to and 11. 
The State of Iowa leads in this industry, and fur- 
nishes nearly one-half of the grass-seed grown in .the 
United States. ‘Timothy is raised over a greater area 
than any other of the grass-seeds, but its production 
on a large scale is confined to regions near the north- 
ern and’southern boundaries of Iowa. Millet-seed is 
grown over a large part of the Mississippi.and Mis- 
souri valleys, but the seed which is most sought, and 
known in the market as Tennessee grown, comes from 
a comparatively small area in the central part of ‘Ten- 
ae 
* By Edgar Brown, in charge of the Seed Laboratory of the United 
States Department of Agriculture. 
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