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THE SEED* 



SEED PRODUCTION 



THE produdlion of grass-seed (not including 

 clover-seed) for the year 1899 is shown in 

 MM\ 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 countrJ^ 

 As each dot on the map represents the produdlion of 

 10,000 bushels, only the centres of produ(5tion where 

 the raising of grass-seed is an important industry are 

 indicated. The seeds of standard grasses are shown 

 in Figs. 10 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 produdtion 

 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- 



* By Edgar Brown, in charge of the Seed I^aboratory of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture. 



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