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FORAGE CROPS IN NEBRASKA. 



and corn that was cut green for forage. It does not, however, include 

 corn that was cut and allowed to ripen in the shock, or what is usually 

 known as corn fodder. 



It appears that Nebraska also produced 8,156 bushels of clover seed, 

 valued at $37,332, and 11,816 bushels of other grass seed, valued at 

 $32,150. 



Fig. 5. — Localities in Nebraska where tame grasses are grown. Each dot represents 100 acres. 



The accompanying maps (figs. 1-6) show graphically the distribution 

 of the chief forage crops of Nebraska by counties. The distribution is 

 based upon the tables given above. Each large dot represents 100 acres, 

 except in the map illustrating the acreage of prairie hay, where each 



Fig. 6. — Localities in Nebraska where coarse forage is grown. Each dot represents 100 acres. 



dot represents 2,000 acres. From 50 to 149 acres would be represented 

 by one dot; 150 to 219 acres by two dots. Each small dot represents 

 10 acres and is used for acreages from 5 to 19. On the alfalfa map 

 the dots in certain western counties are congregated in the vicinity of 

 the Platte and Republican rivers, although the figures given in the 

 tables do not indicate the distribution within the counties. 



