INTRODUCTION. 



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In tonnage the figures are much the same, Nebraska ranking in 1860 

 as the thirty-second State in the Union, with only 0.1 per cent of the 

 total; in 1870, twenty-third, with 0.6 per cent; 1880, fifteenth, with 

 2.2 per cent; 1890, ninth, with 1.7 per cent; 1900, ninth, with 1.1 per 

 cent. 



Fig. 4. — Localities in Nebraska where clover is grown. Each dot represents 100 acres. 



Equally interesting are the figures showing the acreage, tonnage, 

 and yield of the various forage crops in 1899, as classified in the census 

 report, as follows: 



Crop. 



Rank of 



State. 



Acreage. 



Tonnage. 



1 



2, 248, 927 



2, 416, 468 



2 



191, 347 



357, 356 



6 



115, 142 



275,334 



15 



42,447 



72, 747 



27 



92,895 



143, 109 



9 



90,828 



183, 097 



Average 



yield per 



acre. 



Prairie hay 



Millet 



Alfalfa 



Clover 



Other tame grasses 

 Coarse forage 



Tons. 



1.1 

 1.9 

 2.4 

 1.7 

 1.5 

 2.0 



For comparison the following table is given of the acreage of the 

 leading States for the above crops: 



Crop. 



State. 



Acreage. 



Millet 





349, 906 



455, 237 



776, 810 



4,758,523 



1,041,447 



Alfalfa 





Clover 





Other tame grasses 



New York 



Coarse forage 







In this classification the term "other tame grasses" includes in 

 Nebraska chiefly timothy (also timothy and clover mixed) and brome- 

 grass, and some bluegrass. Forage refers to sorghum, Kafir corn, 



