ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



This publication is the joint product of several authors. The sec- 

 tion that deals with Northern States was developed by Berryman R. 

 Hurt, that for the Southern States by John E. Mason, now deceased, 

 and that for the Western States by Lloyd E. Jones, all staff members 

 of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Neil W. Johnson wrote the 

 rest of the report and served as supervisory leader of the project, work- 

 ing in close cooperation with C. W. Crickman, E. L. Langsford, and 

 H. L. Stewart, research supervisors for northern, southern, and western 

 agriculture. 



Other staff members, both in Washington and in the field, contrib- 

 uted through assistance and counsel given the authors from time to 

 time. M. B. Johnson, a former member of the Bureau, and James R. 

 Gray obtained field data and made preliminary analyses for the west- 

 ern section of the report. 



It would be difficult to carry on a project of this nature without the 

 close cooperation of State and Federal research personnel who are 

 working toward the improvement of production and utilization of 

 forage, Both Washington and field personnel of the Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, the Bureaus of Dairy 

 Industry and Animal Industry, the Soil Conservation Service, and the 

 Forest Service were helpful as technical advisors during the reconnais- 

 sance phase of the work. So, too, were field personnel of the Bureau 

 of Land Management of the United States Department of the Interior 

 and personnel of the Tennessee Valley Authority. 



Representatives of the land-grant colleges are keenly interested in 

 problems of forage production and utilization. They discussed both 

 broad and detailed points of the subject and gave many suggestions 

 and much valuable information. In several instances, interest was 

 shown in arrangements for formal cooperation on the more intensive 

 phases of the project. 



More than 60 farmers who have made progress in emphasizing 

 forage production and utilization contributed their experiences toward 

 development of the study. 



Washington, D. C. November 1949 



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