The Washington herald., 1921-08-24
REPORT ON 1920
HAY CROP SHOWS
RAPID INCREASE
Forage Yield Last Year
Now Estimated at
14,470,679 Tons.
CORN FOR FORAGE
Detailed Figures Gathered on
The Silo Crops Of the
Nation.

The Bureau Of the Census OF the
Department Of Commerce announces
preliminary statistics from the 1890
census OF acreage and production
of hay and forage
The area OF hay and forage bar
vested in 1919 was s6.l6s.056 acres.
including lt.4ss.Sls acres IN corn
cut for forage. Excluding the corn,
total acreage would be sl.6s3,sSs.
which may be compared with the
72.2s0,fT6 acres reported In the
census for 1903. when corn cut for
forage was not included TO any eI-
tent
Crop for 1913.
The production OF hay and forage
In 1919, including corn cut for
forage. was i46.47o.s7s tons. or eX-
GLIDING the corn. I2s.67so4I tons
The production in 1909 Ccorn not
included) was s7.453.735 tons.
Comparing the 1919 figures. ex-
elusive OF corn. with the 1903 ne-
ures. the data show an increase OF
IL per cent in the acreage OF 80 per
cent in the production.
The States reporting the largest
production OF hay and forage IN
1919 were Wisconsin. with llIss.-
227 tons: New York. with s.72S.Sl7
tons: Iowa. with 9.327.772 tons:
Minnesota. with e.2sl.e7I tons. and
Kansas. with s.504.53I tons
The total acreage IN hay crops
in 1919 was 72.S24sso. as compared
with 6S.227.3lo acres in 1909. repre-
senting an Increase OF 4.5e7.5s0
acres. or 67 per cent The hay
crops comprise timothy. timothy
and Clover. clover. alfalfa. Other
tame grasses. wild. salt or prairie
grasses. small grains cut for hay.
and annual legumes cut for hay.
Production Of Hay. -.
The production Of hay crops In
1919 was eo.l6s.2I3 tons. as COM
pared with s7.2le.s5l tons IN 1903.
an increase OF 3.252.se2 tons. or 90
per cent. --..
There were s7s.S7s farms which
1919. This number. which IL only
SO per cent OF all farms In the
United States. probably represents
approximately the number OF farms
which have silos. The States IN
niFu lnG nltnftL o.
farms reported sIlage crops In 1913
were as follows: Wisconsin. 3s-3
ner cent: Vermont. 25.6 per cent:
New York. 2Is per cent: Michigan.
1875 per cent and Connecticut lS-s
per cent -.
The acreage reported in silage
crops in 1919 was 4.O06.4S6. and the
production 2s.ssS.sO4 tons Silage
crops were not reported separately
in 1909. but were included in coarse
forage
States In Lead.
The leading States in the pro-
duction Of silare in 1919 were Wis
cousin. with s.5s5.43s tons: New
York, with 3157.1S5 tons: Michigan,
with 2.55lsO6 tons: Iowa. with g
334.676 tons: Illinois. with 2.S25.oin
tons. and Minnesota. with 2.eoo.s5S
tons.
The acreage OF corn cut for forage
in 1919 was lIlSe.4lS. and the pro
duction 17.TeI.s3s tons. Corn cut
for forage was not reported to any
extent in 1909. though small quaint
ties OF IL may have been Included
under coarse forage"
The acreage Of kafr. sorghum.
etc, for forage in 1919 was 4.7ST.sI3,
and the production 7e0e.554 tons.
Five States reported more than 400
200 tons Of these crops. as follows:
Texas, a.46sOS2 tons: Kansas. 1898
SOS tons: Oklahoma. 1.2S4.oeo tons:
Nebraska 5s6.l5S tons. and Colorado,
44o.2s2 tons.
Coarse forage" IS reported IN
1903. was composed chiefly OF silsVe.
except in those States where ksnr'
sorghum and other miscellaneous
forage crops were OF considerable
Importance. The total acreage IN
coarse forage in 1909 was 4.osl.43e,
and the total production s.ss2.SoS