Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-08-08
HAY AND FOR.
AGE INCREASE
Total Hay and Forage Crops
of United States Show
Increase in Ten
Years.
SILAGE FIGURES
"A Goodly Acreage Of Corn
cut for Forage in
1919.

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The area of hay and forage harvest
ed in the United States in 1919, a"c,rd-
ing to the fourteenth census, was &c.
163,O56 acres, including 1904 acres
in corn cut for forage. Excluding the
corn, the total acreage would be ST.
66S, 63S, which may be compared with
the 72,2S0,776 acres reported for 1909,
when corn cut for forage was not in
cluded to any extent
The production of hay and forage in
1919, including corn cut for forage, was
146,470,679 tons, or excluding the corn,
12S,67O,O4l tons. The production in
1900 (corn not included) was o.
453, 735 tons.
Comparing the 1910 figures, exclus-
i've of corn, with the 1909 figures, the
data show an increase of IL per cent
In the acreage devoted to hay and for
age, and an increase Of 81 per cent
In, the production.
The states reporting the largest pro-
duction of hay and forage in 1919 were
Wisconsin, with 11,4S9,227 tons; New
York, with 0,72s,317 tons; Iowa, with
0,327,772 tons; Minnesota, with o.
201,671; and Kansas, with S,5O4, 534
tons.
Hay Crops.
The total acreage in hay crops in
1919 was 1884, 500, as compared with
88,227,31O acres in 1900, representing
an increase of 4,597,5SO acres, or g.
per cent. The hay crops comprise tim
othy, timothy and clover, clover, al
falfa, other tame grasses, wild, salt or
prairie grasses, small grains cut for
hay, and annual legumes cut for hay.
The production of hay crops in 1910
was 9O,460,213 tons, as compared with
S7,216,351 tons in 1909, an increase Of
3,252,682 tons, or 81 per cent.
Silage.
There were 379,372 farms which re-
ported crops grown for silage in 1910.
This number, which Is only SO per
cent Of all farms in the United States,
probably represents approximately the
number Of farms which have silos.
The states in which the highest per-
centage of farms reported silage crops
In 1919 were as follows: Wisconsin,
1858 per cent; Vermont, ESQ per cent
New York, 21.9 per cent Michigan, 1875
per cent; and Connecticut, 1873 per
cent
The acreage reported In silage crops
In 1919 was 4,OO6, 436, and the produc-
ton 29,693, SO4 tons. Silage crops were
not reported separately in 1909, but
were included in coarse forage"
The leading states in the production
Of silage in 1919 were Wisconsin, with
5,535, 43S tons: New York, with 81
157, 1856 tons; Michigan, with 1851 SOC
tons; Iowa, with 2,334,676 tons; H.
linois, with 2,325,O1O tons and Mime
sofa, with 2,2OO,973 tons.
Com Cut for Forage.
The acreage of corn cut for forage in
1910 was 14.499, 41S, and the production
1901 1913 tons. Corn cut for forage
was not reported to any extent in 1909,
though small quantities of it may have
been included under coarse forage"
Other Forage Crops.
The acreage in kafir, sorghum. etc,
for forage in 1919 was 4,737,S43, and
the production 7,9O6,554 tons. Five
states reported more tran 100000 tons
Of these crops, as follows: Texas, q
1902 tons; Kansas. 1,92S,69S tons
Oklahoma, 1894 900 tons; Nebraska.
SOC, 455 tons; and Colorado, 44O, 2S2
tons.
Coarse forage" as reported in 1909.
was composed chiefly Of silage, except
In those states where kafir, sorghum,
and other. miscellaneous forage crops
were of considerable Importance The
total acreage in coarse forage in 1909
was 4O34, 432, and the total production
1851, 3O5 tons.
There were 81, Ago acres in root crops
In 1910, as compared with 1904 acres
in 1909. The production in 1919 was
cog, 40 tons, as compared with 1885,
no tons in 1909.