| Show H fANn M FORAGE FORAGEr I IN r j lJ lJ I I J t. t Utah Utah's j h s increase Increase in jn in 10 Years Years' Shown by Official i Jr Enumerators rT j I in Ya y and forage forage crops crops in Utah Ulah In 1019 aggregated 1031 09 tons tone which yeas Wall grown upon 5 acres and Jn includes ludes and sorghum for tor forage forage for for- age age root crops for tor forage In addition adds addi tion ilon tion to the tho hay crops silage e crops and corn cut for to forage ra gc The area Mea arean Jn n hay In Utah in 1909 was as acres eres and In 1919 was acres 81 according nc to figures compiled by the census sus J bureau and made public to to- i dab ilay Tho rho yield in 1919 was tons and in 1909 it Jt was tons 2 1 Jn ln 1919 farms reported silage crops numbering with an nn acreage of at acres cres' acres and a R. yield of tons Coarse C was gr grown wn on acres fin 1909 with a tL yield of at 1329 acres while corn cut for tor forage In 1919 was grown on acres an nn yield was tons k Tho The area of at hay and forage torae harvested harvested har hat vested vested In th the United States in 1919 according to tho the fourteenth census was acre acres Including Including- US acres In corn cut for tor forage Excl Ex- Ex cl the corn orn the total acreage would wod wo d be bo which may be bo compared with acres re reported re- re ported for tor 1909 when corn cut f for r f forage rago was not included to any extent ex ex- tent The Tho 1 production n of at hay and forage In to 1919 including corn cut for tor forage I was tons or or excluding excluding- the corn tons The production I a Uon Uon tion in 1909 corn not included was tons Comparing the 1919 figures figure e exclusive ex ex- e of ot corn with the 1909 figures tithe the dat data show an increase of or 13 p percent per percent r cent in the acreage devoted to hn hay and nd forage and an increase of or 3 32 per cent In the production The states slates reporting the tho largest production reduction of f h hay r and forage In 1919 w were re Wisconsin with 7 tons New York with tons Iowa WIth Ith tons Minnesota MI with tons tans and Kansas with 8 4 ton tons The total acreage In hay crops In 1919 was as compa compared d. d with acres In 1909 rt representing an Increase of acres acres or or 6 67 7 p per percent r cent The The hay crops comprise timothy timothy and anti clover clover alfalfa other tame tamo grasses mild mUd saltor saltor salt snIt or prairie grasses small grains cut for tOI h hay y and annual legumes cut for tor forhay tora hay a The Tho production of ot hay bay crops in 1919 was tons tons as compared with tons In 1909 an increase of ot tons or 37 per pcr cent There were farms which re- re re reported reported ported crops grown for or silage in 1919 This number which Is only 59 per percent percent pcr cent of ot all farms In the United States probably represents approximately the number of ot farms which h have ve silos I The states slates In which the highest percentage percentage per per- of or farms repotted reported silage crops In 1919 1019 were W I no ne follows Wisconsin Wisconsin Wis Wis- per per-j i per cent Vermont Yermont p per r cent w York per cent Michigan per pcr cent and Connecticut Connecticut I 1 13 3 per cent The reported In silage crops In 1919 was 1 and the production production tion ton l tons Silage crops I were not reported separately In 1909 but were Included d In coarse forage I i iThe The leading a states statts in the production I j tion of silage In 1919 were wre WI Wisconsin with tons New ew York with J tons Michigan with 2551 J tons Iowa with tons tons' j Illinois with tons and Mm Min Minnesota with 2 tons I L The acreage of ot corn com cut for tor forage in 1919 was and ad the pro pro- tons Corn cu cut t for tor forage was not reported to any extent In tin 1909 though small Quantities of at it may have been Included under r coarse coarie forage The acreage In sorghum etc for forage ra h In n 1919 was and the th production tons Fi Five Fie e B states tales reported more more than tons of at these crops as s follows Texas 2 tons Kansas s tons I Oklahoma tons Nebraska I 69 55 tons and Colorado 1 tons I Coarse forage as reported In 1909 was ivas nR composed chien chiefly o of silage except except ex ex- ex- ex I 1 in tho those c e states stales where kair I sorghum um and anti other miscellaneous for for- afe crops were of or considerable im-i im I J The total acreage acreal In coarse forage In 1 1209 HOD 09 was Bras and anti the thc total production tons tonJ i I There Thero were acres In root i crops In 11 as S compared with 1 19 03 acres in 1909 The Tho production In I I 1919 9 was tons tong as compared 1 with zith th tons in 1 1909 09 I II I |
