Show value of the liny crop there arc few who have not given subject especial attention who appreciate the value of the hay crop to the people of all the states in alie car 1830 as wo learn from the bureau of turc at washington alic value of the four mot important crops of alio country was estimated as follows corn wheat hay IOS and cotton doscas the value of the of new york that of giuna SU and that state of vermont whose entire agricultural product was only amounted to the astonishing sum of S 12 in missouri the hay crop wai worth in tho southern states this crop is tr anely neglected th id is not bac buo grass does not grow well in that quarter of the ubron nor that it docs not remunerate alic farmer the yield in vermont was only tons per acra worth 10 per ton while in every southern state the yield was greater and the product more per ton alic highest yield of hay per acre in alic united states was in texas and the iced in crary southern stale was aboia alic average and the value of the crop aero much above tho value of ahe crop in the north and vast the greatest per acre of th hav crop in any state was in georgia where it wis worth 30 in lis boari it was worth 1291 per acre while wheat was worth 1 93 and corn 1022 of courso there h a limit to the demand for hay but it is plain that it is not readied in alio west or south it is therefore a little curious that n crop so pleasant to so ii i i not a more prominent place in alic catalogue of agricultural products st louis |