Table 2. Irrigation: 1982, 1978, and 1974 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Farms with inigation 



Farms number. 



Proportion of farms -percent. 



Irrigated land- acres. 



Average per fami acres. 



Acres irrigated: 

 1 to 9 acres farms- 



acres- 

 10 to 49 acres farms. 



acres. 

 50 to 99 acres fanms- 



acres. 

 100 to 199 acres farms. 



acres. 



200 to 499 acres farms. 



acres. 

 500 to 999 acres farms- 



acres. 

 1.000 acres or more farms. 



acres. 



1962 



9 226 



39 1 



2 023 003 



219 



871 



4 145 



2 321 



57 484 



1 388 



98 423 



1 775 



244 762 



1 937 

 587 692 



628 

 416 974 



306 

 613 523 



1978 



9 384 



39.8 



2 069 531 



221 



610 

 2 922 

 2 224 



59 103 

 1 646 



116 258 

 1 975 



277 678 



2 043 

 616 669 



610 

 409 759 



276 

 587 142 



1974 



8 714 



37.4 



1 759 040 



202 



484 



(NA) 

 1 997 



(NA) 

 1 638 



(NA) 

 1 966 



(NA) 



1 937 

 (NA) 



466 

 (NA) 



226 

 (NA) 



Farms with irrigation 



Irrigated land use: 



Harvested cropland tamis-. 



acres.. 



Pastureland and other land farnis.. 



acres. 



Land in imgated farms acres.. 



Cropland _._ acres. 



Harvested cropland acres. 



Principal source of irrigation water 

 (see text): 



Wells on (arm farms. 



irrigated acres. 



Wells as only source farms. 



irrigated acres. 



On-farm surface supply farms. 



irrigated acres. 

 On-farm surface supply as only 



source farms. 



imgated acres. 



Off-farm water suppliers farms. 



irrigated acres. 

 Off-farm water suppliers as only 



source farms. 



irrigated acres- 



1982 



8 282 



1 537 067 



3 772 



485 936 



24 171 032 



4 537 710 



2 927 733 



663 



92 775 



474 



48 816 



2 870 



782 172 



2 482 

 621 769 



5 693 

 148 056 



5 185 

 971 030 



1978 



8 532 



1 500 981 



(NA) 



568 550 



23 814 711 



4 258 634 



2 623 200 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



1974 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 22 788 584 

 (NA) 

 2 406 472 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA| 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



Table 3. Selected Characteristics of Irrigated and Nonirrigated Farms: 1982 and 1978 



^Data are based on a sample of farms: see text 



2Data for 1978 include the cost of lime which was not collected in 1982. 



2 MONTANA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA 



