Where an Acre Is Worth More 



Impartial Figures of United States Department of Agriculture 



Show That Montana Soil Leads in the Production of 



Practically all Staple Farm Crops. 



RY STATISTICS are uninteresting to many 

 people, but to those who wish to make a 

 serious study of agricultural Montana, no more 

 interesting material can be found than in the 

 plain figures which show the remarkable 

 growth of farming in this state and the 

 enormous productive power of Montana soil. 



It has been well said that an acre in 

 Montana is worth more than an acre else- 

 where, and this statement is clearly substan- 

 tiated by the impartial records collected by 

 the bureau of crop statistics of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture. A few com- 

 parisons, taken from the 1915 Year-book of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture, will 

 show the strength of this statement. In 1915, 

 North Dakota was the greatest wheat-producing 

 state in the Union, yet the per acre produc- 

 tion in North Dakota was but 18.2 bushels, 



while the per acre production in Montana was 

 26.5 bushels. Iowa was the greatest oat-producing state in the Union, yet the per acre 

 production in oats in Iowa was but 40 bushels, while the per acre production in 

 Montana was 52 bushels. North Dakota was the largest producer of barley, yet the 

 per acre production of barley in that state was but 32 bushels, while in Montana it 

 was 34 bushels. Wisconsin was the greatest rye-producing state in the Union, yet the 

 per acre production of rye in Wisconsin was but 18.5 bushels, while the per acre pro- 

 duction in Montana was 22.5 bushels. Minnesota was the greatest potato-pro- 

 ducing state in the Union, yet the per acre production of potatoes in Minnesota was 

 but 106 bushels, while in Montana it was 155. New York, last year, produced more 

 hay than any other state in the Union, yet the per acre production of hay in 

 New York was but 1.30 tons, while in Montana it was two tons. North Dakota led all 

 the states in the total production of flax, yet the per acre production of flax in 

 North Dakota was but 9.9 bushels, while in Montana it was 10.5 bushels. 



The following table, compiled from the 1915 Yearbook, shows the average per 



acre production of principal crops of twelve principal agricultural states of the Union: 



State Wheat 



Ohio 20.3 



Indiana 17.2 



Illinois 19.0 



Michigan 21.3 



Wisconsin 22.7 



Minnesota 17.0 



Iowa 19.8 



Missouri 12.3 



North Dakota 18.2 



South Dakota 17.1 



Nebraska 18.3 



Kansas 12.5 



United States 16.9 



MONTANA 26.5 



