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Lower End of the Beautiful Mission Valley. 



bench where her farm is situated and the high average secured is proof that dry 

 farming is profitable in this section of the state. 



The 1915 Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture shows in plain 

 figures just why farming in Montana is profitable and just why "an acre in Montana 

 is worth more tiian an acre elsewhere." The Yearbook shows the average per acre 

 value of each of the various crops grown in the various states, computed over a pe- 

 riod of five years. 



In the table given below the Yearbook figures showing the average five-year 

 value of an acre of wheat in the various states is given, and from this basis the 

 average five-year value of a 160-acre farm of wheat is computed. The result shows 

 that every year the Montana farmer pockets from $200 to $1,600 more money than 

 does the farmer who has not as yet learned that farming in Montana pays better. 

 Here are the figures on wheat: 



WHEAT. 



5 Year Average 

 Value per Acre 



Ohio $14.52 



Indiana 13.66 



Illinois 13.90 



Michigan 15.07 



Wisconsin 16.55 



Minnesota 11.75 



Iowa 16.25 



Missouri 13.62 



North Dakota 8.60 



South Dakota 7.95 



Nebraska 13.43 



Kansas 12.76 



United States 12.79 



MONTANA 18.11 



Average Yearly Value 

 of 160 Acre Crop 

 $2,323.20 

 2,185.60 

 2,224.00 

 2,411.20 

 2,648.00 

 1,880.00 

 2,600.00 

 2,179.20 

 1,376.00 

 1,272.00 

 2,148.80 

 2,041.60 

 2,046.40 

 2.897.60 



