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Growing Corn on the Flathead Reservation. 



In the table given on this page, the Yearbook figures showing tlie average five- 

 year value of an acre of corn in the several states is given, and from this basis the 

 average five-year value of a 160-acre farm of corn is computed. The result shovirs that 

 every year the Montana farmer pockets as much as $2,000 more money than does the 

 farmer who is as yet unacquainted with the superior producing power of Montana 

 soil. Here are the figures on corn: 



CORN. 



Value per Acre 

 5 Year Average 



Ohio $21.18 



Indiana 18.57 



Illinois 16.82 



Michigan 20.91 



Wisconsin 21.50 



Minnesota 16.95 



Iowa 17.17 



Missouri 14.55 



North Dakota 13.16 



South Dakota 12.05 



Nebraska 10.49 



Kansas 8.21 



United States 14.99 



MONTANA 21.29 



of 160 Acre Crop 

 Average Yearly Value 

 $3,388.80 

 2,971.20 

 2,691.20 

 3,345.60 

 3,440.00 

 2,712.00 

 2,747.20 

 2,328.00 

 2,105.60 

 1,928.00 

 1,678.40 

 1,313.60 

 2,398.40 

 3,406.40 



In the table given on this page, the Yearbook figures showing the average five- 

 year value of an acre of oats in the several states is given, and from this basis the 

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

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



