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Good Barns and Good Fences Are the Rule in Montana. 



that at the close of each harvesting season the Montana farmer has a crop which is 

 worth as much as $1,700 more than the crop raised with the same labor on the same 

 amount of land in some of the other big farming states of the nation. Here are the 

 figures on barley: [^ 



BARLEY 



5 Year Average Average Yearly Value 

 Value per Acre of 160 Acre Crop 



Ohio $17.13 $2,740.80 



Indiana 16.39 2,622.40 



Illinois 18.44 2,950.40 



Michigan 16.88 2,700.80 



Wisconsin 17.98 2,876.80 



Minnesota 13.22 2,115.20 



Iowa 16.21 2,593.60 



Missouri 15.27 2,443.20 



North Dakota 9.37 1,499.20 



South Dakota 9.12 1,459.20 



Nebraska 8.61 1,377.60 



Kansas 7.48 1,196.80 



United States 14.60 2,336.00 



MONTANA 18.24 2,918.40 



The Montana farmer who grows potatoes will get rich in half the time as the 

 farmer of any other state. In this table is shown the Yearbook figures giving the 

 five-year average annual value of an acre of potatoes, together with the computation 

 showing the value of a 160-acre potato patch. These figures show that the Montana 

 farmer who grows 160 acres of potatoes will make $5,000 more per year than the 

 average farmer outside of Montana, and $8,000 a year more than the least fortunate. 

 Here are the potato figures: 



POTATOES. 



5 Year Average Average Yearly Value 



Value per Acre of 160 Acre Crop 



Onio $52.11 $ 8,337.60 



Indiana 47.76 7,641.60 



Illinois 45.48 7 276.80 



Michigan 45.90 7,'344.00 



Wisconsin 48.98 7,836.80 



Minnesota 47.44 7 590 49 



Iowa : 47.49 7,598.40 



Missouri 42.43 6,788.80 



North Dakota 46.51 7 441 60 



South Dakota 43.41 6,'945.60 



Nebraska 43.94 7 030 40 



Kansas 43.72 6,995.20 



United States 58.01 9 281 60 



MONTANA 92.48 14,796 80 



