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Progress of Montana Agriculture — Continued 



(All figures from the year books of the U. S. Department of Agriculture.) 



SIXTEEN YEARS' GROWTH IN CORN. 



Year 



1900 



1901 



1902 



1903 



1904 



1905 



1906 



1907 



1908 



1909 



1910 



1911 



Acres 



1,598 



3,095 



3,714 



3,788 



3,902 



3,941 



3,980 



4 000 



: 4,000 



5,000 



8,000 



20,000 



1912 24,000 



1913 - - 28,000 



1914 50 000 



1915 70.000 



Bu. per Acre 

 15.0 

 25.0 

 22.0 

 24.1 

 22.2 

 19.4 

 23.4 

 22.5 

 23.4 

 35.0 

 23.0 

 26.5 

 25.5 

 31.5 

 28.0 

 28.0 



Production 



23,970 



77,375 



81,708 



91,291 



86,624 



76.455 



93,132 



90,000 



94,000 



175,000 



184,000 



530,000 



612,000 



882,000 



1,400,000 



1,960,000 



Vah'^ 



i 14,172 



69,838 



58,830 



56,600 



58.904 



51,989 



60,536 



61,000 



85,000 



150,000 



175,000 



424,000 



428,000 



679,000 



1,064,000 



1,352,000 



SIXTEEN VEARS' GROWTH IN OATS. 



Year 



Acres Bu. per Acre 



1900 65 865 



1901 147,365 



1902 159,154 



1903 162,337 



1904 167,207 



1905 :..... 178,911 



1906 196 802 



1907 240,000 



1908 254 000 



1909 300.'000 



1910 350,000 



1911 425,000 



1912 :... 476,000 



1913 500,000 



1914 530 000 



1915 600,000 



39.0 

 42.0 

 41.9 

 46.4 

 37.7 

 41.3 

 43.2 

 49.0 

 41.6 

 51.3 

 38.0 

 49.8 

 48.0 

 43.5 

 35.0 

 52.0 



Production 



2,568,735 



6,189,330 



6,668,553 



7,532,437 



6,303,704 



7,389,024 



8,501,846 



11,760,000 



10,566,000 



15,390,000 



13,000.000 



21.165.000 



22,848,000 



21,750,000 



18,550,000 



31,200,000 



Value 

 $1,078,869 

 2,228,159 

 2.400,679 

 2,636.353 

 2.899,704 

 3,177,280 

 •3,740.812 

 5,410,000 

 5,177,000 

 6,464,000 

 6.118.000 

 8,466,000 

 7,997,000 

 6,960,000 

 7,234,000 

 9,984.000 



SIXTEEN YEARS' GROWTH IN BARLEY. 



Year 



1900 



1901 



1902 



1903 



1904 



1905 



1906 



1907 



1908 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915 



Valup 



$ 96,773 



364,528 



337,282 



425,074 



324,452 



281,395 



264.504 



400,000 



534,000 



1.197,000 



903,000 



728,000 



755,000 



893.000 



1.132,000 



1.306.000 



