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FIFTEEN YEARS' OF MONTANA CATTLE. 



Milk Cows 



Year No. of Head Value 



1902 52,380 $2,101,486 



1903 ..: 53,951 1953,026 



1904 55,030 1,809,455 



1905 61,634 2,098,638 



1906 •- 65,948 2 308,180 



1907 - -' 69,000 2,484,000 



1908 75,000 3,300,000 



1909 80,000 3,720,000 



1910 ..- 77,527 3,407,090 



1911 85,000 4,122,000 



1912 91,000 4,495,000 



1913 ; 95,000 5,795,000 



1914 ..: - 104,000 7,332,000 



1915 114,000 8,550,000 



1916 129,000 9,998,000 



Other 



No. of Head 



1,048 559 



1,059,045 



1,048,455 



964,579 



916,350 



879,000 



905,000 



842,000 



865,620 



813,000 



732,000 



717,000 



753,000 



791,000 



894.000 



Cattle 



Value 

 $28,560,233 

 20,563,797 

 19,314,006 

 17,352,775 

 18 134,570 

 17,580,000 

 19,910,000 

 23,071000 

 24,067,032 

 22,439,000 

 21,814,000 

 27,533,000 

 34,939,000 

 38,759,000 

 45,058,000 



MONTANA'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORLD'S MEAT SUPPLY. 



The following table shows the number of head of Montana beef cattle shipped to 



markets out of the state in each of the years noted: 



Year No. of Head 



1885 -- 70,089 



1886 119,620 



1887 82,134 



1888 167,602 



1889 123,880 



1890 174,035 



1891 250,000 



1892 203,000 



1893 279,158 



1894 302,655 



1895 . 206,460 



1896 254,864 



1897 252,162 



1898 232,225 



1899 203,499 



Year 



1900 



1901 



1902 



1903 



1904 



1905 



1906 



1907 



1908 



1909 



1910 



1913 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915 



No. of Head 



160,055 



151,986 



230,000 



210,573 



288,775 



267,966 



276,722 



214,642 



241,320 



255,178 



243,662 



205,873 



188,675 



180,000 



158,623 



173,936 



SIXTEEN YEARS' OF MONTANA WOOL. 



No. of Sheep 



Year Shearing 



Asre 



1900 3,717,160 



1901 : , 4,526,517 



1902 5,081,000 



1903 5,100,000 



1904 5,576,000 



1905 5,200,000 



1906 4,940,000 



1907 4,600,000 



1908 4,600 000 



1909 5,000,000 



1910 4,800,000 



1911 4,650,000 



1912 4,300,000 



1913 4,200,000 



1914 3,869,000 



1915 ... 3,725.000 



