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Hay and oats find a ready sale in Butte and Anaconda. In these two cities, 

 many millions are annually paid to miners and smeltermen and their demands for 

 products of the dairy and the garden create the best markets for Deer Lodge county 

 products. 



The population of Deer Lodge county in 1916 was estimated at 21,725 and the 

 assessed valuation of the county is $9,938,341. 



LAND AREA — Deer Lodge county which is in the Helena land district, embraces 

 an area of 746 square miles, including 37,813 arces of unreserved and unappropriated 

 public land available for entry under the homestead law, 10,911 acres of state land, 

 and 307,793 acres of national forests. Of the total area of the county, 153,190 acres 

 are privately owned. 



CROP PRODUCTION — The following gives the estimated crop production for 

 1915: Wheat, 22,000 bushels; oats, 150,000 bushels; barley, 2,500 bushels; potatoes, 

 100,000 bushels; hay, 21,000 tons. 



In 1915, the assessor's rolls showed the following livestock: Horses, 4,050 head; 

 milch cows, 974 head; other cattle, 2,807 head; sheep, 5,300 head; swine, 584 head. 



FALLON COUNTY. 



Fallon county occupies the extreme southeastern corner of the state, and is 

 just beginning to attract attention to its diversified resources. For many years, 

 Fallon, which was then a part of Custer county, w-as merely a great stock range; 

 today it is largely a grain field, and every year thousands of new acres are brought 

 under the plow. 



The Little Missouri river crosses the southeastern corner of the county and the 

 northern part is watered by Fallon creek and Beaver creek. Box Elder creek flows 

 through the central part of the county. Many extensive valleys follow the courses 

 of these streams and back of these valleys are great stretches of bench lands, which 

 are being farmed by the non-irrigated method. 



In addition to the farming and stockraising industries of the county, natural 

 gas has been developed at Baker and extensive prospecting is now in progress for 

 oil in commercial quantities. 



Baker, the county seat and principal town, is growing rapidly. It is one of 

 the newer towns of the state, but in 1915 claimed a population of 1,500 and had 

 every prospect of soon having 2,500 people within its confines. A flax-tow mill 

 was recently established here and is a pronounced success. Ekalaka, in almost the geo- 

 graphical center of the county, is a large inland town, surrounded by a good farming 

 and stockraising country. 



The population of Fallon county is estimated at 14,925 and the assessed valua- 

 tion is $8,451,930. 



LAND AREA — Fallon county embraces an area of 5,003 square miles, including 

 1,362,400 acres of unreserved and unappropriated public land available for entry under 

 the homestead law, 128,603 acres of state land and 107,580 acres of national forests. 

 Of the total area of the county, 855,188 acres are privately owned. 



CROP PRODUCTION — The following gives the estimated crop production for 

 1915: Wheat, 500,000 bushels; oats, 560,000 bushels; barley, 52,000 bushels; corn, 

 92,000 bushels; flax, 65,000 bushels; potatoes, 95,000 bushels; hay, 20,000 tons. 



In 1915, the assessor's rolls showed the following livestock: Horses, 19,535 

 head; milch cows, 3,473 head; other cattle, 30,928 head; sheep, 74,952 head; swine, 

 2,199 head. 



