A Wheat Crop in Northern Montana. 



There are forty-three counties in the state, of which forty-one have a large 

 amount of agricultural and grazing land. The other two, Silver Bow and Jefferson, 

 are classed as mineral counties. The state has an average length from east to west 

 of 535 miles and an average width from north to south of 275 miles, embracing an 

 area of 147,182 square miles, the third state in size in the Union. Montana embraces 

 an area greater than all of the New England states, New York, New Jersey, Dela- 

 ware and Maryland combined. Its population in 1918 was 762,208, an increase over 

 1917 of nearly 10,000. 



People in all walks of life will find a place in Montana. With the marvelous 

 development of the natural resources of the state, has come the building of towns 

 and cities. Many have been built in the past five years, but this number will be 

 surpassed in the next five. In these towns, the merchant, the banker, the pro- 

 fessional man, the craftsman, can find unrivalled opportunities. Montana is the 

 fastest growing state in the Union. The opportunities for the homeseeker and 

 investor to be found here has brought to Montana a great stream of immigration in 

 the last few years. 



Land Still Available. 



While many have held the belief that Montana was a mining and grazing state. 

 with little agricultural land, they have changed their belief in recent years. In the 

 past ten years 30,000,000 acres of public lands within the state have been filed upon 

 for homestead. In 1917 the assessed acreage for Montana was 35,936,646, mucn or 

 which was well improved. 



One-third of all the public lands filed upon in the United States during the past 



