1918 Oat Crop on Milk River Project. 



Year Acre Bu. Per Acre Production Value 



1900 72,555 26.6 1,929,963 $ 1,177,277 



1901 88,807 26.5 2,353,386 1,576,769 



1902 90,583 26.0 2,355,158 1,460,198 



1903 98,735 28.2 2,784,327 1,837,656 



1904 108,608 23.9 2,596,731 2,311,091 



1905 119,469 23.8 2,843,326 2,018,787 



1906 137,389 24.0 3,297,336 2,110,295 



1907 139,000 28.8 4,003,000 3,243,000 



1908 153,000 24.2 3,703,000 3,185,000 



1909 350,000 30.8 10,764,000 9,364,000 



1910 480,000 22.0 10,560,000 9,081,000 



1911 429,000 28.7 12,299,000 9,470,000 



1912 803,000 24.1 19,346,000 12,381,000 



1913 870,000 23.8 20,673,000 13,644,000 



1914 910,000 20.2 18,356,000 16,704,000 



1915 1,590,000 26.5 42,180,000 32,900,000 



1916 1,485,000 19.3 28,655,000 46,134,000 



1917 1,727,000 10.4 17,963,000 34,489,000 



Oat Production Important. 



Montana is likewise becoming the greatest oat producing state of the Union, and 

 the acreage devoted to this crop has increased more than ten fold during the 

 eighteen year period during which the growth of agricultural Montana has been 

 so marked. The following table shows the acreage, production and value of the 

 Montana oat crop for the period mentioned: 



