Valley County Boasts of Its Corn. 



Year Acre Bu. Per Acre Production Value 



1900 5,194 38.8 201,527 $ 96,773 



1901 16,398 39.0 639,522 364,528 



1902 17,874 37.0 661,338 337,282 



1903 18,231 40.2 732,886 425,074 



1904 17,502 29.9 523,310 324,452 



1905 15,227 33.0 512,491 281,395 



1906 14,313 33.0 472,329 264,504 



1907 17,000 38.0 646,000 400,000 



1908 25,000 35.0 875,000 534,000 



1909 50,000 38.0 1,900,000 1,197,000 



1910 52,000 28.0 1,456,000 903,000 



1911 31,000 34.5 1,070,000 728,000 



1912 39,000 36.5 1,424,000 755,000 



1913 60,000 31.0 1,860,000 893,000 



1914 70,000 30.5 2,135,000 1,132,000 



1915 80,000 34.0 2,720,000 1,306,000 



1916 95,000 28.0 2,660,000 2,022,000 



1917 90,000 15.0 1,350,000 1,390,000 



Corn Growing Increases. 



A few years ago anyone would have been laughed at for intimating that Mon- 

 tana could possibly be classified as a corn state, and yet what seemed out of the 

 question then has become an established fact now and Montana is now producing 

 about 2,000,000 bushels of corn per year, and the acreage devoted to this crop is 

 being constantly increased. Montana farmers find corn a valuable crop, and with 

 the increase in the number of livestock upon the farm there is bound to oe an 

 increase in this important cereal. The following table shows the acreage,' pro- 

 duction and value of the corn crop for the past eighteen years: 



