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Year Acre Bu. Per Acre Production Value 



1900 4,781 134 640,654 $ 339,547 



1901 



1902 11,521 153 1,762,713 881,356 



1903 12,904 176 2,271,104 999,286 



1904 13,162 143 1,882,166 1,148,121 



1905 13,668 120 1,642,560 969,110 



1906 14,099 152 2,143,048 1,307,259 



1907 18,000 150 2,700,000 1,350,000 



1908 . 20,000 138 2,760,000 1,932,000 



1909 25,000 180 4,500,000 2,295,000 



1910 25,000 120 3,000,000 2,550,000 



1911 27,000 150 4,050,000 2,997,000 



1912 37,000 165 6,105,000 2,442,000 



1913 36,000 140 5,040,000 3,377,000 



1914 37,000 140 5,180,000 3,315,000 



1915 39,000 155 6,045,000 3,022,000 



1916 39,000 125 4,875,000 5,850,000 



1917 57,000 95 5,415,000 5,523,000 



Sugar Beet Culture. 



While a new industry in the state, sugar beet growing is making rapid progress. 

 They are grown with profit on the irrigated lands, and as these increase it is safe 

 to predict that sugar beet raising will become one of the important farming enter- 

 prises. Large factories are operating at Billings and Missoula and several are 

 proposed in other places. The past year has seen a large increase in the acreage 

 devoted to this crop, it being estimated that 6,659 acres were planted in 1918. 



Money in Peas. 



The raising of peas for seed and canning purposes has come to be an important 

 industry in several counties of the state. In Gallatin, Lewis and Clark, Missoula, 

 Ravalli and Park counties there is a large acreage planted each year. Canning 

 factories are located at Bozeman and Stevensville and each take a large part of 

 the product of these valleys. 



In Park county more than 100,000 bushels of seed peas were raised in 1918. 

 according to estimates made by the Park County Chamber of Commerce. This was 

 twice the acreage planted the previous year, yet the entire crop was contracted by 

 seed companies almost as soon as planted. Peas grown in Montana are considered 

 by authorities to be the most valuable produced in the United States for both seed 

 and canning purposes. The yield is from 15 to 28 bushels per acre. It is estimated 

 that 8,792 acres were planted in 1918. 



Hay Crop Valuable. 



The hay crop is of much importance in Montana and is one of the most lucrative 

 sources of income to the farmer. While stock have heretofore grazed out during 

 much of the winter, from now on the farmer will keep his stock in the feed lot for 

 the colder months. This makes more demand on the hay crop and to meet this 

 more land is being given to the production of alfalfa, timothy and clover. Rotation 

 of crops is also made profitable. The total cut for all hay, wild and tame, in 1917, 

 was 1,465,000 tons. Of this amount 469,000 tons was alfalfa and 482,000 tons, timothy 

 and clover. Following is the production of hay as given by the United States 

 Department of Agriculture: 



