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comparison of the value of the beef cattle in the state at the present time and at the 

 time when the range cattle predominated. For instance, in 1904 there were 1,048,455 

 head of beef cattle in Montana, of a total value of $19,314,000, while in 1918 there 

 were 980,000 head of beef cattle in Montana, but their total value was $54,978,000. 



Nothing is better indicative of the permanency of the farming industry in Mon- 

 tana and its increasing prosperity than the number of farmers who are going into 

 stockraising on a small scale. While there is yet some open range, it is much 

 restricted and rapidly growing smaller. The national forests, however, of which 

 there are almost 20,000 acres, offer much grazing ground, and on these lands 

 the small farmer is given preference. Winter feeding is now the invariable rule. 

 It has been demonstrated that it is highly profitable for the farmer to feed as 

 many head of livestock upon his farm as practicable, and into every section of the 

 state fine breeding stock has been imported for the betterment of farm herds. 



Industry in Healthy Condition. 



The following table, showing the number and value of beef cattle in Montana 

 by years, aptly illustrates the change which has come over the livestock industry 

 of the state and its present healthy condition : 



Year No. of Head Value 



1902 1,048,559 $28,560,233 



1903 1,059,045 20,563,797 



1904 1,048,455 19,314,006 



1905 964,579 17,352,775 



1906 916,350 18,134,570 



1907 879,000 17,580,000 



1908 905,000 19,910,000 



1909 842,000 23,071,000 



1910 865,620 24,067,032 



1911 813,000 22,439,000 



1912 732,000 21,814,000 



1913 717,000 27,533,000 



1914 753,000 34,939,000 



1915 791,000 38,759,000 



1916 894,000 45,058,000 



1917 1,000,000 53,100,000 



1918 980,000 54,978,000 



