STATE OF MONTANA 



19 



ALL HAY 



Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre 



Year 



1950 ... 



1951 _. 



1952 ... 



1953 _. 



1954 ... 



1955 ... 



1956 ... 



1957 ... 



1958 ... 



1959 .- 



ACRES 

 Harvested 



2,432,000 

 2,236,000 

 2,510,000 

 2,585,000 

 2,436,000 



PRODUCTION 



Yield 

 Per Acre 



Total 



Tons 



2,410,000 

 2,230,000 

 2,326,000 

 2,211,000 

 2,359,000 



1.12 

 1.07 

 1.12 

 1.21 

 1.20 



1.27 

 1.21 

 1.29 

 1.36 

 1.28 



Year 



1950 _.. 



1951 _.. 



1952 ._ 



1953 .... 



1954 .... 



1955 .... 



1956 _.. 



1957 .._ 



1958 — 



1959 — 



IRRIGATED 



Acres 

 Harvested 



Yield 



Per 



Acre 



Value 

 Per Acre 



Price 



Per Ton 



Baled 



Value of 

 Production 



TOTAL 



2,730,000 

 2,399,000 

 2,804,000 

 3,134,000 

 2,921,000 



3,054,000 

 2,700,000 

 2,992,000 

 2,996,000 

 3,009,000 



Value 

 Per Acre 



1,114,600 

 1,085,400 

 1,135,600 

 1,205.900 

 1,119,800 



1,073,000 

 1,113,700 

 1,167,400 

 1,173,000 

 1,160,400 



Dollars 



24.20 66,066,000 27 17 



32.30 77,488,000 34.65 



28.50 79,914,000 31 84 



18.70 58,606,000 22.67 



20.00 58,420,000 23.98 



20.70 63,218,000 26 23 



22.70 61,290,000 27 48 



16.90 50,565,000 21 74 



16.90 50,632,000 22.90 



23.20 69,809,000 29.59 



NOT IRRIGATED 



Acres 



Harvested 



Yield 

 Per 

 Acre 



Value 

 Per Acre 



Year 



1950 

 1951 

 1952 

 1953 

 1954 



1955 

 1956 

 1957 

 1958 

 1959 



Acres 

 Har- 

 vested 



. 753,000 



. 768,000 



. 845,000 



. 946,000 



. 955,000 



- 974,000 



- 964,000 

 .1,041,000 

 .1,010,000 

 .1,040,000 



TOTAL 



ALFALFA HAY 



Acreage and Production 



IRRIGATED 



Yield 

 Per 

 Acre 



Total 

 Pro- 

 duction 



1.65 

 1.50 

 1.65 

 1.75 

 1.70 



1.75 

 1.65 

 1.75 

 1.80 

 1.75 



Tons 



1,242,000 

 1,152,000 

 1,394,000 

 1,656,000 

 1,624,000 



1,704,000 

 1,591,000 

 1,822,000 

 1,818,000 

 1,820,000 



Acres Yield Total 



Har- Per Pro- 



vested Acre duction 



447,300 

 465,400 

 525,600 

 572,300 

 563,900 



561,200 

 572,200 

 591,100 

 588,500 

 574,300 



2.01 

 1.88 

 2.06 

 2.12 

 2.11 



2.16 

 2.18 

 2.22 

 2.33 

 2.25 



Tons 



899,100 



375,000 



1,082,700 



1,213,300 



1,190,300 



1,213,400 

 1,247,200 

 1,311,300 

 1,373,000 

 1,290,000 



NOT IRRIGATED 



Acres 

 Har- 

 vested 



305,700 

 302,600 

 319,400 

 373,700 

 391,100 



412,800 

 391,800 

 449,900 

 421,500 

 465,700 



Yield 

 Acre 

 Per 



Total 

 Pro- 

 duction 



1.12 

 .92 

 .97 



1.18 

 1.11 



1.19 

 .88 

 1.14 

 1.06 

 1.14 



Tons 



342,900 

 277,000 

 311,300 



442,700 

 433,700 



490,600 

 343,800 

 510,700 

 445,000 

 530,000 



Year 



1950 

 1951 

 1952 

 1953 

 1954 



1955 

 1956 

 1957 

 1958 

 1959 



851,000 

 715,000 

 772,000 

 865,000 

 753,000 



730,000 

 642,000 

 648,000 

 609,000 

 670,000 



TOTAL 



WILD HAY 



Acreage and Production 



IRRIGATED 



Acres Yield Total 



Har- Per Pro- 



vested Acre duction 



Tons 



.75 638,000 



.75 536,000 



.70 540,000 



.80 692,000 



.80 602,000 



.85 

 .80 

 .80 

 .85 

 .80 



620,000 

 514,000 

 518,000 

 518,000 

 536,000 



Acres Yield Total 



Har- Per Pro- 



vested Acre duction 



378,700 

 348,200 

 348,200 

 354,600 

 335,700 



290,000 

 308,100 

 344,400 

 358,100 

 336,400 



.90 

 .87 

 .89 

 .93 

 .97 



.99 

 .95 

 .93 



.97 

 .95 



Tons 



340,800 

 302,900 

 309,900 

 329,800 

 327,000 



286,500 

 294,100 

 320,100 

 346,000 

 319,000 



NOT IRRIGATED 



Acres 

 Har- 

 vested 



472,300 

 366,800 

 423,800 

 510,400 

 417,300 



440,000 

 333,900 

 303,600 

 250,900 

 333,600 



Yield Total 

 Per Pro- 



Acre duction 



Tons 



