4 AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



Crops and Livestock During 1958 and 1959. pages 10 and II, describes the influences affecting 

 crop production and livestock marketings. Crop production on dryland depends on soil moisture 

 reserves at the beginning of the growing season and precipitation during the spring and summer 

 months. Nearly all of Montana's wheat is now grown on fallowed dryland where precipitation for 

 two years is used to produce one crop in alternate years. 



State Crop Tables, pages 14 to 24, carry total, irrigated and not irrigated data for 10 years 

 1950-59. Crops grown principally or entirely on land irrigated and not irrigated are so indicated 

 by sub-titles and footnotes. 



County Crop Tables, pages 25 to 53, present 1958 and 1959 acres planted and harvested, yield 

 per acre, production and value for the total crop, acres harvested and yield per acre separately 

 for the crop grown on land irrigated and not irrigated. Counties with insignificant, or no known 

 production, are omitted from these tables. 



Com, County Tables, pages 54-65, cover the period 1948 through 1959. These tables contain 

 acreage planted to com for all purposes, acreage harvested for grain, acreage pastured or grazed 

 and acreage, yield and production of com harvested for silage. The silage category is separated 

 into irrigated and not irrigated portions. During the twelve-year period concerned, the utilization of 

 com for silage has increased significantly while the acreage pastured and grazed has declined. 

 Com for silage has also expanded into new growing areas during the period. 



Wheat and Barley Variety Tables, pages 66 to 74, carry the acreage planted and percentage 

 of principal varieties for major producing counties and the State. Actual acreages are listed by 

 counties for 1960 along with percentages for 1958 and 1960. The State table contains variety per- 

 centages for the years 1949, 1954, 1958 and 1959, also total, irrigated and not irrigated acres for 

 1960. Cheyenne is the leading variety of winter wheat with Karmont a distant second. Thatcher 

 tops the list of spring wheat varieties and is followed by Rescue and Centana. Barley varieties are 

 headed by Compana, with Betzes, the malting type, on the increase. 



Wheat Production by Protein Groups, pages 75 to 77, is presented in tables for the 1958 and 

 1959 crops. Base prices and protein premiums reflect the value of premiums for spring wheat and 

 winter wheat during the five crop years, 1955 to 1959. The 1959 spring wheat rated very high in 

 protein content. County tables show where the high protein wheat is grown. 



County Wheat Tables, pages 78 to 85, provide detailed information on acreage utilization, yield, 

 production, and value for the years 1956 to 1959. These tables supplement the several wheat series 

 for prior years appearing on pages 48-103 of Volume V, pages 89-97 of Volume VI, pages 32-37 of 

 Volume VII and pages 26-31 of this issue. 



Slate Livestock Tables, pages 86-91, present data for the years 1950 to 1959. They continue the 

 series in previous volumes on inventory numbers, by age and sex groups, disposition and value of 

 the principal kinds of livestock and livestock products. 



County Livestock Tables, pages 92-94, list the January 1 inventory numbers of the principal 

 livestock, including chickens, for the years 1958, 1959 and 1960. Numbers for 1960 are tentative 

 and subject to revision, but any change will be relative for each county. 



Cattle Movement Tables, pages 95-103, were prepared from information appearing on the 

 brand inspection certificates of the Montana Livestock Commission. These data were hand tabulated 

 for 1956 and 1957 and machine tabulated for 1958 and 1959. They provide detail on age and sex 

 classes, by months, showing out-shipments by States of destination and movements in Montana. 

 The tabulations ore grouped according to inspections at local country points, Montana markets 

 and designated markets in other States. Gross and net totals for counties have been prepared. 



Wheat production by protein groups and cattle movement 

 data where assembled with State funds matched with 

 Federal funds received from the Agricultural Marketing 

 Service, United States Department of Agriculture, under 

 provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946. 



