4 AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



All crops, acreage and value of crop production, page 7, illustrates the 

 importance of irrigation to Montana's agriculture. Sharply reduced prices for 

 potatoes and hay in 1953 are chiefly responsible for the lower value per acre 

 of irrigated crops that year. Conversely the value per acre of non-irrigated 

 crops was relatively high as a result of the favorable season for dry land crops. 



Montana Crops and Livestock During 1952 and 1953, pages 10 and 11, 

 summarizes factors affecting crop production and livestock marketings. The 

 year 1953 will be remembered for the all-time record wheat crop and the 

 largest cattle inventory ever recorded at the year's end. 



State Crop Tables, pages 12 and 13, contain total, irrigated, and non- 

 irrigated data for the years 1952 and 1953. Crops grown entirely on irrigated 

 land or on non-irrigated land are so indicated by appropriate footnotes. 



State Livestock Tables, pages 14 and 15, cover January 1 inventory num- 

 bers and values for 1953 and 1954, production, disposition and income data 

 for 1952 and 1953. Inventory numbers are listed by age and sex groups for 

 each kind of livestock. 



County Crop Tables, pages 16 to 45, present 1952 and 1953 acres planted 

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

 harvested and yield per acre separately for irrigated and non-irrigated land. 

 Unless crop production is significant, the counties with small amounts are 

 omitted from the tables. 



County Livestock Tables, pages 46 and 47, list the January 1 inventory 

 numbers of the principal livestock and poultry for the years 1952, 1953 and 1954. 

 The 1954 inventory is tentative and subject to revision. 



County Wheat Tables, pages 48 to 103, supply a record of acreage, yield 

 and production of winter wheat, spring wheat and all wheat for the years 1919 

 to 1943. This series of wheat data have served many needs including the 

 development and conduct of acreage control and marketing programs. 



