STATE OF MONTANA 



27 



PEAS, 1929-1947 

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



YEAR 



ACRES Yield 



Lbs. 



Planted Harvested Per Acre 



1929 23,000 23,000 960 



1930 27,000 27,000 1,050 



1931 32,000 29,000 810 



1932 26,000 24,000 780 



1933 21,000 20,000 840 



1934 28,000 28,000 1,040 



1935 36,000 36,000 1,020 



1936 26,000 26,000 960 



1937 20,000 20,000 1,140 



1938 19,000 19,000 1,080 



1939 18,000 18,000 1,260 



1940 27,000 27,000 1,140 



1941 32,000 32,000 1,260 



1942 44,000 43,000 1,230 



1943 62,000 60,000 1,120 



1944 42,000 40,000 1.103 



1945 32,000 30,000 1,200 



1946 30,000 29,000 1,200 



1947 24.000 23,000 1,060 



Production 



Field Clean 



Run Peas 



100-lb. Bags 



221,000 



284,000 



235,000 



187,000 



168,000 



291,000 



367,000 



250,000 



228,000 



205,000 



227,000 



308,000 



403,000 383,000 



529,000 476,000 



672,000 605,000 



441,000 370,000 



360,000 306,000 



348,000 296,000 



244,000 210,000 



Price 



I'er Cwt. Total 



(Clean Value* 



Bags) (Dollars) 



2.80 

 2.90 

 2.85 

 3.00 

 2.70 



2.75 

 2.65 

 2.58 

 3.50 

 3 75 



5.10 

 5.20 

 4.95 

 5.60 

 5.95 



470,000 

 844,000 

 1,046,000 

 750,000 

 616,000 



564,000 



602,000 



795.000 



1,340,000 



1,785.000 



3,086,000 

 1,924,000 

 1,515,000 

 1,658,000 

 1,250,000 



Value 

 Per 

 Acre 



?23.50 

 30.14 

 29.06 

 28.85 

 30.80 



29.68 

 33.45 

 29.44 

 41.89 

 41.51 



51.43 



48.10 

 50.50 

 57.17 

 54.35 



PEAS, Irrigated and Non-Irrigated, 1929-1947 



YEAR 



1929 



1930 



1931 



1932 



1933 



1934 



1935 



1936 



1937 



1938 



1939 



1940 



1941 



1942 



1943 



1944 



1945 



1946 



1947 



YEAR 



1929 



1930 



1931 



1932 



1933 



1934 



1935 



1936 



1937 , 



1938 ;.. 



1939 



1940 



1941 



1942 



1943 



1944 



1945 



1946 



1947 



♦ — Prior to 1941 



Acres 

 Harvested 

 19,600 

 21,800 

 23,200 

 20,300 



16,400 

 22,400 

 31,300 

 23,000 

 18,000 



17,600 

 15,900 

 23,500 

 29,300 

 37,500 



46,500 

 28,600 

 21,800 

 21,900 

 16,100 



Acres 

 Harvested 



3,400 

 5,200 

 5,800 

 3,700 



3,600 

 5,600 

 4,700 

 3,000 

 2,000 



1,400 

 2,100 

 3,500 

 2,700 

 5,500 



13,500 



11,400 



8,200 



7,100 



6,900 



IRRIGATED 



Average Production 



Yield 100-lb Bags 



990 194,000 



1,090 237,600 



900 208,800 



820 166,500 



890 146,000 



1,003 224,700 



1,034 323,700 



975 224,200 



1,142 205,600 



1.098 . 193,200 

 1,275 202,700 

 1,148 269,800 

 1,301 381,200 

 1,185 444.500 



1.099 510,900 

 1.148 328,200 

 1,132 246,800 

 1,168 255,700 

 1,088 175,200 



NON-IRRIGATED 



Average 

 Yield 

 794 

 892 

 452 

 550 



610 

 1,184 



820- 



860 

 1,120 



843 

 1,157 

 1,091 



807 

 1,536 



1.193 



989 



1,380 



1,300 



997 



Production 

 (Bushels) 



27.000 

 46.400 

 26,200 

 20,500 



22,000 

 66,300 

 43,300 

 25,800 

 22,400 



11,800 

 24,300 

 38,200 

 21,800 

 84,500 



161,100 



112,800 



113,200 



92,300 



68,800 



value is based on Uncleaned Peas. 



