AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



CONTENTS OF BULLETIN 



State statistics for the years 1947, 1948, 1949 and averages for the ten years, 

 1937 to 1946, are presented in this bulletin. It also contains general county data 

 for 1948 and 1949, and harvested acreages of specified crops by counties for 

 the years 1920 to 1943. Previous issues have carried long-time historical series 

 of state data for the years prior to 1948 and county data for the years 1944 to 

 1947. Some revisions of the 1947 state statistics have been made and in such 

 cases the figures appearing in this bulletin supersede those in the December 

 1948 issue. This bulletin consists of the following: 



L CHARTS: 



1. "Cash Receipts From the Sale of Principal Farm Products and Gov- 

 ernment Payments, 1929-1949" points up the sharp increase in agri- 

 cultural income of recent years. Cash values of agricultural products 

 used on farms and ranches are not included in the figures used for 

 this chart. 



2. The "All Crops" chart shows the value of irrigated crop production in 

 Montana in relation to total crop production. Irrigation is vital to 

 Montana agriculture, particularly during years of drought such as 

 was experienced during the thirties and in 1949. 



n. MAP: 



1. The outline map inside the front cover identifies the counties which 

 are prominent in crop production and those which are prominent in 

 production in livestock and livestock products. 



m. TABLES: 



State Statistics: 



1. Varieties of Wheat Grown in Montana. This table illustrates the de- 

 velopment of new varieties of wheat and their replacement of others 

 since 1919. 



2. Chemical Control of Weeds in Montana Wheat. Since 1947, the 

 chemical treatment of wheat for control of weeds in Montana has 

 gained considerable prominence. The number of acres sprayed by 

 various cropping practices and by geographic areas, also the effects 

 of spraying on yield per acre, were determined by a cooperative 

 survey conducted by the Montana Department of Agriculture and 

 Bureau of Agricultural Economics, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



3. Total acreages planted, acreages harvested, yield per harvested acre, 

 production, price, value of production and value of production per 

 acre. 



4. Irrigated and non-irrigated data on acres harvested, yield per har- 

 vested acre, production, value of production and value of production 

 per acre. 



5. Disposition of crop production, farm stocks and value of sales. 



6. Livestock and poultry inventory numbers, value per head and total 

 value as of January 1 each year. 



7. Production, disposition and sales value of livestock, poultry, livestock 

 products, dairy products and poultry products. 



County Statistics: 



1. Harvested acreages of grains and flaxseed for each of the years 1920 

 to 1943. 



2. Crop acreages planted, irrigated and non-irrigated acreages har- 

 vested, production and value of production and livestock and poultry 

 inventory numbers with values. 



