104 AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



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FOREWORD BY THE GOVERNOR ^ _ 2 



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Preiace, Montana's Rank - __ 3 



Contents of Bulletin - — 4 



CLIMATE DATA — Precipitation and Length of Period Between Freezing Temperatures for 



Selected Stations, 1948 and 1 949— Table 5 



FARM INCOME— Chart and Table 6 



IRRIGATED ACRES and Their Production Value — Chart and Table 7 



NON-IRRIGATED ACRES and Their Production Value— Chart and Table 7 



VARIETIES OF WHEAT GROWN IN MONTANA, Percentages and Acreages— Table . 8 



CHEMICAL CONTROL OF WEEDS IN MONTANA WHEAT, 1 949— Text and Table 9 



STATE STATISTICS 



Grain Crops 



Barley _.... 11 



Corn 12 



Oats — - _.... ...,. 11 



Rye - - 11 



Wheat, All 10 



Wheat, Spring 10 



Wheat, Winter - 1 



Hay and Forage Crops 



Alfalfa 14 



All Hay _.. 14 



Sorghums _ _ 13 



Wild Hay _._ :... 14 



Other Crops 



Beans, Dry 13 



Flaxseed _ 12 



Peas, Dry _ 13 



Potatoes 16 



Seed, Alfalfa 15 



Seed, Crested Wheat-Grass 1 1 5 



Seed, Mustard 1 5 



Seed, Sweet Clover 15 



Sugar Beets _ . 13 



Fruits 



Apples 16 



Cherries _ 16 



Livestock 



Bees 18 



Cattle, Total — 17 



Milk Cows 1 7, 1 9 



Hogs -. _ 18 



Horses _ _ _ 1 8 



Mules 18 



Sheep and Lambs 1 7 



Livestock Products 



Dairy Products From Farms _ _ 1 9 



Dairy Products Manufactured in Montana 19 



Honey and Bees'wax _ 1 8 



Milk Production _ _ 1 9 



Wool Production _.._ 1 7 



Poultry and Poultry Products 



Chickens _ 18 



Eggs _ _ 18 



Turkeys 18 



COUNTY STATISTICS 



Harvested Acreages, Grains and Flaxseed, 1 920 to 1 943, Yearly Tables, 



Counties in Crop Reporting District Order 20 to 43 



Cash Receipts, From Sale of Principal Farm Products and 



Government Payments: 1 948 44 



1949 45 



County Rank of Crop Value, Crop Acres, Quantities Produced and 



Livestock Numbers, 1949 __ 46, 47 



County Tables in Alphabetical Order, Crop Acreages, Production, Value, 



Irrigated and Non-Irrigated and Livestock Numbers and Value, 1948 and 1949 48 to 103 



